The Red Wings’ scoring has fallen off a cliff this season due to reduced firepower down the lineup and a top six that skews small and tends to play on the perimeter. The blue line leans heavily on its top pair, with many question marks behind it. And underpinning at all, there just seems to be a bit less energy on a night-to-night basis.

During a 7-9-2 start to the NHL season, there’s not much for the Red Wings to be bragging about. They can’t score. Detroit is averaging 2.56 goals per game. That’s 26th in the NHL. They can’t keep it out of their net. The Red Wings are allowing 3.33 goals per game. That’s 22nd in the league.

Let’s be honest here, Detroit hasn’t had a very good start to the 2024-25 season. While it’s not necessarily a lost season yet, it’s still November after all, there is definitely a dark cloud around the team these days,