Detroit, having lost 21 of 34 games, fires Lalonde and brings on McLellan, who was fired in February in his fifth season with the Kings.

The Detroit Red Wings hired Todd McLellan to replace fired coach Derek Lalonde. Here's the background on the Red Wings' new head coach.

McLellan, in charge of the Red Wings’ potent power play back in the day, needs to get more out of top-six forwards Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane and particularly Vladimir Tarasenko. He needs to tap into Michael Rasmussen, Jonatan Berggren and Marco Kasper’s potential.