Detroit's Brad Stuart scored the first goal of the game 6:55 into the first period, on a slap shot, with an assist from Valtteri Filppula.
Mikael Samuelsson scored a second goal for the Red Wings, with assists from Brad Stuart and Valtteri Filppula.
The puck slid to Brad Stuart, who was about 20 feet behind Graves and suddenly had an imposing screen to work with.
Boston, also struggling mightily this season, may be ready to move a talented young defenseman, Brad Stuart, and the veteran winger Marco Sturm.
The Red Wings also re-signed free agents Brad Stuart and Valtteri Filppula to four- and five-year deals, respectively.
Boston received Brad Stuart, Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau for Thornton.
Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Brad Stuart and Simon Gagné.
Kostopoulos was again suspended for a January 7, 2011 hit which broke Brad Stuart's jaw.
Was Shelley's hit really not as bad as when Tom Kostopoulos ran Brad Stuart last year (six games)?
The condition - Calgary does not re-sign Brad Stuart for 2007 - was converted on July 3, 2007.