The Red Wings started well at 3-1-0, with impressive victories in Nashville and Montreal. They have since gone 1-9-1, losing seven times by three or more goals. They lost 11 times by that margin all of last season.
They were not competitive over the weekend in losses at Carolina (7-3) and Florida (4-0), after playing well the previous three games (1-1-1).
They have the worst goals differential in the league at minus-24 (they finished minus-50 last season). They are last in goals per game (2.20), 29th in goals against (3.80) and their special teams seem to be getting worse each season.