At least this one doesn't come close to the stretch of 31 games in the 92-93 season where there was a 13-game losing streak, a win, and then a 17-game losing streak that finally ended with a 3-2 win at Winnipeg on 2/14/93. This team has just a little more talent than that one.
Mashinter gets into a fight, in hopes of injecting some momentum into a team full of zombies. The very next play, Wallin gets burned and commits a penalty. And like that, momentum GONE! Woot!
1-0 is a big hole for this pathetic, offensively-challenged team. If they don't come back in this one, the losing streak should extend to 9, after two road games, by the time they face Minnesota at home on 1/22.