Red Wings Need to Bounce Back!

It began with such promise two nights ago, as the Red Wings dominated the early play against the Sharks. It all fell apart fairly quickly though, and Detroit fell 5-2 to Todd McLellan's boys, for the first regulation loss at the Joe since October 28.

The Red Wings remain at home for the next few games, the first of which will be a meeting with Nashville. On paper, the Preds aren't quite the team San Jose is, however if Detroit can't avoid a repeat of that sort of capitulation, the Predators will find themselves receiving two points without too much hassle.

Nashville has been enduring some battles of their own. With the loss of #1 netminder Pekka Rinne, will likely have an even more difficult time catching its rivals in the frustratingly tough Western Conference. The 6-foot-6 monolithic rookie Anders Lindback has taken the reigns the last two games going 1-0-1 with a disappointing finish in Atlanta blowing a 2-goal lead to lose in OT during the Red Wings meltdown.

So how do the Red Wings avoid a disaster akin to the one we saw on Monday?

Pretty simple: play Red Wings hockey for 60 minutes.

That's it. Just 60 minutes of hockey. There'll be no excuses for the mental collapses we saw against the Sharks. Some might call it a 'schedule loss' and God knows, in an 82-game season, you'll have them, but this isn't one.

Good news though: it won't be.

The Wings will win this game. I know it. That is all.