commentary...

the Red Wings have lost three in a row,and have played very poor team offense,and defense... offense:a player has scored two goals in game,for the Red Wings,for the third straight game(Tomas Tatar,last night,and Gustav Nyquist,the prior two games),and that is good,but honestly there is no other offense,or offensive pressure,other than that,and Jimmy Howard have been hung out to dry... defense:it has been non-existent the last three games,and Howard has been swamped with opposing teams' scoring chances,and that is not good... the power play has gone dormant,and the penalty kill(that has been very,very good most of the year) has begun to look average... the Red Wings are on edge of playoff contention,and have a razor-thin area for mistakes,during games,that last night's loss to the Canadiens was critical,and a rather disappointing one... even though,i would love to blame the referees for one of those losses,i honestly can not,because the Red Wings have not played very good hockey,as a team,lately... giving up four goals,as a team,the last two games will not win any games,and the Red Wings really needs to improve in all facets of the team game to make the Stanley Cup playoffs,and the games,clock,and time are running out,for the Red Wings...