![]() ![]() How does a team win six of seven while being so thoroughly outplayed at five-on-five? Special teams and goaltending is how. Natural Stat Trick) who are currently sitting at 32nd at 31st overall in the NHL respectively.ĭylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings ( Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) Their Corsi For Percentage (the percentage of shot attempts each game that were taken by Detroit) at five-on-five is an abysmal 37.18% over the last seven games which is below the season averages of both the Anaheim Ducks and the Columbus Blue Jackets ( stats via. There’s no sugarcoating it, the numbers are bad. ![]() Over their recent seven-game stretch that saw the Red Wings go from the top 10 of draft lottery odds to a real contender for a wild card spot, Detroit has been a very bad team at five-on-five. If Detroit ends up making the playoffs this year, please feel free to chirp me about it on Twitter (I’m sure some of you would anyway), but I don’t quite believe how good they’ve looked on this run and I don’t think they’ll be able to sustain it for long enough to make the playoffs. I don’t say this to be a contrarian, for clickbait or because I want to tell people how to enjoy watching hockey (by all means, enjoy this run, I sure have been), but to remind you to temper your expectations a bit as the Red Wings head into the final third of the season. ![]()
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