DETROIT -- Todd McLellan had seen enough already.

This was supposed to be a big night. The Detroit Red Wings were celebrating their Centennial and hoping to get off to a good start in their effort to end a nine-season Stanley Cup Playoff drought, the longest in their storied history.

Wearing throwback uniforms, debuting a revamped lineup, they opened the season with a sloppy 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena on Oct. 9.

“The players will say, they probably have already said to you that, ‘You know what? We can fix this. We can …’” the coach told reporters afterward, his voice trailing off for a split second. “When? It’s time. Some of them have been doing it for years. It’s time.”

The Red Wings have responded with a five-game winning streak, defeating difficult o

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