When it comes to goal scoring this season, the Detroit Red Wings are basically a one-trick pony.

If Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, or Alex DeBrincat don’t score, chances are that the Wings aren’t going to be doing much scoring at all.

One Trick Pony was a smash hit for Paul Simon way back in 1980.

On the other hand, should the Red Wings continue to be a one-trick pony offensively, the team’s season will soon crash and burn.

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Larkin (13), DeBrincat (11), and Raymond (six) have accounted for 30 of Detroit’s 69 goals this season. That works out to 43.48% of the club’s entire offensive output.

Expecting those three to keep producing at that pace is, to put it frankly, unsustainable.

The problem, though, is that the problem is growing more pronounced.

Twelve of the last 18 goals scored by Detroit forwards in even-strength scenarios have come from the Larkin line. That’s 67% of those goals.

Red Wings Coach Briefly Formed Super Line

At one point this season, Red Wings coach Todd McLellan put all his scoring eggs in one basket, forming a super line of Larkin, Raymond and DeBrincat. Seeking to find balance in attack, he’s since moved DeBrincat back in alongside Patrick Kane and JT Compher on the second line.

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To date, though, nothing seems to be able to get any of Detroit’s other three lines fired up when it comes to scoring goals. In the past 11 games, the Larkin line has scored at least one goal in nine games. In four of those games, someone from that line was the only Detroit forward to score five-on-five.

“We can score more at five-on-five,” Larkin said. He means the team, not his line.

It’s a sentiment echoed by his coach.

“We still want to be better five-on-five,” McLellan said. “So there’s improvement needed there.”

Too Many Detroit Forwards Shooting Blanks

The vast majority of Detroit forwards appear incapable of scoring in any situation.

Andrew Copp has one goal all season and has gone 21 games without a goal.

“I think our five-on-five scoring overall, especially maybe the last 10 games or so, hasn’t been great,” Copp said.

Mason Appleton has been goalless over the past 19 games. Marco Kasper hasn’t had a point in the last 12 games. It’s been nine games without a goal for Jonatan Berggren, and six without a goal for Elmer Soderblom.

James van Riemsdyk scored Monday at New Jersey, ending a 16-game goalless drought. Michael Rasmussen has one goal in 15 games. Emmitt Finnie and Compher each have one goal in 14 games, while Kane has scored once in 10 games. Nate Danielson has one goal in eight games.

“So, yeah, we gotta find ways to get more pucks to the net, possess the puck a little bit more in the offensive zone,” Copp said. “The rush game can kind of come and go sometimes, but we gotta be able to create chances from below their goal line and run the net a little bit more.”

If they don’t, if that across-the-board scoring futility continues, there can only be one outcome. The Red Wings are going to begin to see a downward slide in the standings.

A one-trick pony won’t get a club into the playoffs. A team needs plenty of horses to power its way to that destination.