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Detroit Red Wings coach Todd McLellan began his Thursday ... McLellan coached the Los Angeles Kings from 2020 until he was fired last February. The day after he was hired by the Wings on Dec ...

DETROIT – Todd McLellan has been back in Detroit for two weeks, but he’s thinking about Southern California these days. Wildfires have ravaged the Los Angeles-area destroying thousands of homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. McLellan coached the Los Angeles Kings from 2019-20 until midway through last season.

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"You take it as a challenge," forward Patrick Kane said. "Under Todd, we've kind of built a little bit of a foundation where we're kind of knowing what to expect going forward and feeling confident about it as well, so just play every game, take it a game at a time and see what happens."

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

Doubters point to the fact the Red Wings have been winning through a team-friendly stretch of the schedule. Six of their eight games have been on home ice, and they've only beaten three playoff teams during the streak — Washington, Winnipeg and Columbus.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan didn't sugarcoat his thoughts about one of Patrick Kane's teammates druing the 6-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Drew Doughty practiced with the Kings on Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle in a preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sept. 25.

Jaden Schwartz recorded his fifth career hat trick and the Seattle Kraken beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 for their third win in five games.

Pittsburgh will be without their top goal-scoring forward when they take on Los Angeles, who will play their first home game since the onset of the wildfires