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Lack of success in faceoff circle hampering Red Wings

Detroit — Different areas will become different points of concern during a typical hockey season.

No team is going to be perfect in everything, especially all the time during a seven-month hockey season.

Right now, for the Red Wings, the hot-button issue is winning faceoffs. Or, more accurately, the inability to win any faceoffs.

Heading into Sunday's game against Anaheim, the Wings ranked 31st out of 32 teams with a less than sterling 40.1% faceoff win percentage.

It was a key reason behind Friday's 4-3 overtime loss in Chicago, a faceoff directly resulting in Chicago's game-tying, third-period goal.