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Wings beat Kings 5-2; Lidstrom Nets 1,000th Point

Chris Osgood stops Justin Williams as Brad Stuart looks on.

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Chris Osgood stops Justin Williams as Brad Stuart looks on.

A balanced attack, with five goals from five different players, helped the Red Wings defeat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena.

After spotting the Kings an early 1-0 lead on Derek Brown's first goal of the season, Detroit roared back with two goals in the second. Jonathan Ericsson lit the lamp past Jonathan Quick at 3:33. Five minutes later, with Los Angeles a man down for too many men on the ice, Nicklas Lidstrom's shot was tipped off the stick of Tomas Holmstrom to make it 2-1. 

In the third period, the Red Wings were down a man when Jarret Stoll pulled down Kris Draper. The official waited a beat to make the call, infuriating Stoll, but off the ensuing faceoff, Lidstrom set up Henrik Zetterberg for his first of the season. It was Lidstrom's 1,000th point, earning him a standing ovation at the TV timeout. After Justin Williams brought Los Angeles back to within one, Kirk Maltby's slapper from Todd Bertuzzi put Detroit back up by two. With Quick pulled for the extra attacker, Brian Rafalski exited the penalty box and put the puck into the empty net for the final goal of the night.

Player of the Game: Nick Lidstrom. Two assists tonight, the second making him the eighth defenseman in NHL history with 1,000 points, gives it to him. 

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Wish I had seen the whole game...

But we did look much better last night than we did against Buffalo. Congratulations to my pen-name’s sake on a great accomplishment, definitely a big time achievement for one of the best the game has ever seen.

by MrNorrisTrophy on Oct 16, 2009 8:14 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

luck, just maybe.

Can I ask why 80% of the wings goals are off of deflections, I know its no excuse but, I hate to see wins like that.

by redtribe14 on Oct 16, 2009 12:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

deflections are not luck

If you watch the replays of the goals, they are high quality deflections that take thought. On the goal Holmstrom scored, the puck was going wide of the net yet he tipped it back into the middle and beat Quick. Zetterberg’s goal was more of a shot-pass from Lidstrom. None of the goals last night were “luck” deflections.

by MrNorrisTrophy on Oct 16, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Every team practices deflections.

I wonder if all the head coaches call it “the lucky drill”.

by Bird6 on Oct 16, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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