DETROIT – Axel Sandin-Pellikka’s ability to run a power play from the top is one of the reasons the Detroit Red Wings selected him 17 th overall in 2023.

Now he’s getting chance to display his talent on the top unit and will get much more ice time than he did with the second unit.

He played there Sunday against the Rangers. He’ll start there tonight vs. Seattle (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network). How long he remains there depends on his effectiveness.

“We’ve gone a while with Axe, and all along we anticipated that he’d probably get an opportunity there, but we just didn’t want to give it to him right off the bat,” coach Todd McLellan said. “We wanted to see how he’d handle the other unit going into (Sunday’s) game. We’d given up opportunities the night before on some sloppy play, so it

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