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    The Detroit Red Wings stumble again in their 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers

    Kathleen William Posted on

    Their season is only a week old and the Detroit Red Wings are in a bind.

    Three days after a respectable loss to the Stanley Cup favorite Rangers in New York, the Wings looked disorganized on home ice and showed all their weaknesses in a rematch Thursday at Little Caesars Arena. The team's defense, so much of a focus during training camp, was dismal, the penalty kill looked clumsy, and the general lack of urgency was a bad sign for a team trying to build on last season's growth.

    In the final, the score was 5-2 in favor of the Rangers, while the Wings fell to 1-3-0. The Wings lost 4-1 at Madison Square Garden earlier in the week, but their performance that night was significantly better than the bye.

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    Cam Talbot was substituted after conceding five goals on 19 shots in 32:20 minutes, but that was more of a message to his teammates than to Talbot, who had little help in front of him. Alex Lyon, who started against the Rangers earlier in the week, was relieved.

    Moritz Seider scored a goal in the second period and JT Compher scored a meaningless goal on the Wings' fifth power play late in the third period.

    Deflating stretch

    Dylan Larkin brought down Vincent Trocheck 4:07 into the first period, sending the Wings into a power play. They struggled there, going 1-11 in their first three games. But their man advantage grew to two when Larkin hit Adam Fox with a bat at 5:25, giving the Wings 42 seconds with two extra fielders. Their only power play goal came in the first game on 5-on-3 play. There was no such momentum this time: From a few mistakes from Erik Gustafsson (who had about as tough an outing as his debut, including two penalties) to failed goals at the net, the Wings were held up for the entire 3:18 of The experienced goalkeeper Jonathan Quick thwarted them. They played overlapping power plays.

    Falling back

    As if their inability to convert wasn't disappointing enough, the Wings soon fell behind when Artemi Panarin scored at 8:30 of the first period. Olli Määttä turned the puck over in his own zone and made a small chip pass that was easily intercepted by Trocheck, ending with Panarin deflecting a shot from the left circle behind Talbot. Then the Rangers, who also converted on Monday, showed the Wings how to score on the power play, needing just 11 seconds after an Alex DeBrincat penalty for Panarin to double the score.

    Simply terrible

    The Wings looked okay at 5-on-5 in the first half and even seemed to gain some momentum when Seider scored 1:27 into the second half. But then their defensive coverage was so disastrous that the Rangers gained an unassailable lead. It didn't help that the Wings ran over ruts to the penalty box against the Rangers for the second time in a row. Jonatan Berggren went off at 7:59; Trocheck scored at 8:45. Gustafsson left the field at 10:46 a.m.; Panarin completed a hat trick at 11:42. As if the rush from the Rangers' stars wasn't enough, Victor Mancini, defenseman on Hancock's third pair in the UP, scored his first NHL goal at 12:20.

    Contact Helene St. James at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames.

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