Game Wrap And Filppula’s 1000th Game Tonight

from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

If you were expecting a different looking Red Wings team coming out of that All-Star break, no such luck.

They pretty much looked like the Red Wings from most of this season Friday in a 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers.

The Red Wings rallied with two third-period goals, but it was after they trailed 4-0, and too large a deficit to overcome.

from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

Filppula’s parents came to Detroit from their native Finland in anticipation of watching him hit a milestone Saturday when the Wings host the Rangers at Little Caesars Arena.

“It means a lot,” Filppula said. “I hoped the circumstances would be a little bit different, that we…