If this weekend was any sort of measuring stick, playing against two tough, playoff-caliber teams, the Red Wings came up a little bit short.
Saturday it was the Nashville Predators who withstood a good Wings road game, and defeated the Red Wings 4-1 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
"We fought hard, played a physical game, we matched their intensity and physicality," defenseman Marc Staal said. "It's just execution on some chances we had and some breakdowns in our end. That's the difference in the game. It's a good hockey team over there, they weren't giving us anything easy.