Detroit Red Wings make a joke of themselves in 7-3 misfortune to Montreal

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings made a joke of themselves.

Crisp off a mortification in Boston, they self-destructed in the second time frame Monday at Bell Center in transit to a 7-3 misfortune to the Canadiens. Six diversions in, the Wings stay looking for their first triumph — and the following stop is at Tampa Bay.

The Wings (0-4-2) have lost six diversions to open a season without precedent for their 92-season history.

Monday's exposing looked more regrettable in light of Saturday's 8-2 shellacking in Boston. None of the veterans came through with a major move. The youthful safeguard was uncovered. They played in need of help five times. When Andreas Athanasiou scored his second objective of the night, in the third time frame, the Habs had taken a five-objective lead. Three minutes after Athanasiou's objective, Thomas Vanek changed over on a strategic maneuver, however the Canadiens scored again with 1:49 to go, leaving the Wings to clarify another joke of an execution.

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Two objective posts and trailing

The beginning of the diversion started promisingly, as Dylan Larkin's line with Anthony Mantha and Darren Helm conveyed a magnificent move, keeping the puck in Montreal's zone for a decent moment. Athanasiou made a decent scoring possibility, breaking in and shooting a shot that goalie Antti Niemi dismissed, and afterward getting the bounce back just to hit an objective post.