via Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

Two very impressive wins for Detroit, ruining Nashville’s home opener and dropping Dallas to 0-3 in the Red Wings’ own. The word on Anthony Mantha was that there would be 15 or so games where he’d be “quiet.” You just wouldn’t notice him as much as you should. If he could change that, we’d see a dangerous, potentially dominant scorer. We’ve certainly noticed him so far. Four goals against the Stars, five overall.

He told Mickey Redmond in the post-game interview that the last of his four versus the Stars (1:02 mark of the video above) is a designed face-off play where Tyler Bertuzzi is supposed to make room for him. Dylan Larkin won the draw, Bertuzzi bumped Radek Faksa and went to the front of the net, Filip Hronek put it on the tape, and Mantha sealed the deal. Beautiful play.

10. Monday night, the Red Wings made several roster changes due to injury, calling up defencemen Oliwer Kaski and newly acquired Alex Biega. Out are Trevor Daley and Jonathan Ericsson. The Red Wings have a lot of bodies on the blue line, including three UFAs (Daley, Ericsson and Mike Green). Hronek, with two points in two games, averaging 22 minutes, looks like a keeper. If they wanted to, they could certainly be a target for anyone looking for defence (say, Winnipeg).