Philadelphia — The news began to get grim before the game, and didn’t get much better as the game progressed.
The Red Wings lost goaltender Jimmy Howard in pregame warm-ups, then lost to the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday, 3-2.
Howard injured his back, which forced Jonathan Bernier to get the start. No immediate update was given on Howard, whose availability for Thursday’s game against Carolina wasn’t known.
Dennis Cholowski (power play) and Jacob de la Rose scored for the Wings, who are winless in four games (0-3-1) and have only won twice in the last nine games (2-5-2).