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Howard starts his third straight…let’s see how he does.

Leino Datsuyk Holmstrom
Betuzzi Zetterberg Cleary
Miller Helm Draper
May Abdelkader Maltby

Lidstrom Ericsson
Meech Stuart
Lebda Kindl

…Jacques did it.

…Oilers have had a couple good chances.

Stick…

The shot goes off Lebda’s stick midair and Howard can’t get a handle on it. It dribbles through and the Oilers take the lead.

Shots: Edmonton 6, Detroit 2
Hits: Edmonton 4, Detroit 7
Faceoffs: Edmonton 4, Detroit 3

…that’s a sweet sound right there.

Detroit Power Play Season: 23/108 (21.3%, 13th)
Edmonton Penalty Kill Season: 22/96 (77%, 25th)

Shots: Edmonton 9, Detroit 4
Hits: Edmonton 4, Detroit 8
Faceoffs: Edmonton 4, Detroit 5

Great thinking…can’t convert.

…though that short-handed shot on the other end was not what you’d like to see.

He better learn soon.

Ugh.

…had three chances and couldn’t do it.

Shots: Edmonton 12, Detroit 7
Hits: Edmonton 7, Detroit 9
Faceoffs: Edmonton 4, Detroit 6

…couldn’t put it in. Wings are being awfully sloppy on defense against a lousy team coming in.

…made me very nervous.

Stone sets up Nilsson, who goes through Ericsson when Ericsson was frozen, then beat Jimmy Howard without much effort at all. 2-0 Oilers, and they have earned both those goals.

That’s gonna hurt! Lidstrom passes 140 feet up the ice to Todd Bertuzzi, who passed it back quickly to Cleary, who put a 35-footer past Deslauriers. A gorgeous pass for a great goal, and Pat Quinn’s gotta be peeved as he goes into the locker room!

This team is fucking embarrassing right now. We need some serious help, especially on D. I miss Franzen, Flip, Kronner, Willy and Rafi. :( Nice goal by Cleary at the end of the period though.

After a lousy first 19:30, they come alive with a stunner that puts the Oilers on their heels. But that goal won’t erase a horrible defensive effort. They have to come out stronger in the second.

Shots: Edmonton 15, Detroit 11
Total Attempts: Edmonton 21, Detroit 24
Hits: Edmonton 9, Detroit 13
Faceoffs: Edmonton 7, Detroit 9
Penalties: Edmonton 1/2, Detroit 0/0
Power Play: Edmonton 0/0, Detroit 0/1

And we start with a poutine reference. This does not bode well.

He’s been good enough, but some sloppy chances.

Smid and Maltby also want to go. All off a blind-side, mid-ice hint of Abdelkader by Stone, then Maltby and Visnovsky want to go.

EDM: Stortini (2-Roughing)
DET: May (4-Roughing)

Edmonton Power Play Season: 24/112 (21.4%, 11th)
Detroit Penalty Kill Season: 21/90 (77%, 26th)

…blocked shot by Datsuyk.

…and it just went wide! He had a wide-open shot!

Shots: Edmonton 22, Detroit 13
Hits: Edmonton 11, Detroit 16
Faceoffs: Edmonton 10, Detroit 15

O’Sullivan’s pass goes off Pavel Datsuyk, and Howard , for the second time tonight, cannot handle the deflected puck that goes right through his five hole. It’s 3-1, and that’s a depressing goal to watch.

God damn Howard. We are getting outshot 24-13 against the last place and most injury depleted team in the conference. Holy hell do we ever suck!

Justin looked absolutely dejected.

Someone wanna murder Jimmy Howard for me?

A Wings turnover put the puck on Souray sitck, who passes oit to O’Sullivan. He deked out Howard, and got it past a diving Stuart who was desperate to stop it. Howard looks horrible tonight.

Shots: Edmonton 24, Detroit 17
Hits: Edmonton 15, Detroit 22
Faceoffs: Edmonton 11, Detroit 17

Shots: Edmonton 25, Detroit 17
Hits: Edmonton 17, Detroit 23
Faceoffs: Edmonton 11, Detroit 18

…when Ken and Mickey are taking about promotions in the second period.

…who waited too long and couldn’t get a clean shot off! That’s the kind of night it’s been.

…though it won’t show on the scoresheet.

If anyone wants an omelet, head down to Joe Louis tonight, because the Wings are laying a big old egg.

Shots: Edmonton 15-11=26, Detroit 11-8=19
Total Attempts: Edmonton 21-18=39, Detroit 24-17=41
Hits: Edmonton 9-9=18, Detroit 13-10=23
Faceoffs: Edmonton 7-4=11, Detroit 9-12=21
Penalties: Edmonton 1/2-1/2=2/4, Detroit 0/0-2/4=2/4
Power Play: Edmonton 0/0-0/1=0/1, Detroit 0/1-0/0=0/1

The Wings came back from three goals down last time against the Oilers. Let’s see if they can do it again tonight.

…and he’s stoned! This is getting painful.

You know, this is the kind of game that you can roll off your back. Some nights, you just stink up the joint, and it sure looks that way tonight.

Shots: Edmonton 29, Detroit 23
Hits: Edmonton 19, Detroit 28
Faceoffs: Edmonton 16, Detroit 22

We’ll take whatever we can get.

Shots: Edmonton 32, Detroit 24
Hits: Edmonton 23, Detroit 29
Faceoffs: Edmonton 17, Detroit 24

-2, 11:17 TOI, 14 shifts, 1 shot, 2 missed shots, 1 giveaway, 1 takeaway

That’s the kind of night it continues to be.

…being helped off the ice and into the locker room.

 when you reward leino for horrible play by bumpin him up to the top line, you get no offense

Shots: Edmonton 34, Detroit 27
Hits: Edmonton 25, Detroit 32
Faceoffs: Edmonton 17, Detroit 27

…let’s hope it’s not too serious.

An absolutely uneventful third period wraps up an absolutely ugly game for the Red Wings. But it only counts for one.

Shots: Edmonton 15-11-9=35, Detroit 11-8-9=28
Total Attempts: Edmonton 21-18-14=53, Detroit 24-17-17=58
Hits: Edmonton 9-9-13=31, Detroit 13-10-10=33
Faceoffs: Edmonton 7-4-7=18, Detroit 9-12-7=28
Penalties: Edmonton 1/2-1/2-0/0=2/4, Detroit 0/0-2/4-0/0=2/4
Power Play: Edmonton 0/0-0/1-0/0=0/1, Detroit 0/1-0/0-0/0=0/1

That was putrid. I have no words of wisdom.