Morning Skate: Oilers in the Motor City

I’m going to take the wings winning 4-2, with Datsyuk being the ‘best’ player. I know, it’s an unoriginal pick, but I have a feeling he’s going to bust out a multi-point night.

Also, I like this feature, keep it up sirs.

We’ll try and keep this going all day.

My player to click is Henrik Zetterberg. I think the GWG he scored plus his strong play in the second half of the Coyotes game is going to spring him forward, and I think he’s due for a big game tonight. For my score prediction, I’m thinking big: 5-1 Wings, with the 1 for the Oilers being a late-game “shutout spoiler”.

Let’s just hope no one is murdered after the game.

I think the Wings will be in control most of the game and Edmonton will score a late one (or late couple) to make it closer than it looked. Pav will continue his dominance.

I think today is going to be a close game, 3-2 with the WIngs holding the lead throughout the game, and Bertuzzi netting the game winning goal. The way they played against the Coyotes (albeit tired) made me scared enough to think they still might need another days rest. These are old men, remember!!

Wings win 4-3…

If we have our usual top line of Homer, Z, and Pav.. they won’t score. Just a feeling it’ll come the lower lines or the D.

Usually.. I’d like howard for the player of the game with his 2-3 nice saves per game. With giving up three goals, I just don’t see why he should get PotG unless he gets pepped with shots. So i’ll go with Mr. Danny Cleary.

there can obviously be multiple winners for this per game, if someone’s already picked your player, go ahead and say it anyway. Over the course of the season it will probably not matter if you get the same answers as someone for a few times in a row.

But you should never, EVER go into a game thinking you have the win all wrapped up. It leads to lazy play and often in a blowout loss. I recall some brutal thrashings at the hands of Edmonton and Columbus the last couple years. If the Oilers are a proud team, they will come out on fire after getting trounced. Should be an interesting first period.

Also, prior to reading this, I said the Mule has a great opportunity to come alive against a much less talented opponent.

Edmonton has to be one of the worst teams in the league and I think Detroit rebounds from a sloppy but hard fought win against the Yotes. And I pick Cleary because that third line has been rolling and it got going with that Canadian trip that included wins against the Oilers and Flames

With the Nick ‘Norris is my Breakfast’ Lidstrom having another stellar point producing night!!

Let’s see it happen…though I also think Filppula will finally get a goal again. He’s been a little quiet on the scoresheet recently but I think the second line clicks better tonight. Nonetheless, Dats will have a monster game.

I think Rafalski will get the game-winner, but Datsyuk will be the player of the game.

I like the concept of fan votes for players of the game. We can probably add that to the game recap. Seems the most fair, since we know that three stars selections are horribly untrustworthy.

Goals by Franzen(he’s due)…Datsyuk PP…Modano….Rafa

The next time that Edmonton is back in Detroit for a game against the Wings, those of us going to H2H2 will be there live to see it

Montreal’s traded Ryan O’Byrne to Colorado for Michael Bournival

Basically…I was just looking for a reason to post this:

Via The Khan:

Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Hudler-Filppula-Franzen
Bertuzzi-Modano-Cleary
Abdelkader-Helm-Miller

I like the idea of giving Hudler a shot at the second line and Bertuzzi will be fine on the third. That fourth line is going to be scary

Got to go with our awesome goalie. Plus some one has to have to stop the 3 shots on goal that the oilers have.

Pavel for player of the game. He’s gonna be mad as hell after having a negative +/- on Monday.

Player of the game: Zetterberg

Abdelkader will do it tonight with a natural hat trick. Helm will have a Gordie Howe Hat Trick. And Jimmy will stop a hat trick from even being possible.

Yes.

I think we get a 2 goal lead and in the second do to a questionable penalty give up a goal and a blown pass in our zone by Helm leads to a tie game, I think the Oilers will take a 2 goal lead but the Wings answer with a SH and PP Goals to tie the game at 4-4. In OT Jimmy Howard stands on his head on a 2 on 1 to send the game into a Shootout were the Wings win in the 4th round on a Zetterburg top-shelf goal, Howard makes a stick save to end the game.

Howard gives up only one soft goal, has he gets caught out of position and misreads the puck glove side. The other 3 goals are a one timer on the PP, breakaway on miss pass in our own zone and a goalie interference goal that isn’t called.

Goals:
Franzen scores the first two goals although Lidstrom gets credit for one of them but later shows Franzen tipped the puck in on the replay
Helm redeems himself with a SH Goal shortly after the Oilers take a 4-2 lead
The PP Goal is scored on a seeing shot by a defense-men (Kronwall/Rafalski)

In the SO Dats scores but so does Hemsky

Player of the Game: Howard (he doesn’t make a lot of saves but keeps them in the game including a highlight reel save in OT.)
Franzen will take 1st star because of his 2 goals in the 1st and an Oiler will get 2nd with 2 assist’s and Lidstrom will take 3rd with an assist.

Dats point streak ends although at times he is the best player out their, but Lidstroms point streak will continue.

P.S (I did end up changing the order of the goal from 3 to 2 since I changed my mind about when Helm scores the SH Goal, also I had to look up the player that scores for them in the SO since I don’t know any of their players name)

Also Go Bold or Go Home

P.S.S if that’s to much of a bold statement I can cut out the middle from now on and just do first paragraph and player of the game.

3-1 Wings, and Mikey Mo is player of the game with a PP goal and an assist.

I’m going to have to choose between hanging out in your GDT, the Copper and Blue’s GDT, the DBD GDT, or the Canuckleheads’ GDT.

Late goals make it look closer than it is. Datsyuk is going to be angry with himself after the last two games and is going to come out in a big way. I see at least one point from him. Most importantly though he will be doing all the little things that count, back checking like a fiend, protecting the puck, and driving to the net.

I think it will be 5-2 Red Wings

Goals: Cleary, Holmstrom, Zetterberg (2), Kronwall

Bad Guys: Penner, Hall

Player of the Game : Henrik Zetterberg