Ty Conklin, Blues shut out Red Wings 1-0

by joehass on Dec 9, 2009 9:31 PM CST in Game Recaps

During the offseason, the Detroit Red Wings made the decision to go with Jimmy Howard as the goalie of the future, releasing Ty Conklin who signed with the St. Louis Blues. Wednesday night at Joe Louis Arena, the former goalie of the future bested the current one.

Brad Boyes scored just 1:56 into the first period, and the red lights would remain off the rest of the night as the Blues shut out the Red Wings 1-0. On a night when the Red Wings had 42 shots on goal and another 43 attempts on net, Conklin stood on his head.

For a Detroit team that has been struggling all season long with putting the puck into the net, tonight's game became a painful reminder of their struggles. Henrik Zetterberg had 11 shot attempts, including seven shots. Pavel Datsuyk had 10 shot attempts. Only three skaters didn't have at least one shot on net (Brett Lebda, Brad May, and Kris Draper).

On his goal, McDonald moved the puck out from behind Jimmy Howard to his left. He passed it out to Carlo Colaiacovo between the faceoff dots. Colaiacovo spotted an open Brad Boyes about 20 feet out, who put it past Howard for his eighth of the season. It would be the only blemish on Howard's record, but it's the only one the Blues needed.

The Red Wings will have an off day before the Anaheim Ducks make their second visit to Joe Louis Arena this season.

Player of the game: Jimmy Howard. Howard's only goal allowed was more of a defensive failure than a goaltending one, but on most nights, that's the kind of performance that should garner a W instead of an L.

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Probably gonna get banned for posting this

“A Blues Fan! Gasp”

2 corrections. Boyes scored the goal, and you didn’t trade Conklin to us, we signed him as a free agent.

See? Was that really all that painful?

Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.

by Novacain on Dec 9, 2009 10:14 PM CST reply actions

conks

miss him in motown. Good job conklin

Im like Steve Yzerman! No, not the leadership, goals, two way play or sportmanship..... Just the knee pain!

by Wings40 on Dec 10, 2009 6:13 AM CST up reply actions

Where has the offense gone

By the looks of it the Red Wings scoring offense has left the building. The Wings had 42 shots on goal and could not get 1 to hit the back of the net. Is this the start of something bad in Hockeytown.

by GB Nordic on Dec 9, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions

Not a start; a continuation. The Red Wings have 5 goals and 182 shots on goal in the past 5 home games.

by bleep bloop on Dec 10, 2009 2:19 AM CST up reply actions

You think somebody on the staff would finally understand...

That the Wings’ tendency to go out to the point and shoot…out to the point and shoot…out to the point and shoot….is finally being noticed by all the other teams in the league. I think Mick noted 40 or so shots that were blocked or off net by the Wings.

Truly frustrating.

by 42jeff on Dec 10, 2009 6:57 AM CST up reply actions

there is a lot of garbage being thrown at the net. There are a lot of playmakers, a lot of grinders, but no finishers on this team. Come on, Holmstrom is the leading goal scorer on this team. who called that back in October? Even his pretty goals are a bit ugly( but I will take it!).

by rc2id on Dec 10, 2009 8:02 AM CST reply actions

Well, it seems that only us fans realize this. That was a huge part of the offense TWO YEARS ago. Teams learn. The best defense on the Wings PP is to front point shots. They rarely get through. I also wish the Wings would do this on the PK more. More blocked shots means less goals against. Very frustrating to watch. Also any time they do feel like driving the net, they just can’t protect the puck. Helm was trying this many times, but he has to learn to keep the puck closer to himself instead of offering it to a defender’s poke check.

by dewman8810 on Dec 10, 2009 8:51 AM CST reply actions

The Only Thing Frustrating about Last Night

Another called back GOAL, with the I meant to blow my whistle call BS. Mystery penalty calls and non-calls. The NHL istrying to keep the Redwings from the playoffs this year. The officials are in on the FIX!!! Check Windsor to see how much the sportsbook is losing on Redwings games!!!

by Marcmargolis on Dec 10, 2009 9:41 AM CST reply actions

Stupiest comment of the game last night by Gary Green

The Redwings lead theleague in shots yet their scoring is down. Hey Gary the Redwings are scoring it is just getting called off!!! Seventh goal this season called off!!!

by Marcmargolis on Dec 10, 2009 9:43 AM CST reply actions

Particularly frustrating game to watch

Conklin played excellent last night and so did Howard. Goaltending duel but unfortunately Blues came out on top.

Winging It In Motown

by Casey Richey on Dec 10, 2009 11:13 AM CST reply actions

I wouldn’t call it a duel when you’ve already lost on the second shot against.

by bleep bloop on Dec 10, 2009 8:28 PM CST up reply actions

but you dont know

That’s the game winner until its over. Jimmy had to play a great remaining game to even keep detroit in it.

Winging It In Motown

by Casey Richey on Dec 11, 2009 7:50 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Pain

It was almost physically painful to sit at the Joe and watch the guy I feel like we should have kept shut us out. Even after a few eight dollar beers, I could still feel the sting.

by Kalyn88 on Dec 18, 2009 11:16 PM CST reply actions