from Brendan Savage of Mlive,

... Instead, the Detroit Red Wings came out and played one of their worst periods of the season, getting dominated by the Boston Bruins in every phase of the game en route to a three-goal deficit.

Blashill wasn't happy and he let the Red Wings know it during the first intermission.

The Red Wings coach laid into his players, sparing no feelings while expressing his displeasure. The harsh words hit their mark as the Red Wings came out and scored three goals in the second period to tie it before sending the game into overtime and winning a wild 6-5 shootout.

Blashill wouldn't get into specifics as to what was said but the players confirmed he was angry.

"Win battles, I mean just win battles," was Blashill's intermission message. "I thought we got out-battled all over the ice. I thought we needed to skate and win battles, that's it. One-hundred percent win battles and I thought we came out in the second and won skating races and skating battles and puck battles.

"It's a great group. We got tons of pride in this room. We got tons of character in this room. Nobody's perfect in their life every day. Just the reality of life. I've read some of your guys' articles. Some of them are really good and some of them aren't.

"Our first period wasn't really good and my job is to make sure I let them know. But again we came out and did a real good job in the second."

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