Frustrated Red Wings coach Todd McLellan pulls no punches after 5-1 loss to Lightning
The Red Wings outplayed the Tampa Bay Lightning but lost 5-1 thanks to subpar goaltending, and coach Todd McLellan was frank afterward.
On Thursday night, the Detroit Red Wings handled their business against the divisional foe Florida Panthers, winning 5-2 despite being outshot by a near 2-1 margin.
Tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning was a near reversal of the script. The Red Wings had the clear advantage in shots by a near 2-1 but were defeated 5-1 at Amalie Arena.
Goaltender Red Wings outshot the Lightning' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Cam Talbot had a subpar night, allowing 5 goals on 16 shots before being pulled by head coach Todd McLellan in favor of Alex Lyon, who will get the start against the Dallas Stars on Sunday.
Head coach Todd McLellan, who had guided the Red Wings to 8 wins in their last 10 games, pulled no punches and was clearly frustrated with the final result.
I think you can get very fooled by our 40 shots, or whatever it was. We want to be a volume shooting team and we weren't tonight. We had zero presence in and around their net. Vasilevskiy, when he sees it, he's going to have zero problems stopping it.
We had maybe 2 or 3 screen shots, 2 or 3 quick rebounds; he made saves so you have to give him credit for that. At the other end of the rink, you look at their 1st goal, our net play was not where it needed to be. Even on the 2nd (goal), our net play was poor. It's something we have to clean up.
Not a good night for us in those areas, and something we'll focus on....they scored on their opportunities and they did a good job creating them. We were in the penalty box before the puck even hit the ice, we were careless.
We got a little loose and careless on the next 2 goals, and by that time, the game's out of reach.
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