“We had a good first ten minutes and then didn’t figure the rest out.”
That is how Dylan Larkin would summarize his team’s latest loss.
The Detroit Red Wings came out with a good start against the Florida Panthers, but it wasn’t enough to seal the deal. They limp away into Friday night’s game having suffered a 4-1 loss to the Panthers.
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“It’s a really hard building to play in,” Larkin revealed to the media present in the away team’s dressing room. “They’re a really good team at home.”
“Todd talks about making a good ten-minute game and then figuring the rest of the 50 out.”
The Red Wings opened the scoring in Thursday night’s contest. Alex DeBrincat continued his solid season by registering his 36th goal just 6:13 into the opening frame.
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Dylan Larkin Calls Himself Out
In talking about the loss Larkin called himself out, citing a lack of details as one of the major reasons for the disappointing loss.
“Lack of details on all of us,” Larkin stated. “Like myself, I lose my man and Marchand goes in and scores.”
“It’s just unacceptable at this time of year.”
His criticism didn’t end there. Larkin wasn’t happy with how the powerplay operated and took ownership over that.
“We had looks, we had chances, we created chances,” Larkin said, “the ...