Detroit — Many Red Wings fans were soundly asleep when they played their last two games in Southern California.
Maybe, just as well. Maybe not, depending on your perspective.
They lost both games by slim margins. In Los Angeles, 4-2 with the Kings scoring a late empty-net goal and in Anaheim, 3-2, in a shootout (the Ducks won the shootout 1-0).
Monday’s defeat probably stung a bit more because the Ducks are as physically beat-up as the Wings, and like the Wings, had six rookies in the lineup. There was a potential to grab two points there.