Four score has proven to be the most common outcome for the Detroit Red Wings this season. Saturday, for the fourth time this season, no score was Detroit’s final tally.
A team that’s been fairly consistent in terms of productivity this season suddenly can’t find the back of the net at all.
Saturday’s 5-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche left Detroit with a goals-per-game average of 1.33 over the club’s three-game homestand.
“It’s just not getting it done, not getting to the final step,” captain Dylan Larkin said of the club’s attack. “We get in the zone and it may look good sometimes, but it’s not.
“The puck’s not crossing the goal line. I think probably on the home stand, the 6-on-5 against Washington was the most desperation we played with, and the puck went in (twice).”
#RedWings of 2025-26 acting like 2025 #Tigers. The Tigers played awesome for first (almost) half season before blowing 14-game lead then barely getting into playoffs. Wings have lost last three with little offense to show. #LGRW
— Jay Taylor (@hotburrito9) January 31, 2026
Over the three games of the 0-2-1 homestand, the Red Wings scored four goals. That’s their lowest output since an early-November stretch during which they scored twice in three games.
On November 4, the Wings lost 1-0 at Vegas. Three days later, they fell 4-1 at home to the New York Rangers. That was followed up by a 5-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on November 9, also on home ice.
The good news is that the slide was followed by a 10-goal outburst over the next two games.
Red Wings Have Proven To Be Consistent Scorers
Coach Todd McLellan likes to talk about how NHL games are a race to three. More often than not this season, the Red Wings are winning that race.
In 35 of 57 games, Detroit has scored at least three goals. That amounts to 61.4% of all Red Wings games. Breaking it down, Detroit has scored three goals in 10 games, four goals in 15 games, five goals in seven games, and six goals on three occasions.
That level of output has dried up lately.
5v5 Stats for Wings Forwards from moneypuck.. not pretty. How’s everyone feel about these? Are they worse than you would’ve initially believed? Who’s the most disappointing? #redwings #hockeytown #LGRW pic.twitter.com/4vQkpTQghK
— Hockeytown Hangout (@HkytownHang) February 1, 2026
“Right now offensively, we’re not supporting each other well,” McLellan said. “We’re not creating open ice for other people. We’re not getting to secondary chances. We’ll get the grade A ones, and then that’s it.
“To me, one guy’s working and doing some honest work. He’s protecting pucks, and four other guys are standing. I was barking on the bench (Saturday), move, move. If you don’t have the puck, move.”
Red Wings Power Play Has Also Dried Up
Another factor in the tepid offensive output is a power play that has gone completely AWOL. Detroit is 0-for-13 with the man advantage over the past four games.
McLellan tried shuffling the personnel on his power-play units during Saturday’s game, to no avail.
“We can’t get in the zone, or we can’t win the faceoff,” Larkin said. “It’s always something different.
“A lot of times right now, it’s just not finishing and not getting it to the net and being dangerous around the net.”