The Detroit Red Wings seemed to be far too content to try to use the same lurking-in-the-weeds game plan against the Nashville Predators which they successfully employed against the Kings on Friday, and in a four-point game against a team far superior to the floundering Kings, the Wings made a huge tactical error, and thanks to some terrible special teams play on Detroit’s part—giving up 2 power play goals against and going 0-for-4 on their own power play—Detroit dropped a 3-2 decision to a Predators team that is only 4 instead of a potential 8 points behind Detroit in the Central Division standings—and the Wings’ loss means that the Blues are now 4 points ahead of Detroit, too.
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