NHL: Florida Panthers vs. Detroit Red Wings, Dec. 12, 2014

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (52) rests on the boards against the Florida Panthers in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

DETROIT -- The frustration was easy to see on Jimmy Howard's face as the goalie sat by his locker following a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

The Detroit Red Wings (17-6-7) suffered a second straight shootout loss, dropping the team's record in tiebreakers on the season to 1-5.

"It's frustrating, it really is," Howard said. "We keep having meeting after meeting after meeting about it. We work on it in practice. Just going to have to stick with it."

Howard has been on the losing end of all five of the Red Wings' shootout losses. He's allowed nine goals on 12 shots, and is at the bottom of the NHL in shootout save percentage.

In Friday's loss, Vincent Trocheck and Brandon Pirri scored the Panthers' shootout goals against Howard.

Trocheck managed to find a small opening between Howard's skate and the left post. Howard was down on the ice, and nearly had the entire net blocked doing the splits.

When Howard was asked if he thought he had Trocheck's shot blocked, he shook his head.

"I didn't think I bit on either one of their moves, I stayed with them, but somehow it still went in," Howard said.

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock reiterated that he thinks his team's shootout struggles are all mental at this point.

"That's what it is," Babcock said. "Right now when we get to the shootout we're not a confident group so we just got to keep working on it. There's no sense in hanging our head, or getting disappointed."

But Howard wasn't sure what to pin the team's overall struggles in shootouts on.

"I don't know," Howard said. "I don't know what to say to you guys about it."

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Michael Niziolek covers local sports for MLive Ann Arbor News. Email him at mniziole@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+