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Red Wings crash back down to earth with 5-1 loss against Panthers

Sunrise, Fla. − The fun times on this Red Wings road trip came to a crashing halt in south Florida.

This wasn't enjoyable for the Wings, at all. Like storms on a beach day.

After two impressive victories, the Florida Panthers crashed the Wings back down to earth with a 5-1 victory.

The Panthers scored late in the first period, and continued the deluge in the second period, as goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic and the Wings' defense could do nothing to slow Florida down.

The Panthers (13-10-4) outshot the Wings (13-8-5) 40-21 as the Wings moved to 2-1-0 on this road trip, which ends Saturday in Dallas (2 p.