The Red Wings' practice experience looked drastically different this week. Detroit's NHL franchise skated around a temporary rink in the middle of Ohio Stadium, the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes' football team.

Dylan Larkin, who rose to hockey stardom with the Michigan Wolverines, was critical of the football stadium's aesthetics. 

"It's probably the ugliest stadium I’ve ever been in," Larkin said.

The Red Wings were in Columbus, Ohio, Friday for practice ahead of Saturday's Stadium Series game against the Blue Jackets. 

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"It’s cool to play hockey outside," Larkin told reporters. "There’s a lot of excitement with the guys and (it's) pretty cool to just do something different."

The Red Wings and Blue Jackets enter Saturday's game in a tie for one of the Eastern Conference's wild-card spots. 

Forecasts call for temperatures in the 20s when the puck drops. Wind gusts could also create some issues for the players.

Detroit's Patrick Kane, who has played in several outdoor hockey games, spoke about the weather.

"I’m sure the ice will be a little bit better (tonight), being colder," Kane said. "Sometimes today, I noticed it a little bit. You’re skating into the wind, and then, the other way, you’re skating with the wind at your back. That could be something that comes into play where maybe they might switch the sides with 10 minutes left in (the third) period."

The 2025 Stadium Series will give the Red Wings a chance for revenge for Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets in Detroit.

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Even Canada-based NHL teams aren't safe from feeling the brunt of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the country.

Mere hours after Trump's executive order to impose tariffs on Canada, both Ottawa Senators and Toronto Raptors fans booed the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

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Vancouver Canucks fans did the same on Sunday night against the Detroit Red Wings, but there was more to be had.

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During the first period, Vancouver defenseman Derek Forbot was assessed a two-minute penalty for interference. That prompted longtime Canucks announcer John Shorthourse to facetiously say that the penalty would actually be 25% longer.

"This will actually be a two-and-a-half minute power play for the Detroit Red Wings, due to the 25% tariff that has been imposed on penalties to Canadian-based teams," Shorthouse said.

Vancouver was able to kill the penalty, with the ending of the first period benefiting them.

Vancouver tied the game midway through the third after newcomer Filip Chytil scored, but Detroit would win, 3-2, in overtime.

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Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke via phone on Monday, hours before additional 25% tariffs were to take effect on Canadian goods coming into the United States. In a post on X, Trudeau said Canada will implement a $1.3 billion border plan and appoint a fentanyl czar.

Trump has long said Canada and Mexico have failed to do enough to prevent the flow of illegal migrants and drugs, particularly fentanyl, from those nations into the U.S. In addition, Trump claims the U.S. has subsidized Canada to the tune of $200 billion annually. 

Trump had promised to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican goods, as well as a 10% tariff on Canadian energy and a 10% tariff on all goods entering the U.S. from China. The tariffs on China were set to go into effect Tuesday at midnight. 

Fox News' Louis Casano contributed to this report.

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