Wings Win 3-2 In OT, Will Face Phoenix
A game that was not by any stretch of the imagination ended with another wild finish, two-points, and a date with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Brad Stuart scored 3:11 into overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. With that win, the Red Wings, who fell as low as 11th place at one point in the season, finished in fifth place in the Western Conference.
Henrik Zetterberg was tied up with two Blackhawks, nearly drawing a penalty. But he managed to push the puck to Dan Cleary. Cleary waited a moment for Duncan Keith and Antti Niemi to both commit, then put the pass to Stuart. Stuart simply one-timed it to pick up his fourth goal of the season, and wrap up the regular season.
It was a game in which both teams appeared sluggish, despite each needed a win for their playoff positioning. Both goaltenders were very good, with Jimmy Howard picking up his 37th win of the season. He has only lost twice in regulation since the Olympic break. Niemi faced only 21 shots.
Patrick Eaves and Tomas Holmstrom also scored for Detroit, while Dave Bolland and Colin Fraser picked up tallies for Chicago.
Chicago would light the lamp first. Just 11 seconds after Kris Draper sat for interference, Jonathan Toews drove the net, covered with Brad Stuart. His initial attempt was handled, but Bolland quickly handled the puck and slid it in to earn his sixth goal of the year. Patrick Kane grabbed the second assist.
The Red Wings would tie it up in the second. Behind the net, Darren Helm put a pass that Cleary would knock out of the air just before crossing the blue line. Cleary skated in and fired a blast that Niemi managed to stop, but the rebound dribbled out to his right, where Eaves found a wide open net and an easy shot that was his 12th goal of the year.
In the third period, Brian Rafalski pick up a Pavel Datsyuk pass along the near side boards at the blue line. He skated towards the middle of the ice along the blue line and fired a shot that was screened by at least three Blackhawk players, deflected off Holmstrom, and into the net. Niemi barely moved to block the shot, and Holmstrom earned his 25th goal of the season.
But the Blackhawks would counter. Marian Hossa would put a pass towards the crease, where Fraser would have the puck go off his skate and right past Howard for his seventh of the season. Keith picked up the other assist.
Player of the Game: Brad Stuart. The game winner in overtime.
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what a finish
Gotta give it to the Wings, the last 2 months have showed why this franchise is so much fun to root for. They could easily have given up and coasted to a 10th or 11th place finish, they wouldn’t have caught too much heat (“too many injuries”), but they fought hard and showed they are still a threat to come out of the West.
Doesn’t it seem like just a few weeks ago we were tangled up with Calgary and we finished TWELVE fricking points ahead of them. Jimmy is team MVP no question.
Let’s hope we get a Friday start to the PHO series so Dats and Lidstrom and Stuart can rest up for the push.
Great finish by the Wings
and on top of that denying the CrapHawks the top seed…take the fuck scum and shove it up your ass you guys still haven’t passed us by…3-0 when fully healthy vs the Hawks this year…great job battling back this season Wings…Playoff time!
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LETS GO WINGS!
"when fully healthy"
but you fail to mention that the Hawks were short players in those losses. Today we were without Campbell, Johnsson, and Brouwer. Byfuglien was again filling in on D and was the player who got burned in OT. He sucked when he was a d-man which is why he got moved to forward two years ago. At least the game didn’t go to the “shirtless slap fight”.
Good game though Wings. Many of us feel you need to beat the best to be the best. Until someone proves otherwise, Detroit is still the reigning champ in the West and so all roads go through Detroit (no matter how many potholes there be ;)
And by the way, you guys should chill regarding being offended by us calling you scum. We’ve been on the bottom looking up for so many years, you should wear that title with some pride. Do many outside of NY like the Yankees? For me, it is in jest and for love of the game and my team the Blackhawks.
Also, I don’t believe we troll over here and when we do visit it is for some good banter. Every game we have at least 2 or 3 Wingin It members come over to SCH on full troll duty. Typically, they are new members, so it is somewhat understandable, but it definitely riles up the attitude I often see written here that we at SCH have. Here is an example from today. Some dumbshit representing your site (but who has never even posted on your site) actually wrote a FanPost on our site dissing Chicago. Classless, and he will deservedly catch hell.
Well, good luck in the playoffs (but not so much ;). If we do meet this year hopefully we can all agree to respectfully disagree hate each other.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 11, 2010 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
every fan base has stupid fans…i just get tired of seeing the “scum” crap all over your blog…you can hate a team that is fine i am all for that but why the word “scum”…if it is about the city of Detroit then i have no say in that because i live in NJ and have never been to Detroit but i have heard it is much better than the rep it gets….good luck to you guys in the playoffs ( not so much also lol)…nice to see there are some decent people from SCH like yourself
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 11, 2010 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I honest don't know where it originated
but “scum” is a nice uncomplicated one-syllable word for us Chicago bandwagoners ;)
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 11, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
is there a polite way to say that i really, really want the blackhawks to lose in the first round?
by redwingxviii on Apr 11, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Go Nashville?
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 11, 2010 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
i really dont want the blackhawks to lose in the 1st round
i would really REALLY love to be the ones to knock them out of the playoffs, as im sure they would love to do the same.
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Especially considering the alternative
Chicago is practically right next door. Two California teams, one in British Columbia, one in Arizona, one in Colorado, and on in Tennessee and I doubt the Red Wings will be seeing them in the playoffs.
I’m sure Hawks fans will be cheering for the Yotes in the first round.
yeah i despise trolls like that
sorry about that. if only you could control it you know.
by Casey Richey on Apr 11, 2010 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL yeah, damn free country and all..
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 11, 2010 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Great game Wings! The playoffs are going to be excellent. But now: there is a great injustice! On the internet!
Over at the Coyotes SBN blog they are riling up the troops by showing a picture labeled as Holmstrom stabbing Bryzgalov, but I’m about 99% sure it actually shows Michalek accidentally spearing his own goalie. Sheesh, there are enough reasons for non-Detroit fans to dislike Holmstrom without making things up.
No one likes Holmstrom...
If I was a fan of a different team, I’d hate him.
He’s not dirty like Avery, but he sure as hell is a pest like him.
yep
i agree completely
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 11, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
just watched the highlights of the game
man what a game it seemed like. i hope it foreshadows whats in store for the playoffs. what a beautiful sequence with the GW goal
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Of course, I have school in the morning on Thursday
F school, I’m watching
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Hockeytown USA has moved!
Hockeytown USA
ugh i know
i was hoping we would start Thursday…i may not be around wed night for the game
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 11, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
im like incredibily stoked right now
im visiting these chicks from michigan state that we met in panama city beach this spring break that weekend. and the wings play on sunday so im hoping i get to go to my 1st ever red wings game IN DETROIT!!!! ive only been to the ones here in nashville and its not the same. hopefully this works out
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Oh So insecure
Isn’t it funny how Chicago, Phoenix, and Vancouver’s Blog sites are all in a tizzy over the Wings? Chicago fans are all insecure and scribbling their “scum” messages. The Cyotee fans are writing how their all going to start a fight with anyone wearing a winged wheel to their stadium promising them bodily harm and going to the StLouis Blues fans for support. And Now we have Vancouver fans who are as usual ( mapping out their Stanley Cup parade route like they do every year) and their players are talking shit about Detroit and the Wings?. Are we that much in their heads?? I figure when they start bashing the city and making personal comments thats really all they have left.
yeah i seen that
i try to ignore it. they can all the shit they want with the red wings suck shit. im pretty sure 4 Stanley cups in the last 12 and 19 straight playoff appearances doesn’t really put us in the “suck” column. hell you have to go all they way back 60-61 since one of those teams have even won a Stanley cup. but its ironic how we are the classless ones but with the exception of a few people (usually new people that don’t even talk on this website) that claim to be red wings fans that troll, everyone here is pretty respectful to other teams. yeah teams piss each other off but I’ve never seen Casey, Joe, or Petrella write one post, let alone on the front page of a well respected website like SBN, trash talking another team.
I think its safe to speak for everyone that that’s not we are about here, we don’t need to trash talk, we let the Red Wings do the “talking” for us. its worked out in our favor so far.
but it is upsetting to see editor of other blogs do that. SBN has a good thing going here and i would hate for them to get a bad rap for some of the stuff other teams post. you would think they would chose their editors wisely, not calling out SCH, FFH, or Nucks Misconduct, because i see it on numerous blogs besides theirs.
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talk is suppose to be in the second sentence
hahaha, thats what i get for typing that half asleep
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generally I ignore most trash talk
Unless it’s unusually clever or funny. If it’s the same old “your city sucks!” kind of stuff, it’s not worth the time because they didn’t but any effort into it. Also, I stink at trash talk myself. :)
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