ELIMINATED: The Red Wings playoff drought reaches 10 years following ANOTHER late blown lead

About this episode

The episode discusses the Detroit Red Wings' elimination from playoff contention after a loss to the New Jersey Devils, marking a 10-year playoff drought.

It's a story we have become familiar with too much in the last month, the Red Wings have a lead in the 3rd and then fail to seal the deal. Their loss to the New Jersey Devils eliminates them from playoff contention, now an NHL leading 10-year drough. What went wrong in this game, and this season?

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Fisher, Scott Bentley

Topics covered

• Detroit Red Wings
• NHL playoffs
• hockey analysis
• team performance
• season recap

Keywords

• Red Wings
• playoff drought
• NHL
• New Jersey Devils
• hockey
• team performance
• season analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Jersey Devils

Places: Detroit

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