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Frustrated Red Wings fans in Detroit only benefit Rangers in road win

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Walker, M. (2026, October 3). Frustrated Red Wings fans in Detroit only benefit Rangers in road win. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/sports/frustrated-red-wings-fans-in-detroit-only-benefit-rangers-in-road-win/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-03 · by Mollie Walker

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Dylan Larkin, the star center for the Detroit Red Wings, faced a cold reception from fans during his team's season opener on Friday when he appeared on the video board while being introduced at Little Caesars Arena with an upper-body injury. Fans booed him loudly after he requested a trade this summer, citing franchises like the Golden Knights, Panthers, and Wild as preferred destinations due to his no-trade clause. This move followed Steve Yzerman stepping down as general manager in July, adding to the team's turmoil after failing to reach the postseason for ten straight seasons. The Red Wings' start to the season was further complicated by top defenseman Simon Edvinsson remaining unsigned despite the season already underway. Larkin, a Michigan native drafted by Detroit in 2014, has scored 276 goals and 367 assists over his career but now faces criticism from fans who are frustrated with the team's direction following recent changes in leadership.

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🔮 Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”
🔮 The Rangers might have started putting the puck on net more as the game went on, but it was hardly enough to combat the Oilers’ consistent level of play.
🔮 And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
🔮 If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
🔮 The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
🔮 tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
🔮 With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
🔮 Teams will have to face Igor Shesterkin (when he returns from injury next season), Ilya Sorokin and Hellebuyck during the New York-New Jersey swing.
🔮 In his sixth consecutive start, rookie netminder Dylan Garand struggled mightily with rebound control.
🔮 “As soon as I stepped on the ice, I could feel the energy.
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And after a tumultuous offseason featuring heaps of change and uncertainty, Detroit fans inside Little Caesars Arena unleashed an abundance of pent-up frustration that made for an entirely different atmosphere than the Blueshirts had for their home opener at Madison Square Garden.
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🔮 It was one of a couple that could be heard throughout the night.
2026-10-03 · New York Post
Frustrated Red Wings fans in Detroit only benefit Rangers in road win · assertive framing

Claims (27 extracted, 1 hedged)

The Rangers had already played two games before the Red Wings even started their season Friday night. asserted
Wings → play → season
And after a tumultuous offseason featuring heaps of change and uncertainty, Detroit fans inside Little Caesars Arena unleashed an abundance of pent-up frustration that made for an entirely different atmosphere than the Blueshirts had for their home opener at Madison Square Garden. asserted
Blueshirts → feature → Garden
tRY IT NOWThe Red Wings are still trying to stabilize after transitioning front office staple Steve Yzerman into an advisory role and promoting assistant general manager Shawn Horcoff on an interim basis. asserted
Wings → try → basis
Red Wings fans in attendance let the organization know just how they feel about the team and Dylan Larkin, who was stripped of his captaincy after he requested a trade this summer. asserted
he → let → trade
In street clothes during player introductions due to an injury, Larkin was booed incessantly. asserted
Larkin → boo → injury
Earning the first power play of the night, the Rangers capitalized when Sean Durzi recorded his first goal as a Ranger on a laser shot from the high slot. asserted
Durzi → earn → slot
A “sell the team” chant promptly reverberated around the lower bowl in response. asserted
chant → sell → response
It was one of a couple that could be heard throughout the night. uncertain
that → hear → night
“We had a great start to the game,” head coach Mike Sullivan said. asserted
Sullivan → have → game
“First 10 minutes, I thought we were the better team. asserted
we → think → ?
I thought the next probably 25 minutes, they were the better team. asserted
they → think → ?
You give Detroit credit, they got a lot of speed, they got a strong team game. asserted
they → give → game
It’s their first game. asserted
It → ’ → ?
It probably took them a little bit to get into it. asserted
It → take → it
Once they got their legs, they started to put us under pretty good pressure. asserted
they → get → pressure
I thought we fought through it. asserted
we → think → it
While the Rangers controlled play for the majority of the opening frame, it was all Detroit in the final minutes. asserted
it → control → minutes
The Red Wings posted the last six shots on goal — not including Anton Johansson’s shot off the far post — heading into the first intermission, but they weren’t able to break through. asserted
they → post → intermission
Eeli Tolvanen scored an empty-net goal to give the Rangers some insurance in the end. asserted
Tolvanen → score → end
Who plays on the right wing of the fourth line will be an ongoing evaluation for the Rangers. asserted
plays → play → Rangers
After opening the season in Boston with Matt Rempe in that spot, where the 6-foot-9 behemoth has consistently skated over his 86 NHL games, Sullivan decided to go with Jaroslav Chmelar for the home-opening victory over the Lightning at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. asserted
Sullivan → open → Thursday
Chmelar remained in the Rangers lineup Friday night in Detroit, which was to be expected following such a resounding win. asserted
which → remain → win
“A lot of it is who we look at as our opponent and what we think is a better matchup, based on who the opponents are,” Sullivan said of the decision. asserted
opponents → look → decision
They’re both valuable players for our team, they’re just different players. asserted
they → ’re → team
“I’ve had conversations with both of those guys around that and the lineup decisions that we’ll make moving forward. asserted
we → have → that
Going in against a Tampa team, we thought it was a better fit for Jaro.” asserted
it → go → Jaro
The Rangers are scheduled to be off on Saturday before returning to game action Sunday night at the Garden against the Utah Mammoth. asserted
Rangers → schedule → Mammoth
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