Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen had been the subject of intensifying scrutiny in the early goings of this season, having just scored a single goal in his first 14 games and having more than once been designated a healthy scratch.
However, you wouldn’t know it by his performance on Thursday evening against the Anaheim Ducks as part of Detroit’s 6-3 victory to snap what had been a three-game winless skid.
Not only was he a physical presence, but he also scored a highlight reel goal in the second period, ripping a wicked wrist shot past the glove of goaltender Lukas Dostal after a curl and drag move around defenseman Jackson Lacombe.
It was Rasmussen’s second goal of the season as part of what head coach Todd McLellan would later describe as his best game of the campaign so far.
“I thought Ras played the best game of his season today for a lot of different reasons,” McLellan said. “For one, the goal. But he looked confident and big and strong and held on to the pucks and was physical.”
“For him, that’s a real big confidence booster, we’re happy for him and we’re glad that he did that,” he continued. “We need that going forward, night after night, because he can play that way and he’s a pretty effective player when he does that.”
The lack of secondary scoring has been an issue for the Red Wings. Now that Rasmussen is no longer stuck on one goal scored, the likes of Andrew Copp, James van Riemsdyk, and Elmer Soderblom need to find their offensive touches.
The good news for the Red Wings is not only did they more than double their combined goal over the last three games as part of the win over the Ducks, but their special teams came in handy after a period of struggle.
Detroit struck twice while on the power-play, and also kept Anaheim off the scoresheet while shorthanded.
Rasmussen has been given time recently on Detroit’s second power-play unit, and had also proven himself useful on the penalty kill.
His goal on Thursday night can only help his case moving forward, and it should give him a meaningful confidence boost that could pay off for both him and the Red Wings.
Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.