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Struggling Red Wings forward Patrick Kane speaks out after breaking career-worst 9-game pointless skid
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Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane finally broke his career-worst 9-game pointless skid, but he's already looking toward the future and how to avoid that again.
The Detroit Red Wings got back in business on Saturday night, defeating the division foe Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Little Caesars Arena, a truly rowdy atmosphere with an almost equal amount of loud Toronto fans as there were Detroit fans.
A pair of goals from unlikely hero Jeff Petry paced the Red Wings, who also got a goal from Moritz Seider along with the 1st win since December of last year by goalie Ville Husso.
One notable player on the Red Wings who finally broke a career-worst 9-game pointless skid was future Hall of Fame forward Patrick Kane.
Picking up an assist on Moritz Seider's 2nd period goal, Kane found his way back to the scoresheet after what was the lengthiest drought of his career.
More than almost anyone, Kane understands the importance of not passing up scoring opportunities, as he explained following today's practice.
You don't want to waste shots, but if we're in an area to have a good chance to shoot it on net or get some action at the net, we want to be a team that takes those chances, instead of looking for a better play or another pass.
We've got good players in here that can read the play but sometimes I think we want to have that possession and maybe we overpass a little bit. So just having a shooting mentality has been better for us.
Future Hall of Famer Patrick Kane agreed to return to the Red Wings this summer
While his return to the Red Wings seemed almost in doubt given that he spoke about the club in the past tense during his end-of-year media availability, Kane worked out a deal with GM Steve Yzerman to return for his 1st full year with Detroit.
But so far, he's not resembled much of the player who was scoring at nearly a point-per-game pace as last year and reminding fans of the force he could be while playing for the former divisional foe Chicago Blackhawks.
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| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 17 | 94 ANSWERS Struggling Red Wings forward Patrick Kane speaks out after breaking career-worst 9-game pointless skid Will Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane begin to pick up the pace soon now that he broke his pointless skid? | ||
| Yes, it's gonna be Showtime in Hockeytown! | 68 | 72.3 % |
| No, he's basically washed. | 26 | 27.7 % |
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