Coyotes drop Wings 3-2 in OT

by Christy on Oct 23, 2009 12:06 AM CDT in Game Recaps Comment 21 comments

Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov (30), of Russia, gets beat for a goal by Detroit Red Wings' Brett Lebda (22) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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4 months ago: Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov (30), of Russia, gets beat for a goal by Detroit Red Wings' Brett Lebda (22) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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A questionable call caused the Wings to head into overtime after leading the Coyotes for most of the game. A soft goal in OT gave Phoenix the two points, while handing Detroit a loss to start their road trip and one point in the standings.

By the end of the first period, the game was even at one goal apiece. In his first game back from injury, star forward Pavel Datsyuk assisted on the equalizer with 20 seconds remaining in the period. Tomas Holmstrom was credited with the goal, a tip-in. Matthew Lombardi posted the power-play goal for the Coyotes in the first frame.

Defenseman Brett Lebda scored 7:45 into the second period, which was set up on a slick pass by Datsyuk. Henrik Zetterberg also earned his second helper of the evening.

Phoenix was held off the scoreboard in the third until the 17:20 mark when it appeared that goalie Chris Osgood had made the stop with the puck under his pads. The referee seemingly should have blown the whistle, but hadn't when a Coyote pushed Ozzie further back, causing the puck to ultimately go over the goal line. Petr Prucha was given the goal.

Mike Babcock had this to say to FSDetroit after the game:

"I thought we were in the control of the game...I thought they pushed Ozzie into the net, but it doesn't matter what I think obviously...The bottom line is that's what they decided, but I thought there was some bumping...If you give away points, it's going to come back and haunt you."

Wings' fans will probably agree that the game should not have gone into overtime, but it did and Adrian Aucion scored the game-winning marker 1:40 into overtime.

All in all, the Coyotes outshot Detroit 33-27 for the win.

"It's tough to lose this way. I thought we played a good game...[Pavel] looked good and he skated well...It was two funky plays that led to the last two goals."

-- Henrik Zetterberg said on FSDetroit after the game

The Wings have four more games remaining on this road trip so hopefully they can put this behind him and get a few wings out of this trip. Detroit's next game is this Saturday in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche.

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Osgood Again.

For crying out loud, it’s a repeat. He plays a great game and then in a scramble she’s in the net. Not entirely his fault but there is more net crashing this year and if you do not have the puck they let the play go and of course there is a push to put the goalie through the net. But the replay shows he didn’t have it so his complaint and Babcock’s complaint are on deaf ears. Now the overtime goal is just a stinking minor hockey miss.
People we are not going to win by 3 or more goals this year, we are going to have close ones all the way. If you can’t hold the lead in the 3rd period you will not make the playoffs. If we continue this no confidence play we will miss the playoffs.
Both Osgood and Howard need to be sat down to think about things. You can bet Howard will be in there next game and if they don’t win with him, I say get the young guys back from the minors at least if we lose with them, we know why. We are going to have to give up some great talent to get a goaltender in a trade if anyone is available. Bring Hasek out of retirement! Conklin saved our bacon last year, this year who knows.

by Jim P on Oct 23, 2009 12:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes but...

Overall you’re right on, and Ozzy didn’t have the puck dead. But the puck went in the net because Osgood was pushed in the net, and he was pushed by Vrbata. But the goaltender interference cannot be reviewed, and since it wasn’t called on the ice there’s no way to call back that goal. Yes, Ozzy needs to clamp down on that puck, but that puck doesn’t go in if Ozzy isn’t significantly pushed.

The overtime goal, though, was particularly egregious. Ugh, hard to watch.

by Brobz on Oct 23, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ozzy may have been pushed in, but Vrbata was thrown into him by Ericson and Datsyuk…it’s a bit hard to do any sort of pushing when you are on your hands and knees on the ice…

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by Moridin417 on Oct 23, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

when i watched the replay, it looked like Vrbata initiated contact before being pushed by Datsyuk and Ericsson but the game’s over so its not gonna change anything for me.

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by Casey Richey on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you don't want your goalie to get pushed and moved...

GET THE OPPOSITION THE HELL OUT OF THE CREASE.

Sorry, but I’m not buying the boohoo sob story. If you’ve got a problem with getting pushed around, push back or stand your ground better. Or both.

If Chris Osgood wasn’t as weak as a blown leaf, maybe he kept his ground. If any of the other five players gave a shit about their goalie getting crowded, maybe they would have made some space.

by Michael Petrella on Oct 23, 2009 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My issue isn't the pushing...

It’s that the referee should have blown the whistle before he actually did.

by Christy on Oct 23, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Searching for a Goalie

Looking for some help around the league we can trade for. Low pay, name goalie, I have come up with two on a team that is off to a miseable start also. Dwayne Roloson 2 Mil and Marty Biron 1.4 Mil. They will fit in our CAP, but we need to trade Howard and another player, probably a guy like Meech. I’d go for Roloson,

by Jim P on Oct 23, 2009 12:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Totally agree

I heard rumors of when Dipietro gets healthy the Isles would be willing to ship Marty or Rolo (which makes total sense), and Id probably go with Rolo over Biron but hell either one would be welcomed in my book. Even if it comes at the price of Howard and a guy like Meech,so be it…we got Kindl and 3 other prospect goalies in the system.

by Jimbo5203 on Oct 23, 2009 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

some things i've read

indicate that Howard could possibly be a target for the Maple Leafs given their goaltending injury woes. We may see a three way trade at some point in the near future.

I’d go with Marty. He’s cheaper and probably just as good of an option as Rolo in my opinion. Wonder what DiPi would could us (other than the hefty contract) haha

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by Casey Richey on Oct 23, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

*would cost

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by Casey Richey on Oct 23, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't know

Honestly I don’t see Biron or Roloson as an upgrade at all. Roloson is a bit injury prone, and neither he nor Biron are all that consistent. We would have to give up too much to get one of these guys and it’d be a slight, if any, upgrade. However, I am fine with seeing Howard traded.

Besides, come playoff time I’ll take Ozzy over these guys in a second. But, of course, we have to make the playoffs first.

We are 8 games into the season now and while these lost points could come back to haunt us, I think we need to settle down a bit. We expect our team to win the division and conference every year, and so it is understandable that we are frustrated. But this team is still learning to play together (lot of new guys), and overall I thought we played real well last night. That was a painful way to lose. Ouch.

We need to play better. Period. And Osgood needs to steal some games for us. Period. I’m just not sure bringing in a guy like Rolo or Biron is the answer to our woes.

by Brobz on Oct 23, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that it matters...

But the referee in question on that play was none other than our old friend from Game 3 against the Ducks last year, Brad Watson.

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by motownchollis on Oct 23, 2009 1:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Clearly

Brad Watson does NOT trust his eyes to Dr. Rahmani

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by Casey Richey on Oct 23, 2009 6:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

Love it.

by Brobz on Oct 23, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This Team...

Needs to learn to finish games. Whether it’s Osgood in net, the defense in front of him, or the offense not keeping the puck in the offensive end. the Wings needs to find a way to stay awake for the entire game. I don’t care if you have to bust out 40 Red Bulls in between the 2nd and 3rd period, just get it done.

by Zegarek88 on Oct 23, 2009 9:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tough loss

Hey I didn’t see the game but, how do the Coyotes look, are they lagit or pretenders. Hereing you guys take about the call on Ozzie, was the wistle never blown cause I hate when refs blow the wistle to quick or not blow it at all. there should be some sort of count down then wistle blow.

by redtribe14 on Oct 23, 2009 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Coyotes are good but...

We had the game. It was a case of Osgood getting run into by Phoenix players. I’ll give them credit for the rest of hte game but that goal was one where the whistle should have been blown earlier or interference called.

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by Casey Richey on Oct 23, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This seems to be the trend lately. Osgood plays a very good game, but in the end can’t get it done. He made a lot of good saves and neither goal in regulation was his fault. But then in OT… WHERE the hell did that come from. I really am not a fan of the whole throwing your blocker at the puck when it is going wide. Too easy to deflect it back into the net. The same thing happened in 1998 on Langenbrunner’s OT goal from center ice.

The first goal was just @ss lucky and the fact that no one picked him up is inexcusable, and the second was either a blown call by the ref or a bad move by Datsyuk and Co. pushing the guy into Osgood. I can see this call going either way… Of course it would go the other way if the guy being pushed into the net had the name Tomas Holmstrom. To me, that is the most frustrating part of this call. It just seems (possibly due to homerism) that any time something like this happens it always goes against the Wings. Refs NEVER blow the whistle right away when Osgood makes a save, but they turn around and blow the whistle for other goalies less than a half a second after the puck makes contact with them. They also rarely let the Wings clear the net of the opposition. For instance Ericsson throwing Grier down the other day and getting a penalty, meanwhile Grier was totally in Osgood’s face like 5 seconds after the whistle went. Then we use Holmstrom examples again in which he gets destroyed every shift and then will get a slashing penalty for getting knocked down when replays show that he did nothing… (happened in the playoffs last year). I just don’t see consistency among these refs, just them making calls based on reputation.

by dewman8810 on Oct 23, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I saw the overhead camera angle on NHL on the Fly last night I finally saw where the puck was and it was to the left side of Ozzie’s pads, which happened to be the side that Watson was on so he saw it the entire time until it went into the net…which is actually before Ozzie was in the net as well.

From where I was sitting at the game (far side of the ice) it wasn’t clear at all, except that Vrbata was not “running the goalie” but getting tackled into Ozzie.

Detroit generally controlled the game after Holmstrom’s goal, but the Coyotes kept doing what they’ve done all season which is keep themselves in a position to win and just force the issue. This team is definitely legit, but they need to find a bit more offense because I don’t think Bryz can be this good all season.

World Ph*cking Champs! That was fun - let's do it again...

by Moridin417 on Oct 23, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

NHL, Brad (I bet on ice hockey games and make money) Watson and Redwings

When is the NHL going to wake up to what Vegas already knows? If Brad Watson is the referee in a game involving the Redwings the line should shift by at least a goal!!

by Marcmargolis on Oct 23, 2009 12:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thing is there are a few other refs that are the same way. Who was it that kept waving goals off because Holmstrom was playing hockey?? I don’t know why I can’t remember who though, I can see his face.

by dewman8810 on Oct 23, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs