from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

The Detroit Red Wings have spent too much time in the defensive zone and have lost more faceoffs than they've won.

They're chasing the puck too much, and that's why they have the worst shot differential in the NHL – they've averaged a league-low 21 shots per game and are allowing 33 shots against....

Blashill said they're spending 45 seconds more in the defensive zone than the offensive zone at even strength. It's not an excessive disparity, he said, but it's too high.

"In three of the five games, it's been in the three-minute and four-minute range, where we've spent more time in our D-zone than in our O-zone," Blashill said.

He added: "There are multiple facets to that. One, we can't turn pucks over. Two, we need to have better support, that helps eliminate turnovers. Three, we got to win some wall battles. And in the other areas, we got to have the puck more in the offensive zone. For me, that's more pressure on the forecheck and being heavier and stronger on the puck and rolling it around a little bit and creating more O-zone time."

And when they're in the offensive zone, they're not getting enough sustained pressure.

"A lot of it has been because we're not being quick enough on defense," Kronwall said. "We have to win the puck a little bit quicker in our own zone. Everybody's got to go. We can't just let forwards go, us D-men too, the first good pass and then we join, too, to create more offense."

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Sorry, this post was meant for The Malik Report, need more coffee.