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Red Wings lineup vs. Oilers: Detroit looking to bear down in third period and hold onto late leads

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have had much better puck possession and offensive zone time, and their shots differential has improved since Pavel Datsyuk returned on Nov. 13.

But they're still having trouble holding onto leads in the third period. They have failed to protect a late lead in three of the past five games and five times in 22 games.

"We talked about it this morning," Blashill said. "If you look back, we lost a lead late in St. Louis (last Saturday), we lost a lead late in Ottawa (Nov. 16), just recently and obviously the other night (Wednesday vs.