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Despite losses, Babcock happy with Wings’ game

Mike Babcock

Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock watches from the bench in the first period of their 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in a preseason hockey game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press,Julian H. Gonzalez) ** DETROIT NEWS OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT DETROIT FREE PRESS **

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On Wednesday, the Detroit Red Wings outshot the Calgary Flames, 38-17...but lost 3-2 in regulation.

On Saturday, they outshout the Vancouver Canucks, 34-14...but lost 2-1 in a shootout.

So it’s not all that surprising that Wings head coach Mike Babcock is feeling good about the way his team is playing heading into tonight’s key game versus Phoenix at Joe Louis Arena (on NBCSN).

“I’ve liked a lot of our games of late. I don’t think we’ve played poorly,” Babcock said this morning, per MLive.com. “The last poor game we had was on the trade deadline when we played Phoenix. We had poor effort that night.

“Other than that we’ve played well. And yet we got to find a way to get the second point. We can’t get one point, we got to get two.”

Babcock does admit that the Wings “have to get on the inside more” if they want to put more pucks in the net -- especially against a goalie like the Coyotes’ Mike Smith who’s going to stop the easy shots from the perimeter.