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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 2m

It’s been a week and it’s only Wednesday. Thank god for Red Wings hockey

Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 8h

The Wings have thus far benefitted from taking the fewest penalties in the league (only 15 thus far), limiting their SH time but if that trend changes, Larkin’s PK time may have to go up in order for them to win SH faceoffs.

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 8h

You’d ideally like to limit Larkin’s PK time and use more of Copp/Compher/Ras/Appleton in order to keep Larkin fresh toward the latter half of the season, particularly with the Olympics this year

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 8h

At times this year, the Wings have been using Larkin just to win the draw. He’s had shorthanded shifts of 6 seconds, 6 seconds, and 14 seconds when they’ve been able to get a quick clear off his faceoff win

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 8h

One thing to watch - the Wings have won just 7 of 18 shorthanded faceoffs this year (38.9%).

- Dylan Larkin is 6/9 (66.7%)
- Rest of team is 1/9 (11.1%)

Clean faceoff wins are critical to killing time while shorthanded. Hopefully one of Copp/Compher/Ras can start winning draws or they try Kasper

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Gregg Rosenthal @greggrosenthal.bsky.social · 1d

Lions have one of the best homefield advantages in the NFL. made a difference tonight

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely remarkable stuff from the Lions defense tonight

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Ryan Hana @ryanhanawwp.bsky.social · 1d

Ball don't lie, ref. #OnePride

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 1d

GIBBS

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 1d

but if you aren’t fighting are you trying?

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 1d

Nice for the Lions to be playing a team that has penalties called for their infractions

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Winged Wheel Podcast @wingedwheelpodcast.com · 2d

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 2d

Please tune in to prophet @mbultman.bsky.social's latest post following the Wings’ 5th straight win

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

The Red Wings are off to a roaring start, and Dylan Larkin is powering it

Larkin tied a career high with four points, while going head-to-head with Connor McDavid all night.

www.nytimes.com

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 2d

With Gibson’s assist today, both Wings’ goalies have picked up a point this season. That’s the fastest 2 goalies have picked up a point in Wings’ franchise history, narrowly edging out 07-08 when Hasek picked up a point in game 7 and Ozzie in game 8.

Nothing of substance happened that year right?

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

This biggest difference between this stretch and other stretches where the Red Wings have won games is the way they’re winning. They aren’t just surviving games, they’re largely controlling them - and against teams considered to be the cream of the crop

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

Time to give some love to Dylan Larkin, national media. 11 points in the first 6 games and currently ranked as the 4th best forward by Net Rating (model by @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social, visual from @hockeystatcards.com)

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible day for Detroit’s top line against the McDavid line (see the Quality of Competition adjustment here)

HockeyStatCards @hockeystatcards.com · 3d

#NHL GameScore Impact Card for Detroit Red Wings on 2025-10-19

#LGRW #RedWings

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Sean Shapiro @seanshapiro.bsky.social · 3d

Finnie told me Larkin tried to convince refs 3-1 goal went off Finnie and not Ekholm. Finnie was pretty confident he didn’t touch it.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 3d

Red Wings hard-matched their top line to McDavid's line and did pretty well with it.

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

This is as good of a 6-game stretch the Red Wings have played in the last 6 years considering the caliber of opponents, the rookies in the lineup, and the way they’ve controlled play at 5v5

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

Bow down to @mbultman.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669... Ten bold Red Wings predictions for 2025-26: Raymond hits 90 points, PK bounces back

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

Larkin’s line has been matching against McDavid the majority of the game and he’s not just drawing even, he’s winning the matchup. Larkin’s line with 3 goals, 2 of them with McDavid on the ice against them

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 3d

What an incredible saucer pass by Chiarot on that Larkin goal

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 4d

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 17d

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Prashanth Iyer @prashanthiyer.bsky.social · 4d

In addition to running a fantastic website, Micah is a fantastic human who donates a portion of his profits every month to charity. The charts and data are worth the subscription and Micah is a first-class human worth supporting

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 4d

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