Detroit — NHL teams like to see young players make an impact in these exhibition games and the Red Wings are seeing some of that.
But Thursday, one player they’d really like to see be impactful wasn’t in a 4-2 victory over Chicago.
Filip Zadina’s first game was easily forgotten. No shots on net in 16 minutes, 12 seconds, with one giveaway and a minus-1 rating.
Zadina has been nursing a groin injury but that didn’t slow him.
“I cannot fault the groin, I had something happen with my groin two days before and I was kind of careful,” Zadina said.