MLive’s Ansar Khan revisits the Red Wings’ 2-0 loss to Toronto this morning, with Khan noting that the Red Wings felt that they could have played more demonstratively last night:
Coach Derek Lalonde said his team at least had a little more compete than Monday’s loss to Pittsburgh in a similar scenario of regulars against prospects and AHLers.
“The last three games have all been the same,” Lalonde said. “You get a young group that’s just not giving you any easy offense. They’re not giving you anything on the rush. And the guys get a little frustrated because they want it to be easy, which it’s never going to happen. You got to ramp up the intensity a little bit if you want any success, and we’ll have an opportunity tomorrow.”
The Red Wings host the Ottawa Senators Friday (7 p.m., Bally Sports Detroit) before wrapping up the preseason Saturday in Toronto (7 p.m.).
Lalonde said his power play, with the top unit (Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider) on the ice for most of it, was OK despite going 0 for 4.
“I still think we can have a little bit better puck movement,” he said. “It’s just amazing how as long as your power play is creating looks and getting good touches, it helps with momentum. And we had good looks and some good movement in the third and it created some momentum for the period, though we were not able to score. So still a work in progress. Obviously, we’ll want more out of that power play going into next week.”
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