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'We weren't ready to bring the battle': Sleepy Red Wings dominated by Kings

Good for you if you didn't stay up to watch the Red Wings.

You didn't miss a darn thing.

Playing in Los Angeles Saturday, the Wings never really got started and wound up losing 4-0 in a game that was one-sided from the start.

The Kings outshot the Wings by a staggering 27-2 margin in the first period — outshot the Wings 42-21 in the game — as the Wings (16-16-3) lost their seventh in their last 10 games and third in the last four since returning after being shut down after a COVID outbreak.

"We weren't ready to go," forward Dylan Larkin said.