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03/26/2023 at 3:38pm EDT

from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

The Red Wings are averaging 2.86 goals per game, which ranks 24th. They finished 2021-22 at 2.77 goals per game, ranked 27th.

They have one of the more difficult remaining schedules, with eight of their final 10 games against teams currently in a playoff position.

Their 3-0 loss Saturday at Philadelphia was the fourth time the Red Wings have been shut out, but it was from lack of opportunity against goaltender Carter Hart (29 saves), coach Derek Lalonde said.

“I still think it’s just a matter of getting to that hard area, executing a little bit more,” Lalonde told Bally Sports Detroit. “Sometimes it’s frustrating when you don’t produce offense, but when the looks are there and you keep getting looks, it’ll come around. At least tonight for the most part I thought we had some looks.”

It’s difficult to beat anybody when you go 0 for 7 on the power play.

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from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

Over these last 15 games, as the Wings' season has turned for the worse, they've scored a meager 29 goals, an average of 1.93 per game. That's not going to help a hockey team win many games.

The offensive slump, as you'd expect, is going through the entire lineup. Players who are expected to score haven't been doing it lately.

Lucas Raymond has one goal in his last 19 games, none in the last eight games. Dominik Kubalik has two goals in his last 18 games, none in the last eight. Andrew Copp has two goals in his last 15 games. David Perron has one goal in the last 13 games, none in the last nine.

Jonatan Berggren, after an impressive start, has one point (an assist) in his last 11 games. Joe Veleno has struggled mightily offensively, with no points in his last 20 games.

If it weren't for the spark supplied by Alex Chiasson (five goals, four of them power plays) in the last eight games, and the steadiness of Dylan Larkin (four goals in the last 11 games), the offense would be completely barren.

So how do the Wings change things around these final 10 games?

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Stump23

Yep, let's keep drafting 200 foot players who can't score. Getting tired of not drafting a pure scorer...he can always learn to play defense.

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