The Red Wings are mired in an eight-game losing streak. Less than a month after Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha and Co., kicked things off with three wins in their first four games, sparking optimism that this season might not be quite as difficult as the two that preceded it, Detroit finds itself back at the bottom of the league, reeling for myriad reasons.



Most nights, the team simply hasn’t scored enough. Some games, a late collapse has been to blame. Others, a rough time on both special teams. So what more is there to say? Well, it turns out, numbers actually have quite a bit to add — as usual.



Now, bear in mind, what these stats say about the Red Wings are not whole stories in themselves. And of course, a small-sample-size caveat has to be applied across the board. The season is only 12 games in. But in many ways, taking these stats all together does tell a couple different stories about what’s happening to the Red Wings right now: one story about...