Bottom feeders continue to feast on the Detroit Red Wings.

The Nashville Predators (West) and Buffalo Sabres (East) are the bottom-placed teams in each of the NHL’s two conferences.

This season, they are a combined 3-0 against the Red Wings. An 5-4 overtime loss to the Sabres, in which Detroit squandered a 4-1 lead, is the only point the Red Wings have claimed from those three games.

Wednesday, Detroit coughed up five third-period goals in a 6-3 loss to the Predators. Nashville had just two wins in the previous 10 games. The Predators went with backup goalie Justus Annunen in net. He came into the game with an .836 save percentage and 4.07 GAA.

And yet, the Red Wings still managed to find a way to be the second-best team.

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“You kind of go through the whole night, and I think every time there was a crucial battle, we kind of lost it,” Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider said.

Twice during the third-period onslaught, the Predators scored a pair of goals less than a minute apart.

“When the third period starts, we gave up four (goals) in every different fashion you could think of,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan said. “Four-on-four, faceoff coverage off of rush and off a D-zone breakout.”

Add in an empty netter, and Detroit pretty much filled out the hockey goals against bingo card, other than perhaps a penalty shot.

Red Wings Were Bad From The Get-Go

A well-known Red Wings pattern was emerging quickly. They broke slowly from the gate, lacking intensity and purpose in their game.

“Didn’t like our game most of the night,” McLellan said. “I thought we were quite casual early in the game. Our passing was horrendous. There was nothing crisp about our game.”

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Despite playing so poorly, the Red Wings did carry a 2-1 lead into the third period. The game was theirs for the taking.

“You come into a third at home and you’re in a good spot to win a game,” Detroit forward Lucas Raymond said. “We gotta be better than that.”