After dropping all four points from a weekend home-and-home with the Canadiens, the Red Wings' season reaches a new nadir
After dropping all four points from a weekend home-and-home with the Canadiens, the Red Wings' season reaches a new nadir
Last night in Montreal, the Red Wings suffered a second loss at the hands of the Canadiens in as many nights, falling 5–1. Detroit struck first through Joe Veleno not quite seven minutes into the opening period, only to concede five unanswered
When asked about the sense of disappointment following the result, defenseman Moritz Seider said to reporters, "Can't really find the words for that. Obviously, we just got out-competed, out-worked, and that's a very frustrating feeling."
Coach Derek Lalonde would add, "It's unfortunate because we had a really good start—not only the goal, but we had some pace, we had some zone time, and then we let it get away from us there in the first. But I still thought we were gonna be okay if we could build something in the second. It's a team that does give you looks. It does give you chances, and we just spent too much time in our zone, couldn't get stops...The momentum they built off zone time was the difference. It's been an unfortunate 70 minutes here: [We] have a 3–2 lead last night with 10 minutes remaining and to find ourselves here in this position is unfortunate."
With the back-to-back regulation losses, the Red Wings fall to 13-16-4, second worst mark in the Eastern conference. In the featured video above, I discussed Detroit's latest missed opportunity to build momentum and the bleak cloud hovering over the team with one game left before the holiday break.
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