News out of Detroit's morning skate is that Dan Cleary will miss tonight's matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Cleary has an eye infection that's been causing him some irritation.
Johan Franzen returns from his knee sprain so the Red Wings won't need to call anyone up to take Cleary's spot. Franzen skated on a line with Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula while Mikael Samuelsson took Cleary's spot alongside Kris Draper and Jiri Hudler.
Brett Lebda will be a healthy scratch for the third game in a row and Chris Osgood gets the start in net for the Wings.
Goal by Crosby and now a penalty on Franzen. Great.
Well that sucked. Get the kill here and it's all good.
Wings power play. Chance to get back in it.
So much for that.
Not much on that powerplay, except Scuderi's injury. Hit by the puck on the foot off Lidstrom's slapshot. Ow.
Mac ties it up! Didn't think he could do that anymore.
And McCarty ties it up! Get in!
Hope there's more from this powerplay than the last one. But that's not asking for much.
Power play goal! Homer with the tip!
Holmstrom deflects it in! And the wings are in the lead.
J.M.F. Franzen! Great play by Hudler to make that happen.
For f*ck's sake, another deflected goal.
Woulda been called back on Homer.
Great. I miss the Franzen goal then the Pens score.
Nice clothesline by Goddard on Kronwall. Ugh.
Datsyuk restores the two goal lead!
Holy sh*t that was nice!
As catmandu said, "with the Hull move." Stick in the air for a week just waiting for the puck.
Oh yeah, Zetterberg on the powerplay. Lovely play.
Wings power play now at 60% on the night.
Two quick cheap calls on Detroit.
Big save by Ozzie. Let's kill this one, for old time's sake.
Goddamned cheap-ass five-on-three.
Or not. Malkin with the goal. And still another penalty to kill.
f*ck me, that all came off a Wings turnover.
Yeah Huds! Monster f*cking game!
And that's the two goal advantage again! Great game.
For f*ck's sake. Horrible shift.
Urgh. Back to a 1 goal game. Staal with the goal.
Ozzie standing tall with half a minute left.
This is getting hairy.
I had a feeling that would hapen. Staal with a f*cking hat-trick.
Jesus f*cking Christ. Remember how badass the Wings were before that bullsh*t five-on-three?
How did they let it get to OT? I mean, a f*cking 3 goal lead they had. And it'll be 4 on 3 in favour of the Pens to start.
odd game, lots of interesting bounces, and why does it seem its louder when the pens score vs when the wings score?
Zata hauled down, no call.
turnovers were the key to that game, bad puck control by the wings and a huge game by Staal
Aaaarrrghhhh!!!!!!! sh*t sh*t sh*t.
Jesus f*cking Christ. Remember how badass the Wings were before that bullsh*t five-on-three?
Oh yea, I'm not the only one who noticed that, good thing. The chincy calls are just so bad for the NHL, something has to give. Oh wait it did when the penguins got back into the game. The refs have to be CONSISTENT, thats all. Not to keep the the game competitive by calling weak penalties. MANY teams look better than they are with the bailout penalties and that includes the wings. Wings game hasn't been all that strong and I hope this game vs pens is a wake up call. At least they got a point?
It appeared the Wings were putting on a clinic... and then, just like it has been lately, they gave up and let them come back. This is not how we're going to repeat. Something needs to change. NOW!
Dan Cleary
Credit: Clark Rasmussen
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