Late Lidstrom goal lifts Wings over Avs
by Casey Richey on Mar 1, 2010 11:49 PM CST
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PrintFor it being the first game since mid-February for both teams, they both played pretty well. The Red Wings passed well all game long and each player seemed to know where his linemate was going to on the ice, something sparingly seen in the pre-Olympic break Wings. Detroit picked up 2 points with the win and put itself into the 8th spot over idle Calgary and Dallas.
Tomas Holmstrom lead the way for the Red Wings in the scoring department tonight, tallying the first goal and adding an assist on each of the next two goals. The first goal came as a result of some great passing on the fly and a beautiful set up from Pavel Datsyuk made Holmstrom's work easy, putting the Wings up 1-0. Later in the first, with the Wings on the power play, Johan Franzen took a pass from Holmstrom in the corner, gave Craig Anderson a quick deke and then lifted the puck up and over for a 2-0 Detroit lead.
Since nothing has come easy for Detroit this season, it was almost a given that the Avalanche would tie it up in the second period. Paul Stastny put a quick shot on net that Jimmy Howard had trouble controlling the rebound of and T.J. Galiardi put the rebound through Howard's legs. About three minutes later, Chris Stewart got a pass low to Howard's right face-off dot and apparently no Red Wings felt it necessary to try and guard him so Stewart ripped a slapshot past Howard to tie it up.
The third period was pretty open in terms of scoring chances and the Wings made the most of the best chance that they were given. Datsyuk took a pass from Holmstrom and streaked across the slot--bringing Anderson and the Avalanche defense with him--before dropping a pass to Nicklas Lidstrom who had to simply put a shot on net for the eventual game winner.
Colorado flurried late in the game with several chances but Jimmy Howard survived the onslaught en route to his 22nd win of the season. Detroit's next game is Wednesday at home against Vancouver.
Player of the game: Tomas Holmstrom's three points (1 G, 2 A) and general net presence were a big factor in this game. Holmstrom drew the tripping penalty on Anderson to give the Wings the power play for Franzen's goal and twice "interfered" with Anderson. Homer being Homer.
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The two interference calls were bogus.
Holmstrom never even touched Anderson for the waved off goal and Anderson’s poor acting on his dive should have drawn an unsportsman-like penalty. Still I’m glad the Wings played an overall solid game coming back from the Olympic break.
There was contact prior to the interference non-call and it probably was the right call, it just hasn’t been called all season. Maybe Fraser thought it was IIHF rules again and noticed the crease violation.
The interference could have been evened with an embellishment call, but diving does not qualify for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Yes.
Diving is a 2 minute Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty.
Go Team Sweden... I mean Detroit.
How bout those Swedes?! Good to finally get a regulation win every once in a while. Franzen is still the man and referees still hate Holmstrom.
It’s amazing Homer doesn’t draw a power play on every shift. It’s obvious the refs have the microscope on him at all times. They just don’t see what happens to him. Homer is one player in the league that refs are completely biased against. He earned the reputation of an embellisher early in his career and a goalie interferer. Been stuck with it and it will NEVER go away. I really don’t understand how the league can continue to get away with their obvious biases against Homer.
waltdetroit
I thought Homer should be named “Hammeren Homer” Homer the Hammer in Swedish. I wonder what the Swedish is for " Homer the Hammered".
On that side I'm sure he is
I have a video clip saved somewhere of Slava Kozlov jumping to avoid a check from him and slamming Foote’s face into the glass as he passed by.
I was
really impressed by franzens play last night. Wasnt that his goal on the wave off? that would have been 2 with another one getting robbed. And homer was in the crease but come on no contact.. it wouldnt of been called on any other night against anyone else. I am really getting shitty about the interference on homer. I feel good about the last 20 games though after last nights performance. I also would like to hear what people thought about lilja, i was at bdubs and really couldnt pay attention to him.. how did he play all together? I did see ericsson fall creating a 2 on 1 though.. some things never change.
I thought Lilja did well...
…considering the situation. He seemed a little bit out of place early on but seemed to pull it together as the game progressed. He had a couple good shots that I was really hoping to see find the net but that’ll come soon enough…I hope.
He didn’t play too physical but he was involved in a few hits that I saw.
I feel good about the last 20 games though after last nights performance.
In all honesty, the Red Wings sucked early until scoring the first goal, then sucked after the third one was waved off. They played a tighter, defensive game in the third, but they won’t win many games like that. If they learn to play with the lead as well as without it, and not give up when a goal is scored or disallowed, then the remaining games should be pretty easy. On the fans especially.
I also would like to hear what people thought about lilja, i was at bdubs and really couldnt pay attention to him.. how did he play all together?
I mostly agree with 42jeff. I didn’t think he looked any worse than anyone else early on, and most of the time he didn’t look like he missed a single game.
There were a couple times he got ridden to the boards where a few years back the other guy would have ended up on his ass and Lilja would have just shrugged it off, but that will come soon enough considering: “I just have to go out and play my regular game,” Lilja said. “If I stay away from playing physical I might as well start playing bandy. It’s part of the game. Everybody plays physical. That’s what I have to do.”
Generally, a defenseman will either play the puck or the body. A couple times, Lilja played both, which is a huge advantage to his size and that he’s been practicing for most of his injury. Now, if only Ericsson could play like that also…
Really..
I thought the first period was pretty dominate by the wings… they didnt start dominating until the first goal but i thought before the goal that they still had the upperhand. However i do agree we had that bad breakdown after the goal was waved… that cant happen. I will still give them the benefit with it being the first game back, but I do agree we have to pull a full 60 min.
Wings looked good
The 1st period looked like the Wings of last year. Sharp Tape to Tape Passes, creative scoring opportunities, and they young bodies finishing their checks.
Lilja…he was alright. Def found his legs later in the game, but he looked pretty lost early on. He had some good opportunities from the point, but missed then net on both (perhaps deflected, but i didnt see…) He was on the ice for the 2nd goal, though that one was probably more howards fault.
The best Wing tonight was BY FAR Datsyuk. Homer cashed in on some points, but Pav was making it happen on every play. He also deserves an assist on the Franzen goal for getting that play started. He made a great pass to nick to set up the shot, that rebounded to Homer, who passed to Mule for the putaway.
Franzen looked amazing. If we could get this guy to play a full 82 i am convinced he’d be top 10 in league goal scoring. Such soft hands and his size gives him the confidence to just plow forward into the dangerous scoring areas on the ice. If not for a dissalowed goal, and an amazing toe save by anderson, he’d have had himself a trick last night
Still waiting for Hank to show up. It’s nice to see that top line of franzen Pav and homer just light it up, but where was Z and his boys?
And Big E? ugh. On the ice for the first goal against, in arguably bad coverage. Falls down leading to a 2 on 1…The man is huge, yet seems reluctant to use his size. I want to see him laying people out in front of the net. It’s a lot harder to score when laying on your backside…
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