It’ll be Howard vs Bryzgalov tonight between the pipes.

Let’s see if the Wings can keep this streak going!

Bertuzzi Datsyuk Holmstrom
Leino Zetterberg Eaves
Draper Abdelkader Miller
May Newbury Maltby

Lidstrom Rafalski
Stuart Meech
Ericsson Lebda

…but Henrik overshot the net.

Phoenix Power Play Season: 22/122 (18.0%, 20th)
Detroit Penalty Kill Season: 22/109 (79.8%, 17th)

…Coyotes give it up out of their zone.

Draper does a magnificent job of setting him up, and Newbury was skating right in and he puts his first as a Red Wing on the board!

…but puts the puck high. Then Bertuzzi on the other end skates in with a spinaround and almost catches Bryzgalov napping!

Shots: Phoenix 5, Detroit 7
Hits: Phoenix 3, Detroit 1
Faceoffs: Phoenix 5, Detroit 0

Phoenix Power Play Tonight: 0/1 (1 shots)

…Bryzgalov blocks it.

Eaves takes advantage of a turnover by Phoenix in their end and goes end to put a wrister past Bryzgalov! What a momentum killer!

Detroit Power Play Season: 27/135 (20.0%, 12th)
Phoenix Penalty Kill Season: 22/136 (83.8%, 8th)

…both with great chances! The Wings are on fire on this power play

After they inexplicably ice the puck after that power play.

…but no one there.

missed the first 15 or so mins…the new guy getting a goal niceee

While Ericsson was down with his knee injury, Pyatt managed to put the puck past Jimmy Howard to cut the lead to one.

…doesn’t get through.

Detroit Power Play Tonight: 0/1 (1 shot)

Shots: Phoenix 9, Detroit 10
Hits: Phoenix 7, Detroit 3
Faceoffs: Phoenix 3, Detroit 9

i wasn’t watching

on this PP

…much less motivated.

after PP was over…nice save Howard

and now i get home and we allow a goal and have another injury and fail on a PP

Shots: Phoenix 9, Detroit 10
Hits: Phoenix 7, Detroit 3
Faceoffs: Phoenix 4, Detroit 10

…and Howard’s right there.

After a good first eight minutes or so, the rest of that period laid a big egg, compounded with losing Ericsson.

crazy first period a goal and 2 penalties lol

this is ridiculous

Shots: Phoenix 14, Detroit 10
Attempts: Phoenix 23, Detroit 19
Hits: Phoenix 7, Detroit 4
Faceoffs: Phoenix 4, Detroit 11
Penalties: Phoenix 2/4, Detroit 2/4
Power Play: Phoenix 0/2, Detroit 0/2

…they don’t stop play if a player is injured and the other team has the puck. But if one team has possession and could potentially score on the play and one of their players goes down, play stops? How does that make sense?

When a player goes down, the play should be stopped regardless of who has the puck. A player’s safety should always be more important than a single play and it especially should not lead to an odd-man situation.

Let’s see if the Wings can bounce back.

…Bryzgalov makes the save.

…Bryzgalov has to make a fast save and holds it.

Meech!

How are we winning?

into the net

A shot from the blueline goes off Bryzgalov’s glove and into the net! He couldn’t handle it, and it’s 3-1 Wings.

puck was behind him and loose

has been awful tonight luckily

He didn’t know it was there, and he was lucky to not have it go into the net.

…posts the first one and can’t get the other one in!

Eaves playin out of his mind

off the post and then Bryzgalov got a piece of it

is playing hard i like it

Detroit Power Play Tonight: 0/2 (1 shot)

Shots: Phoenix 15, Detroit 17
Hits: Phoenix 12, Detroit 9
Faceoffs: Phoenix 7, Detroit 15

Lilja Kronwall Ericsson for defenseman

Franzen Filpulla Cleary Williams Helm for forwards

am i forgetting anyone?

on this PP

…couldn’t do it! Lidstrom’s gotta be cursing the fates.

after the Zetterberg steal and setup for Nick

stepping up his game now

nice move

what is it like 15-1 in this period in shots

Shots: Phoenix 15, Detroit 23
Hits: Phoenix 12, Detroit 9
Faceoffs: Phoenix 8, Detroit 19

Phoenix got another shot!

…Leino can’t get to the rebound.

Shots: Phoenix 18, Detroit 25
Hits: Phoenix 14, Detroit 9
Faceoffs: Phoenix 8, Detroit 23

if only you had skill

…Coyotes seem to have somewhat woken up.

bad goal to give up with under a minute left

Vrbata’s shot goes off Bertuzzi’s stick and past Howard to close the lead back to one.

19:15 of very good hockey, :45 of crap.

Shots: Phoenix 14-7=21, Detroit 10-15=25
Attempts: Phoenix 23-14=37, Detroit 19-27=46
Hits: Phoenix 7-8=15, Detroit 4-10=14
Faceoffs: Phoenix 4-4=8, Detroit 11-14=25
Penalties: Phoenix 2/4-1/2=3/6, Detroit 2/4-0/0=2/4
Power Play: Phoenix 0/2-0/0=0/2, Detroit 0/2-0/1=0/3

…let’s see if the Wings can close it down.

…the Coyotes seem to still be on fire.

…neither team can do anything sustained.

Detroit Power Play Tonight: 0/3 (6 shots)

how did that not go in

…not enough shooting.

Phoenix Power Play Tonight: 0/2 (1 shot)

bouncing puck though and yes way too much passing

Shots: Phoenix 24, Detroit 30
Hits: Phoenix 20, Detroit 15
Faceoffs: Phoenix 10, Detroit 28

…Howard held his ground.

Shots: Phoenix 26, Detroit 31
Hits: Phoenix 22, Detroit 16
Faceoffs: Phoenix 10, Detroit 29

…Wings doing a good job of being defensive.

…puts it on the side of the goal.

Shots: Phoenix 28, Detroit 32
Hits: Phoenix 26, Detroit 20
Faceoffs: Phoenix 11, Detroit 30

…unless the Coyotes give them a chance.

…just goes wide.

ridiculous put them away!

but icing

…just to get them a break.

do what you have been doing all night on face offs and win it

The Wings are happy with yet another 3-2 victory!

wow no trip called on Eaves

Shots: Phoenix 14-7-10=31, Detroit 10-15-7=32
Attempts: Phoenix 23-14-19=56, Detroit 19-27-10=56
Hits: Phoenix 7-8-12=27, Detroit 4-10-8=22
Faceoffs: Phoenix 4-4-4=12, Detroit 11-14-6=31
Penalties: Phoenix 2/4-1/2-1/2=4/8, Detroit 2/4-0/0-1/2=3/6
Power Play: Phoenix 0/2-0/0-0/1=0/3, Detroit 0/2-0/1-0/1=0/4