DETROIT – Quick update from practice…
Defenseman Brad Stuart did not practice, but coach Mike Babcock said he should be good to go Wednesday night against Montreal.
Stuart got into a fight in the first period of Monday’s 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.
After he delivered a clean check on Alex Pietrangelo just as he crossed over the Wings’ blue line, the Blues’ Chris Stewart came of the bench about 40 seconds later and went right after Stuart.
The two dropped their gloves and fought. Stewart, who was suspended three games earlier this season for running Niklas Kronwall into the boards head first, received an extra two minutes for instigating the fight and a 10-minute misconduct. Stuart got five minutes for fighting.
“I thought Stewie did a good job burying Pietrangelo there and they came to his defense,” Babcock said after the game.
