GDT Game 23: 11/28/18 | 6:00 PM CT | vs Wings | NBCSN/KMOX

[theohall]

The Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues share common traits after their most recent games, but it's not something either team is going to be celebrating as they prepare to meet Wednesday night in Detroit.

Both the Wings and Blues scored a bunch of goals in their last game. Detroit scored five on the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis potted four goals against the Winnipeg Jets. The problem was, they gave up a whole bunch more. The Wings were outscored 7-5 on Monday by the Blue Jackets, while the Blues were doubled 8-4 by the Jets on Saturday.

Another slow start, a malady that's been afflicting the Wings much of this season, got them again Monday, as they fell behind 5-1 before staging a rally.

"It was not nearly good enough," Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. "I think we didn't win enough of the 50-50 battles and we gave the puck away a little too easily in some areas.

"We made it interesting at the end in the third, but we just couldn't find a way to get it back. Unfortunately, it's tough to win games when you spot them seven. You're not going to win like that."

Detroit (10-11-3) is now on a three-game skid (0-2-1) after losing just once in the previous seven games.

"The first period, we got outworked," Detroit center Frans Nielsen said. "They skated more than we did. We got outworked, basically and I mean we don't have the talent in here that we can afford to get outworked.

"We've got to show up every night for 60 minutes if we want to win in this league."

The Blues (8-11-3) fell behind 6-2 against the Jets -- the same score they beat the Nashville Predators by in their previous game.

"This is a tough one to swallow, especially after the effort we gave (against Nashville)," Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo told NHL.com. "We've got to be ready to play."

Winnipeg's Patrik Laine put five pucks in the St. Louis net, becoming the first NHL player to score five goals in a game since Detroit's Johan Franzen did so against the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 2, 2011.

The Blues have lost four of five and six of eight and were booed off the ice by their own fans for their dismal performance on Saturday.

"I think we haven't given them that much," Blues forward Patrick Maroon said. "We haven't given them St. Louis Blues hockey."

On the road, the Blues have one win in their last five games (1-3-1). They are 1-2 since Craig Berube replaced Mike Yeo as coach. One of their few bright spots has been the play of right-winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who has 5-7-12 totals in his last 14 games.

For Detroit, right-winger Anthony Mantha scored twice and registered a season-high 10 shots in Monday's setback. He has three goals in the last two games.

"Mo, he's a rare breed in a sense that he can score from anywhere with that shot of his," Kronwall said. "He's been playing well lately for quite a while now. It's nice to see him get rewarded for it."

[glen a richter]

Let the suckathon continue, get that lottery pick!

Blues 2 - Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
Wings 5

[gaijin]

I'm torn between Lose for Hughes and the desire for the Blues to stage an epic team turnaround and storm into playoff contention.

Ah, I hate Detroit too much. Kill 'em.

[glen a richter]

I'd really be happy anywhere in the top 5, plus a couple of shrewd trades in the early offseason to secure a couple more first rounders and get the ball rolling on the next generation of underperforming Blues players. Can't lose 'em all, but this team will certainly try. Plus, with Detroit in the East now, my level of hate for them has shrunk.

[ibldbl]

First period shots

Detoilet - 15
Blues - 4

I can't watch it here in KC, because they have basketball on FSMW.

Was it as bad as the shot differential?

[flyingnote38]

yes
and its on NBCSN

[ibldbl]

Well, sweet!

Thanks flyingnote38!

[ibldbl]

And I turn it on to the Dead Things scoring.

[Robb_K]

First Perron buries a shot on the short side after skating by 2 defenders, then Tarasenko buries one also on the short side, to bring The Blues within 1! (2-3)!

[ibldbl]

3-3 now

Amazing how bad they looked earlier, and now they look awesome.

I just don't get this team.

[Robb_K]

Perron scores again!!! Blues tie it at 3!!!

[ibldbl]

So they tie it, then go back to looking like total crap and now they are down 4-3.

[theohall]

This is the Blues - short stretches of looking really good, surrounded by much longer stretches of sucking.

[Robb_K]

How did Steen not bury that, in all alone right in front? He had the goalie at his mercy.

[glen a richter]

Lose without completely looking like you’re trying to lose. Break it down and start over. Of course watch them finish with the worst record and not win the lottery.

[flyingnote38]

can't show up half way through the game and expect to win

[theohall]

Lose without completely looking like you’re trying to lose. Break it down and start over. Of course watch them finish with the worst record and not win the lottery.

Didn't you know? If the Blues win the lottery, the NHL would find some way to give that pick to the Devils.

[Toasted Oates]

Time to mail it in for good, boys.

Lose for Hughes.

[theohall]

There are some pretty good gifs showing how many times Blues forwards failed to cover the shooter in tonight's game - Fabbri, Steen, Thomas. And it's flat out lazy hockey. Gliding, not skating, looking at the guy with the puck, instead of looking for the outlets and covering them. Just plain bad hockey.

Thomas got abused in the defensive zone playing the wing tonight.

Here's one of the team leader's Steen gliding. http://twitter.com/NHLGIFs/status/1067950560844947456 Yes, Parayko could have played this better. Remember it's a team game though and you don't leave guys in that part of the ice that wide open.

[dern17]

I don't really understand how the NHL draft works, but didn't one of the talking heads before the game say the Blue's did not have a 1st round pick this year? He was talking about making a trade for someone. So no 1st round pick, how could we get Hughes?