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Red Wings refocus on playing 'the right hockey' after pride tarnished

The Wings are refocusing on being hard to play against with 18 games to go. Filmed Feb. 28, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

A break in the schedule offered the Detroit Red Wings what they needed: a punishing practice.

Still smarting from their embarrassing performance against Montreal, the Wings went through roughly an hour-long practice Thursday. Their next game is Saturday at Arizona, a chance to halt what’s grown to a six-game winless streak after Tuesday’s 8-1 loss.

“I like to use the word urgency over desperation, but whatever word you want to use, I didn’t think it was high enough,” coach Jeff Blashill said.