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Slow start stifles Red Wings' chance to prove themselves vs. NHL's best

Detroit Red Wings players Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader, Gustav Nyquist and Dylan Larkin and coach Jeff Blashill answer questions Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena. Video by Helene St. James/DFP

The Detroit Red Wings squandered a chance to prove themselves against the top team in the NHL.

Instead they were left to explain a slow start and ineffective power play after a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Most egregiously, the Wings failed to convert a pair of two-man advantages and four power plays overall, over a stretch of 6:45.