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Detroit Red Wings Going to California with More than an Aching

By Rhys Richards (@RREsq) The Detroit Red Wings entered play last night against the Los Angeles Kings with the end of a late season bout with injuries in sight. Detroit lost its top defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom and top forward Pavel Datsyuk six games ago. Lidstrom suffered a deep bone bruise to his ankle after blocking [...]