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Too Many Players Took The Night Off

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from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

It has been a recurring theme. The Red Wings will play well for a few games, looking like they have it figured out and appearing to gain traction. Then they take a step back.

"We had 20 guys going hard (the past three games) and tonight we had a handful of guys going hard," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "We weren't good enough. We didn't have enough guys going hard.

"We got to be better than that. You got to be way more ready to compete.