Coach Todd McLellan saw the Red Wings' seven-game winning streak end, but he didn't pull any punches in his honest assessment of his team's problems.

The Detroit Red Wings entered this week playing extremely well for head coach Todd McLellan. McLellan sparked the Red Wings to seven straight wins before a loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. However,

Making up ground in a playoff race is a difficult climb. The Detroit Red Wings have won seven straight games but, as coach Todd McLellan said, they still have a lot of work to do.

Todd McLellan didn't cushion his opinion after watching the Detroit Red Wings lose for the first time in eight games. The Wings (20-19-4) head on their first extended road trip under McLellan tarnished by a 6-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks that basically reinforced McLellan's concerns from the previous game.

DETROIT – Todd McLellan didn’t blame one or two players for the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-3 loss Tuesday to the San Jose Sharks. Their worst performance in more than two weeks and first defeat in eight games was on the whole team, for the most part.

After winning seven straight NHL games, the Red Wings played flat in loss Tuesday. Can they rebound Thursday as a 1.5-goal underdog at the Panthers?

The Sharks then answered less than a minute later when Toffoli scored from in front, giving San Jose some breathing room. The Red Wings had scored at least one power-play goal in their previous eight games since Todd McLellan became head coach. But ...

Tommy O’Hare, a former U.S. Olympian and most recently the general manager of ClipperVision, is San Jose’s new sports and events director.

The Detroit Red Wings will be without Patrick Kane when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens to Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night.

Off-ice drama aside, let’s take a look at how all the NHL teams themselves did across week 15 and then rank them appropriately.

The Avalanche host the Winnipeg Jets looking to salvage a winning record during an underwhelming homestand. Will Valeri Nichushkin play? A new team has emerged in the J.T. Miller sweepstakes. Also, Alexandar Georgiev and Justus Annunen went head-to-head in a — you guessed it — high-scoring game.

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