Red Wings suddenly thin at center after Andrew Copp’s injury

Red Wings suddenly thin at center after Andrew Copp’s injury

The Detroit Red Wings might be missing their top two centers Thursday in a key game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Red Wings' Andrew Copp suffers lower-body injury vs. Panthers

The Detroit Red Wings are now down two important centres. Andrew Copp suffered a lower-body injury on Tuesday against the Florida Panthers. The injury occurred in the second period when Copp was tangled up on a face-off with the Panthers’ Tomas Nosek. Copp was hobbled as he made his way to the Red Wings bench and he did not return to the game. The Red Wings announced at the start of the third period that Copp would not return. The injury comes a…