ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Going for their fourth straight victory, the Detroit Red Wings will also wrap up their NHL-leading 11th back-to-back set of the season when they square off against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Thursday night.

Not only has Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan made several changes to their line combinations, but he also pulled no punches when it came to the recent performances of a handful of players.

The Detroit Red Wings are trying to avoid consecutive regulation losses for the first time since Thanksgiving, after a loss in Boston on Tuesday.

Detroit has eight games left before Olympic break, including three-game road trip that opens in Toronto Wednesday

Following their 3-0 loss against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings displayed some new line combinations at Thursday morning's practice.

Coach Todd McLellan shuffled his lines in an effort to wake up a slumbering lineup, particularly the Wings' top line of Dylan Larkin centering Emmitt Finnie and Lucas Raymond.

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have gotten good goaltending this season, and that continued Saturday at practice when 4-year-old Merrick stepped into the net. “Some of the saves he made on some key guys,

Coach Todd McLellan has been tinkering with the Red Wings' lines, and he is doing more shuffling ahead of Detroit's home game against the San Jose Sharks on Friday.

The Red Wings' overtime win in Toronto clinched a season sweep of the Maple Leafs and highlighted some of their most encouraging trends.