Darren Helm's goal just 14 seconds after Niklas Kronwall's tying goal quickly turned the momentum heavily in Detroit's favor. The play started out innocently enough with a dump in to the offensive zone. Good awareness in the offensive zone by Helm lead to the goal and a 2-1 Detroit lead.

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I had six Detroit goals to choose from last night and thought there was none better to look at than Dan Cleary's second goal of the night. That, and the video for this goal was the best. Cleary's goal wasn't exactly the most beautiful shot you'll ever see but it's a testament to the good things that can happen when you are alert in the offensive zone.

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Back with the second installment of our goal analysis series. I apologize for the lack of a post following the Vancouver game but I just didn't have the time or the desire after the loss to do so. But nevertheless, we're back with installment two as we look at Henrik Zetterberg's game winning goal in overtime against the Coyotes.

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This is a new feature I'm going to try to start doing after each game: looking at a big save or a goal and breaking it down to analyze what went right (or wrong if it was a bad goal allowed). This is another awesome perk of being on the SB Nation network, NHL.com loves for us to use their video and since we have the rights to do so I might as well make use of it. Oh, and please excuse my very amateur attempt to illustrate on these. 

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