DETROIT – Marco Kasper was slapped with a 10-misconduct in the second period Thursday after trying to get at Adam Boqvist. He squared off with Tony DeAngelo late in the game in his first NHL regular season fight.

Kasper was frustrated, not only by the Detroit Red Wings’ 5-0 loss to the New York Islanders, but his entire season.

After flourishing the second half of his rookie season, Kasper is experiencing an epic sophomore slump. He has three goals and no assists in 21 games.

“It’s frustrating for me. I wanted to do something,” Kasper said. “You got to go out and try to do something every game -- compete, hit, score a goal, fight. Emotions sometimes get the best of you, and that’s what happened at the end there.”

Kasper started the season centering the second line with Alex DeBrincat

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