The Detroit Red Wings may have been on a back-to-back, but they were at home, and they only needed to stop the so-so Utah Mammoth. Utah was also on a back-to-back, traveling from Boston to Hockeytown, on the final leg of a three-game road trip and their third contest in four days.
It should have been an easy win for the Wings. Instead, they decided to run out of talent, losing 4-1, their second regulation loss in their last 10 contests. Still, you don't let opportunities like these slip, and the Wings did. Until they take advantage of these opportunities, you can't call them an upper-echelon hockey team.