On Friday night, with the Wings still looking for their first home win in late October, the Wings welcomed the Winnipeg Jets to the LCA. It was a Michiganza as nine Michigan-born players took to the ice and dozens of Michigan-born fans took to the lower bowl. When it was all said and down the Wings walked away with another moral victory, having improved upon Monday’s effort against the Canes, but moral victories ain’t bread. Bottom line is that Detroit once again came up short. Here’s how it went down.

First Period

The game opened with a little excitement as Michigan-born Dylan Larkin made a tremendous individual effort to carry the puck 200 feet, leading to a nice opportunity in front of the net for a Bertuzzi tap-in/redirect, but non-Michigan-born Winnipeg goaltender Laurent Brossoit made a good lateral move to stop the attempt.