What a mess. The Detroit Red Wings are 0-and-3 heading into a Saturday matinee against the winless Nashville Predators–in Nashville–after sustaining another body blow in the form of a 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
The Rangers ended up sweeping the home-and-home series, having won 4-1 on Monday night (so that’s an aggregate score of 9-2 Rangers), and after the Red Wings head to Nashville, they face a gauntlet of three Wild Card rivals in the Islanders, Devils and Atlantic Division-rival Sabres next week, all before wrapping up October against the Oilers and Jets.
If the Red Wings aren’t making changes to their roster in short order, perhaps we’ll see more movement by Halloween, because the Wings’ efforts over the past two nights have been largely inexcusable.
In any case, the Red Wings’ opponent simply let the good times roll on Thursday night, and Artemi Panarin, who scored a hat trick and added an assist, has posted a total of 11 points over the course of only 4 games. He told the New York Post’s Mollie Walker that he’s having a delightful time thus far:
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