Red Wings searching for right mindset in Game 7
The Lightning played like a desperate team who needed to win the game in Game 6, but the Red Wings lost the game because of their own play just as much as Tampa played better than the Wings.
According to Gregg Krupa of The Detroit News, this makes having the right mindset in Game 7 essential for Detroit, because the Red Wings have shown they can dominate the Lightning as long as Detroit's mental strength is at its best.
"When their mind is right, they skate with such intent that the forechecking, backchecking and defensive deployment are matters of course," Krupa wrote. "And the course leads to their offense."
The problem with the Red Wings, Krupa said, is that the team is maddeningly inconsistent, but the venue for Game 7 plays into Detroit's favor. The Red Wings will be on the road against the Lightning, and Tampa's Amalie Arena is a much easier place to play than most NHL rinks.
"Road games can provide focus as the players strive to 'keep it simple,'" Krupa wrote. "And the Amalie Arena — despite the repressive, undemocratic instincts that fostered the ban on anyone other than Floridians purchasing tickets with credit cards — is not exactly like playing in front of a house full of Canadiens or Bruins fans."
(h/t The Detroit News)
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