Moritz Seider is the star of the Red Wings blueline. Simon Edvinsson is next up despite his low count in the games played column. Newcomers Justin Holl and Erik Gustafsson are bec

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

Seider compiled a power-play helper, five shots on goal, eight hits, two takeaways and 24:21 of ice time in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Lightning. Seider helped out on Lucas Raymond's marker on the man advantage in an eventful second period Saturday that saw a combined five goals.

As the Red Wings reach the midway point, let's assess each player based on performance and expectations heading into this season.

The honeymoon phase is well and truly over after a rough four-game outing. Now the Red Wings focus on how to move forward.

Jason Robertson had one of three first-period goals plus a third-period assist and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday night. Wyatt Johnston and rookies Matej Blumel and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Stars.

Rasmus Ristolainen scored in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Lucas Raymond continues to stake his illustrious place in the nearly century long history of Detroit Red Wings hockey

Larkin lights the lamp twice and picks up an assist for Detroit, which has scored multiple power-play goals in six of its last eight games

The Red Wings have scored one goal in each of their past three games. They were averaging 4.3 goals per game in their previous nine (8-1-0). They were 17 for 34 on the power play during that run. Tuesday’s game was the first all season they didn’t get a power play.