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There are a multitude of reasons the Red Wings didn’t win enough games the last three seasons to make the playoffs.
But one of the keys was their lack of success on specialty teams. The Red Wings didn’t have much success on either the power play or penalty kill, and ultimately, that refected itself in the final regular season standings.
Heading into Friday’s game in Edmonton, it’s happening again.
The Red Wings are struggling badly on the power play, not doing much better on the penalty kill, with the first two games of a western Canada road trip this week prime examples.