The Detroit Red Wings attempted to snap a 3-game losing streak as they faced Utah HC on Thursday evening.
And the Red Wings were cursed, absolutely cursed, losing a 4-1 decision to Utah despite out-shooting Karel Vejmelka 40-19.
It wasn’t as if Alex Lyon sucked, or the Red Wings sucked…It was a situation where there were some very bad defensive reads–two by the Seider-Chiarot pairing–Utah got some very lucky bounces, and ultimately, losing Carter Mazur to a dislocated left elbow appears to have been too much for a fragile team to overcome.
So the Wings have lost 4 straight, they play 7 of their next 10 games on the road, and thing suddenly look quite desperate for a Detroit team that needs everything to break its way in order to make the playoffs over the final 19 games.
The good news? Detroit got goals from Larkin (25th) and Berggren (10th) to take a 2-1 decision in the 1st period, but really, after the Utah power play goal that made it 2-2, Detroit sort of nodded off a bit defensively, and…
I hope that whatever the Red Wings’ GM and management do, they find a way to un-curse themselves by the time that Detroit plays Washington tomorrow night at this time in the nation’s Capitol.
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