4 months ago
- Red Wings
- Published: Jan. 04, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings could usage immoderate discourtesy and dream that John Leonard tin help, recalling him Sunday from nan Grand Rapids Griffins.
Leonard is expected to beryllium successful nan lineup Monday successful Ottawa (7:30 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network). He mightiness moreover commencement connected a statement pinch Dylan Larkin and Marco Kasper. That’s wherever Elmer Soderblom skated Sunday successful practice, but he mightiness person been holding Leonard’s spot as coach Todd McLellan shuffled 3 lines.
Leonard ranks 2nd successful nan AHL pinch 20 goals and has 32 points successful 23 games.
He had 2 goals and 2 assists successful 7 games pinch nan Red Wings from Dec. 16-28, replacing nan injured Patrick Kane connected nan statement pinch Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat. He was reassigned connected Dec. 29.
“He’s a subordinate that tin play and thief us,” McLellan said past week. “Things tin hap pinch our roster. Injuries tin occur. Players tin play their measurement retired of nan lineup.
“We saw what we expected to spot from him. He had immoderate gait to his game. He was an violative threat. He handled himself good connected nan powerfulness play. There aren’t negatives to his game.”
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