DETROIT — Coach Todd McLellan wanted “evidence” about his players to begin the regular season, something to use as a base, to grow and improve.

McLellan got plenty of it in Thursday’s 5-1 loss to Montreal and not much of it was pleasant.

“A lot (of evidence), too much evidence,” said McLellan Friday, after viewing the video and meeting with his team. “They’re all guilty.”

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There was plenty to go over Friday and correct heading into Saturday’s home game against Toronto (7 p.m./FDSN/97.1).

“It’s much easier when you need to fix one player or one line, but this was team-wide,” McLellan said. “We dealt with it (Friday at practice) and we talked about managing the game much better.”

Wings players, after the loss and after Friday’s practice, were adamant the issues in the d

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