The Wings dropped to last in the NHL on the penalty kill (66.2%) after allowing three power-play goals in Friday's loss to New Jersey.

The Detroit Red Wings came out with energy and emotion but their penalty kill continues to be a drain. An two-goal lead had dissolved into a deficit by the time the third period began in Friday's matinee at Little Caesars Arena. By then, the New Jersey ...

Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier and Jack Hughes scored on power plays as the New Jersey Devils took advantage of Detroit’s NHL-worst penalty kill in a 5-4 victory over the Red Wings on Friday.

It was a fun atmosphere on a holiday weekday afternoon and an entertaining game, but the Red Wings gladly would have exchanged the result.

They couldn’t sustain it, however, and the New Jersey Devils battled back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Red Wings 5-4 at Little Caesars Arena. The Devils (16-8-2) scored three times on the power play against the league’s worst-rated penalty kill.

New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis MacDermid will draw back into the lineup Friday afternoon against the Detroit Red Wings. View the original article to see embedded media. MacDermid will take Shane Bow

The Red Wings worked like a light switch today. They’d be on for the first half of the period and flip off and let New Jersey score twice in the last ten minutes of both of the first two periods.