Building through the draft can be a long and laborious process, especially when you have no lottery luck. Six years into Steve Yzerman’s tenure as general manager, the Red Wings are seeing the results of their amateur scouting.

Todd McLellan wants to see if any Detroit Red Wings step up with Andrew Copp out, but Steve Yzerman may need to make trade.

Edvinsson put the Red Wings ahead 3-2 at 11:35 of the third. Albert Johansson got the puck in the right circle and looked to the net before slamming on the breaks and finding Edvinsson with a cross-ice pass for a slap shot from the top of the left circle that went in over Gustavsson’s glove.

The Detroit Red Wings overcame a bad start to beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 thanks to two goals from defenseman Simon Edvinsson.

Simon Edvinsson pinged a slap shot off the far post for his second goal of the game with 8:25 remaining to finish a rally by the Detroit Red Wings for a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild.