Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan announced the team's latest decision involving star Patrick Kane, handing bad news to Dylan Larkin and the rest of the locker room.

No team is immune to the injury bug, including the Detroit Red Wings. It's rare for a team to go through an entire season without missing at least one player for an extended period of time. Thursday night's game against the Edmonton Oilers is the first of a four-game West Coast road trip.

Tyler Motte has been cleared to play so the Detroit Red Wings will have him back against the Kings, but Patrick Kane remains out with an injury.

Todd McLellan voiced a very powerful comment to the players in the Detroit Red Wings locker room, including a special mention for veteran leader Patrick Kane.

Patrick Kane's upper-body injury sidelines him, challenging the Red Wings' playoff hopes. See how Detroit adapts to this setback. The post Patrick Kane Out of Montreal Match Due to Upper-Body Injury appeared first on ComingSoon.

The Red Wings are struggling for offense these days and the team didn't get news Thursday that'll necessarily help that matter.

The Detroit Red Wings will be without Patrick Kane when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens to Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night.

The Detroit Red Wings, showing a total of three goals in three consecutive losses, won’t have one of their most dangerous scorers tonight against the Montreal Canadiens Patrick Kane has been ruled out with an upper body injury,

McLellan has put his stamp on the Red Wings a month into his tenure. They’re playing faster. They’re scoring more. They’re outshooting opponents most nights because of better puck possession and a newfound shot mentality.

The Detroit Red Wings won again on Thursday night, securing an impressive 5-2 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. And, once again, Patrick Kane was the catalyst. The star American scored the game-winning goal and added an assist at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise,

McLellan and his right-hand man, former Kings and Ducks assistant Trent Yawney, have put their imprint on the winged wheel in short order. “Our structure in all three zones (has improved), I feel like we’re just supporting the puck better,” Talbot told The Detroit News.

The Red Wings practiced at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center on Wednesday morning before departing for Edmonton. Patrick Kane (upper body) and Vladimir Tarasenko (illness) both participated, but J.T. Compher (upper body) and Jeff Petry (undisclosed) did not.