Slightly belated Red Wings-Flames wrap-up: two little, two late

Updated 3x at 11:45 AM with Wings ticket and Danny Dekeyser news...First and foremost, an apology: this recap?s quite late because my internet conked out last night from about the start of the 3rd period onward: For the second night in a row, the Detroit Red Wings didn?t show up at the start of a challenging road game. For the second night in a row, the Detroit Red Wings surrendered a 2-goal lead, and then surrendered a 3rd goal after a controversial call didn?t go their way. For the second night in a row, the Detroit Red Wings? special teams were awful. For the second night in a row, the Red Wings mounted a furious third period comeback against a determined opponent, but the Wings? stars, support players and leaders simply couldn?t complete their rally because they?d left their goaltender to the wolves by ?cheating? toward offense early, exposing the kinds of flaws and fragile collective confidence that had Wings fans worried as all hell get out in November?

And as such, the Wings flew home to Detroit slowly sinking in the Western Conference standings thanks to a 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday and a 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames (clicky for the ?Quick Take?), going 1-for-3 on their two-game road trip and dropping 2 games below .500 on the road.

Despite the absence of player quotes, the Calgary Herald?s George Johnson captured the ?spirit of the thing? most astutely:

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