The Red Wings are returning home after a three-game road trip last week in the frigid northern air. The team was tasked with taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets, with Detroit playing three games in four nights. Not an easy stretch at this point of the year.

Two of the NHL’s best square off Saturday afternoon in Detroit, where the Red Wings play host to the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche at Little Caesars Arena. The game is