DETROIT -- Mike Sullivan said Tuesday morning here in Detroit that Casey DeSmith earned the start that evening against the Red Wings for a "number of reasons."
"He's deserving," Sullivan said of DeSmith after the morning skate. "He's played really well as of late."
That's true. Tristan Jarry has been battling injuries seemingly all season -- from acknowledging that he was playing through some physical limitations in November, to the lower-body injury sustained in the Jan. 2 Winter Classic, to the upper-body sustained two games after returning from his Winter Classic injury, to the lower-body injury that had him unavailable to back up last week in Dallas.