By AJ Petronzi
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The Detroit Red Wings laid the foundation for a losing streak tonight after being dropped 4-1 by the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wings have been outscored 2-10 since Saturday.
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The Detroit Red Wings laid the foundation for a losing streak tonight after being dropped 4-1 by the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wings have been outscored 2-10 since Saturday.
RJ Umberger opened scoring with his first goal of the year less than a minute into the tilt. Darren Helm tied the game shortly after with his first of the year, but was followed four minutes later by Ryan Johansen who netted his first career goal. John Moore scored his first career goal for Columbus in the second. Derek Mackenzie added his first of the year in the third.
Detroit looked flat footed tonight, just like they did on Saturday. As a team, they showed no signs of fixing the problems of Saturday and Ty Conklin looked just a shaky as Columbus’ record coming into the game. Tonight’s officials seemed to be pulling for Columbus, something that became extra clear after one of Detroit’s defenseman struck a linesman with clearing attempt and Detroit saw several bad penalties called shortly after. Wings fans should hope the return of Jimmy Howard later in the week will reenergize the Wings.
In Play! Man of the Game: Ryan Johansen. Johansen not only scored his first career goal, but looked a lot like Wayne Gretzky doing it. He also saw multiple other chances and was skating circles around Detroit in the first two periods.
