The Detroit Red Wings have been eliminated from the playoffs for the ninth straight year. Here's what went wrong ...

As the Wings hope for a miracle to make the playoffs, they're finding positives in the play of some of their younger players.

Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond had drastic downturns after ... That set in motion the Wings signing Erik Gustafsson, a journeyman defenseman who had little impact before an injury sidelined ...

Complicating matters, limited cap space—due in large part to the significant raises due for Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond ... from Seider to Jeff Petry, Erik Gustafsson, and Justin Holl.

Lucas Raymond, 22, leads the team in scoring ... Free agent acquisitions such as Vladimir Tarasenko, J.T. Compher, Erik Gustafsson and more have simply not played up to the level they've shown ...

The Red Wings will miss out on the playoffs again this season and were passed by other rebuilding teams in Ottawa and ...

Elias Lindholm #28 of the Boston Bruins takes a shot against Erik Gustafsson #56 of the Detroit ... Detroit mounted a failed late comeback, with Lucas Raymond and Vladimir Tarasenko each scoring ...

That landed them Lucas Raymond, where Alexis Lafreniere ... but the blue line is anchored down by veterans Ben Chiarot, Erik Gustafsson, Justin Holl and Jeff Petry. Of that group, only Petry ...