Detroit Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde gets honest after latest win
Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde has been under the microscope of late, but the Red Wings have responded with several defensively sound performances and multiple valuable points in the standings.
Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde had been feeling some considerable heat in recent weeks, especially after the disastrous 0-2-1 road trip in California that included losses to lottery bound Anaheim and San Jose.
But what's followed is arguably Detroit's best stretch of defensive hockey so far in the year. In the last four games, they've surrendered a total of six goals combined, including last night's 2-1 overtime win over the Calgary Flames.
Lalonde said that while he wanted to keep Calgary from the scoresheet,, it was a complete game for his team.
Really wanted the shutout tonight, just the way we played in our little stretch of hockey lately. We took too many penalties. Four was just too much. It was just a matter of time.
We did a good job on that kill, but what a complete game, start to finish. Our push early in the third, we were on top of our game and that was a good game.
Goaltender Cam Talbot has lent a hand in Detroit's wins, putting together several find performances and giving the Red Wings a solid option in net.
He thinks that their recent tight defensive play has demonstrated that they're learning how to win the kind of low-scoring games that defensively sound teams are known for.
I think that we've shown that we can play these games. We knew that coming into this game, Calgary, they're an aggressive team. They forecheck hard. They tend to try to just outwork their opponents and grind them down.
And we bent, but we didn't break for the most part all night. I thought if anything, we kind of took it to them for most of the game.
And then we give up that late one and you can do one of two things. You can either fold and give the game back to them, or you can come out in overtime and get the game-winner. So, we did a good job mentally of not letting that one get to us and finishing the win.
| POLL |
Have the Red Wings become a more defensively sound team of late, or is it just a fluke stretch? |
| It's real, they know how to play defensively sound | 28 | 43.8 % |
| It's a fluke, they'll go back to their old habits | 36 | 56.3 % |
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