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Red Wings beat Sharks 2-1 in Shootout
by joehass on Nov 5, 2009 10:32 PM CST
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On Budd Lynch bobblehead night, it was Henrik Zetterberg's who helped put away the San Jose Sharks.
Zetterberg scored the lone Detroit Red Wings goal with 14:22 left in regulation, then scored at the end of the shootout to seal a 2-1 win over San Jose. It broke the Shark's six-game winning streak and extended the Wings winning streak to three games
Zetterberg took advantage of a shot by Darren Helm. Evgeni Nabokov seemed to cover the puck, but did not get a whistle, Zetterberg kept charging towards the net and swatted the puck into the net to even the score at one.
In the second period, Logan Couture netted his first NHL goal off a nice setup from Joe Callahan (who picked up his first NHL point) and Joe Thornton.
In overtime, Darren Helm had two incredible chances in overtime on a two-on-one, but couldn't put either shot past Evgeni Nabokov. The Red Wings put heavy pressure on the Sharks with five shots in the overtime period.
The shootout saw a series of back-hand shots: Pavel Datsuyk opened with one that easily faked our Nabokov. Dan Boyle and Ryane Clowe each tried backhanders that failed to get past Chris Osgood. Then Zetterberg ended the shootout with a simple shot that got past Nabokov for the second time of the night.
Osgood finished the evening with 34 saves; Nabokov ended with 36.
The Red Wings will take on Toronto Saturday night in an Original Six matchup in Toronto.
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Two early goals, Osgood shut down Bruins
by MrNorrisTrophy on Nov 3, 2009 8:52 PM CST
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Must be good to be home for the Red Wings. Two first period goals were all the Red Wings needed in the return to Joe Louis Arena with Chris Osgood in great form in net.
Boston's Marco Sturm went to the box for hooking Brett Lebda in the Bruins' offensive zone, putting Detroit on its first power play of the game. Henrik Zetterberg wasted no time, firing a loose puck off the face off over Tim Thomas' shoulder for a 1-0 Red Wings lead two seconds into the man advantage. Zetterberg's third goal of the season came at 14:21 of the first period from Pavel Datsyuk. Shortly following Zetterberg's goal, Tomas Holmstrom scored his 8th goal of the season on a great drop pass from Datsyuk. Todd Bertuzzi got the puck to Datsyuk with a great outlet pass and Datsyuk dropped the puck to Holmstrom in the slot for an easy shot past Thomas.
The second period was dominated by more physical play and close calls on offensive chances, including a blown 3-on-1 for the Bruins that Chris Osgood stopped. The Bruins also spent the first 1:20 of a power play in their offensive zone, applying constant pressure on Osgood. The Red Wings killed off the remainder of the penalty and got two minutes of their own, creating several chances and most importantly, killing two minutes of game clock.
Osgood stopped all 29 shots in the process of earning his 50th career shut out and the Bruins were shut out for the second consecutive game. Detroit's second consecutive win ties the season streak but more importantly the Red Wings pick up two points against a very talented and physical Bruins team. Boston out shot Detroit 29-26 and had a +11 edge in the faceoff circle. Despite the numbers against them, Detroit was able to maintain the two goal lead throughout the duration of the game.
Detroit takes on the San Jose Sharks on Thursday at Joe Louis Arena at 7:30 p.m. while the Bruins face the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
MrNorrisTrophy's Wing of the Game: Although tempting to sneak Pavel Datsyuk in there, I have to give credit where credit is due. Chris Osgood played great in net tonight and along with a few posts, his pads were in the right place at the right time.
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Wings lose 6-5 in shootout to Oilers
by Christy on Oct 29, 2009 11:42 PM CDT
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The Edmonton Oilers snapped a three-game losing streak, partially due to the H1N1 infestation of their team, with a 6-5 shootout win in Edmonton on Thursday evening. The Detroit Red Wings found a way to earn a point on the road, storming back from a 4-0 and later 5-2 deficit at the end of the second period with three markers in the third frame to send the game into overtime. Only one player scored in the shootout for either team, Patrick O'Sullivan, which handed the 'W' and the two points to Edmonton.
The Wings got some bad news when Valtteri Filppula fell awkwardly after a hit along the boards at some point in the second. Coach Mike Babcock told FSDetroit after the game that he broke his wrist and will unfortunately be out 6-8 weeks.
We're just going to skip the first-period recap as the Wings allowed three tallies on 12 shots. Heading into the second period, Ales Hemsky scored his second goal of the evening just 58 seconds into the period when he beat netminder Jimmy Howard five-hole on a breakaway.
The Wings would finally get on the board at the 6:15 mark into the middle frame with forward Darren Helm scoring his first regular-season goal ever on a blast from the top of the right faceoff circle. Coach Mike Babcock had him as a healthy scratch for Tuesday's game against Vancouver, hoping that it would spark his play. Helmer told FSDetroit during the second intermission that while Babcock's decision was frustrating, "I thought it was good for me."
Less than three minutes later, the Oilers responded in a mad scramble in front of the net on a power play. Forward Shawn Horcoff ultimately got the puck past Howard for his third point of the night (he posted two assists earlier in the game).
Forward Henrik Zetterberg brought the Wings within three 12:50 into the second stanza after throwing the puck at the cage, which surprisingly went in from the weird angle he was at below the left faceoff circle. Teammates Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk registered assists on the play.
Detroit kept the pressure on Edmonton in the second, hitting the post twice in a short span of time. Edmonton took a narrow lead over the Wings in the shot and scoring chances categories (23-22 and 10-9 respectively) as the two squads heading to their respective locker rooms.
The Wings made it a game in the first half of the third period, scoring twice in a span of 1:12. Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson earned his third goal of the season at the 6:32 mark. Kris Draper backhanded a pass to drop the puck back to Ericsson, who was stationed atop the left faceoff circle, for a quick release that beat Khabibulin.
Just a short time later, Datsyuk deked an Oiler to find room to slide a pass to to Todd Bertuzzi, who popped it in from just above the inside hash of the left faceoff circle, to make it a one-goal difference.
Patrick Eaves evened the game up at 5-5 on his first goal of the year. He got a shot off through an Oiler's legs to beat Khabibulin gloveside. Helmer and Ericsson notched the assists. He spoke with FSDetroit after the game:
"We would have liked to get off to a better start...We just came together as a group and everyone did their job, pulled their weight...I'm just trying to make the best out of the time I got."
It was mainly Detroit in the third as they outshot Edmonton 20-6 in the period, but the game went into overtime with a 5-5 tie at the end of regulation. Despite numerous solid chances for both teams, the teams went scoreless in extra time resulting in a shootout.
Howard stays with his man, stuffing the first Oiler of the shootout. Jason Williams went first for the Wings, but Khabibulin got his pad on the shot. Hemsky tries to deke a couple times, but sent the shot wide of the net. Datsyuk goes next and opts for head-on shot instead of trying to deke, but no luck. O'Sullivan hits the back bar on his shot and gives Edmonton the lead in the shootout. Zetterberg cannot find a way to beat the Oilers' goalie, giving the 'W' to Edmonton.
Coach Babcock spoke with FSDetroit following the game:
"It was a heck of a comeback. It was good character and good grit...Obviously we weren't ready to go and it cost us a point...Filppula broke his wrist and will be out 6-8 weeks. It'll give someone an opportunity."
Christy's Red Wing of the Game: Darren Helm
We saw an offensive effort from some unusual suspects today. Eaves, Ericsson, and Helm recorded a goal and an assist. Helmer and Eaves earned their first goal of the regular season this year in the game. Datsyuk posted two helpers.
The Wings finish up their five-game road trip in Calgary on Saturday night at 10 p.m. EDT.
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Wings Win a Squeaker. Finally.
by mpetrella on Oct 28, 2009 12:07 AM CDT
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Tuesday night's Red Wings/Canucks game covered a wide range of emotions on both sides of the puck: frustration, concern, and most importantly for us Wings fans, relief.
It started out about as bad as it could have, with starter Chris Osgood allowing a weak goal just 29 seconds into the contest. Former Red Wing Mikael Samuelsson got on the board quickly, assisting on the Henrik Sedin goal. Six and a half short minutes later, Christian Ehrhoff made it 2-0 Canucks and it was curtains for Ozzie, pulled by Mike Babcock who looked less than pleased at the tender's atrocious effort between the pipes.
In came Jimmy Howard, who played admirably, earning his first win of the season. Howard stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced: some of them were of the "relatively difficult" variety, all of them were of the "harder than Osgood faced" variety. Tomas Holmstrom began bridging the gap late in the first, with his sixth goal of the season from Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. Say...those three might make a good line combination, no?
There was a very scary moment in the second when Ryan Johnson caught an edge and crashed awkwardly into the boards behind Howard. It almost appeared as if he went in neck-first, before lying rather motionless on the ice. A stretcher was necessary, but thankfully word was handed down that Johnson was alert, had movement in all of his extremities, and was on the way to the hospital (with his mother, who was in attendance at tonight's game) for observation and precautionary tests.
The third period induced some palpitations, with the Wings and Canucks exchanging goals for much of the final frame:
(2-2) Niklas Kronwall tied the game just under four minutes into the third, which raised some argument from Roberto Luongo, who felt he was being interfered with by a screening Tomas Holmstrom.
(3-2 Canucks) A little over a minute later, another former Red Wing struck, as Mathieu Schneider converted a power play, giving the Canucks the lead once again.
(3-3) It was short lived, as Pavel Datsyuk scored his first of back to back goals exactly one minute later.
(4-3 Wings) Datsyuk on the power play.
(4-4) Henrik Sedin scored his second of the game - courtesy of a 5 on 3 (which, itself, was courtesy of a dumbass penalty from Brad Stuart), once again balancing the scoreboard.
(5-4 Wings) Valtteri Filppula was the savior, as he sent an unbelievable pass through the crease, finding Jason Williams for the powerplay winner.
All in all, it was a better effort than we've become used to seeing lately. Sure, there were some miscues and bonehead plays, but the veteran team seemed to finally get tired of being whipping boys, with Homer, Datsyuk, Z, Williams and Flip leading the way offensively.
MP'S RED WING OF THE GAME: TOMAS HOLMSTROM
The obvious choice here might be Pavel Datsyuk, as he scored a pair of goals, but Homer did what Homer does best: screen the hell out of a shockingly good Roberto Luongo. His goal opened the scoring for the good guys, his rump absolutely deserved an assist on the second Wings goal, and he had a legit assist on the second Datsyuk goal. Player of the game in my book.
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[Game Thread] Wings @ Canucks
by Christy on Oct 27, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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The Detroit Red Wings look to end their three-game losing skid tonight in Vancouver as they face off against the Canucks and former teammate Mikael Samuelsson. Sammy currently leads his new team in goals (5) and is second in points (10).
Head coach Mike Babcock broke up the line featuring Williams and the two Finns during Monday's practice, but he has not ruled out keeping the previous game lineup for today's contest. According to MLive.com, here were the lines the team was practicing with on Monday.
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom
Cleary-Filppula-Bertuzzi (Eaves working in)
Leino-Draper-Williams
May-Helm-Maltby (Abdelkader working in)
The defense remained the same:
Lidstrom-Kronwall
Stuart-Rafalski
Ericsson-Lebda (Meech working in)
Osgood (starting)
Howard
The Detroit News reported this afternoon that Darren Helm will be a healthy scratch. Babcock says that it's not like Helmer has been playing bad, but he did miss most of training camp and the entire preseason. He hopes that scratching him will be just the motivation Helm needs to bounce back to his old self.
The game will start at 10 p.m. EDT and will be shown on FSDetroit. Go Wings!
Shockingly, the Wings have only won three of nine games so far this season. A win tonight will give Detroit its first road game of the season, which is something that is definitely needed. The Wings currently sit one point above Nashville, who is at the bottom of the Central Division standings.
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Anderson, Stewart Down Wings 3-1
by MrNorrisTrophy on Oct 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT
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In a game in which the Detroit Red Wings out shot the Colorado Avalanche 49-23, goalie Craig Anderson stood tall for the Avalanche. Anderson's 48 stops kept the door ajar for his teammates to put two pucks past Jimmy Howard who was starting only his second game of the season.The insurance empty net goal sealed the win for the Avalanche and guaranteed at least a season split with the Red Wings.
The first goal of the game came came at 3:09 of the second period as Kris Draper put a backhand past Anderson for his second goal of the year. Dan Cleary fired the puck on net and Draper put the rebound past Anderson for a 1-0 Detroit lead. T.J. Galiardi tied the game at 14:26 with his first goal of the year, also a backhand shot, past Howard.
Chris Stewart broke the tie at 9:20 of the 3rd period with a shot off the post for a 2-1 Avalanche lead. Stewart's shot was not particularly fast but Howard's read on the puck put him out of position and it beat him stick side. Paul Stastny added the empty net goal at 19:00 to secure the win for the Avalanche, their second of the year over the Red Wings and their 8th overall. Detroit falls to 3-4-2 with the effort and starts the five game road trip with two consecutive losses.
Detroit's power play struggled, going 0 for 7 against a very talented penalty kill group from Colorado. Those power plays include four opportunities with under ten minutes of play remaining in the third period. Colorado was able to shut down the Detroit offense that is still struggling to find its identity while capitalizing on the few chances that they had.
Anderson was the star of the show with his great performance in net, garnering his 8th win of the season and dropping his already stellar goals against average. Anderson was in position all night long and was the best penalty killer for the Avalanche. Jimmy Howard player well for the Red Wings tonight, only his second start of the season but the few times he was out of position proved costly in the loss.
Detroit's next game is on Tuesday, October 27th against the Vancouver Canucks.
MrNorrisTrophy's Wing of the game: Kris Draper. Draper scored the lone Detroit goal tonight and had one of the few quality chances of the night and was able to convert on it. A close second would be Henrik Zetterberg with 5 shots on goal and 60% of his faceoffs won.
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Coyotes drop Wings 3-2 in OT
by Christy on Oct 23, 2009 12:06 AM CDT
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A questionable call caused the Wings to head into overtime after leading the Coyotes for most of the game. A soft goal in OT gave Phoenix the two points, while handing Detroit a loss to start their road trip and one point in the standings.
By the end of the first period, the game was even at one goal apiece. In his first game back from injury, star forward Pavel Datsyuk assisted on the equalizer with 20 seconds remaining in the period. Tomas Holmstrom was credited with the goal, a tip-in. Matthew Lombardi posted the power-play goal for the Coyotes in the first frame.
Defenseman Brett Lebda scored 7:45 into the second period, which was set up on a slick pass by Datsyuk. Henrik Zetterberg also earned his second helper of the evening.
Phoenix was held off the scoreboard in the third until the 17:20 mark when it appeared that goalie Chris Osgood had made the stop with the puck under his pads. The referee seemingly should have blown the whistle, but hadn't when a Coyote pushed Ozzie further back, causing the puck to ultimately go over the goal line. Petr Prucha was given the goal.
Mike Babcock had this to say to FSDetroit after the game:
"I thought we were in the control of the game...I thought they pushed Ozzie into the net, but it doesn't matter what I think obviously...The bottom line is that's what they decided, but I thought there was some bumping...If you give away points, it's going to come back and haunt you."
Wings' fans will probably agree that the game should not have gone into overtime, but it did and Adrian Aucion scored the game-winning marker 1:40 into overtime.
All in all, the Coyotes outshot Detroit 33-27 for the win.
"It's tough to lose this way. I thought we played a good game...[Pavel] looked good and he skated well...It was two funky plays that led to the last two goals."
-- Henrik Zetterberg said on FSDetroit after the game
The Wings have four more games remaining on this road trip so hopefully they can put this behind him and get a few wings out of this trip. Detroit's next game is this Saturday in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche.
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Wings Blow Two-Goal Lead, Lose In Shootout
by joehass on Oct 17, 2009 9:20 PM CDT
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After two strong periods, the Detroit Red Wings looked like they were on fire against the Colorado Avalanche.
But two goals from Cody McLeod gave the Avalanche life, and put the game into a shootout. There, Ville Leino missed on the third shot to give the Avalanche a 4-3 win at Joe Louis Arena.
With Pavel Datsyuk out for the second straight night with an upper-body injury, the Wings got off to a strong start. Justin Abdelkader scored his first regular-season NHL goal early off of Darren Helm. The Wings extended that lead just 1:16 into the second period, when Todd Bertuzzi took advantage of a Matt Hendricks hooking penalty and fought off Adam Foote in front of the net, taking a Henrik Zetterberg pass and put it past Craig Anderson to make it 2-0 entering the third.
But Cody McLeod lit the lamp at 9:06 on a pretty shot through Chris Osgood's five-hole. Three minutes later, Matt Duchene scored the first goal of his NHL career when he put a 40-footer just past Osgood on the far side. The game was tied, and the Red Wings seemed to fall into a rut. Fortunately for them, less than two minutes after that, Valtteri Filppula takes advantage of a scrum in front of the net, finds the puck, and puts it into a wide-open net to give Detroit the lead back.
But McLeod wasn't done. With 2:32 left in regulation, the Red Wings were caught on a line change. Taking advantage, the Avs pushed the puck off the boards, and McLeod put it past Osgood to tie things up at three.
After both teams couldn't take advantage in overtime, Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk each put backhanders past Chris Osgood. Zetterberg tried to go right but instead went into Anderson's left pad. Finally, Ville Leino's weak backhander was easily blocked by Anderson to give Colorado the win.
The Avalanche continued an interesting streak: they have been outshot in all eight of their games, but have managed to win seven of them. Detroit had a 31-29 shot advantage.
The Red Wings are off until Thursday, when they begin a five-game, west-coast road trip, starting with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Player Of The Game: Todd Bertuzzi. He gets his first goal as a Red Wings on four shots and a hit. He looked sharp thoughout the game, and seems to be finally settling into his role with the Red Wings
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