Injuries abound for both the Red Wings and the Blackhawks heading into Sunday's Game Four in their Western Conference Final matchup.
Detroit will be without Kris Draper with a groin injury. Pavel Datsyuk, who missed Game Three with a foot injury, will be a game-time decision once again. Justin Abdelkader returns to the Wings' lineup to replace Draper, unless Datsyuk is able to go. In that case Ville Leino will stay in the lineup while Abdelkader sits.
Chicago calls both Martin Havlat and Nikolai Khabibulin game-time decisions. Havlat left Game Three after being crushed by Niklas Kronwall, while Khabibulin was replaced for the third period by Christobal Huet after suffering an undisclosed lower-body injury.
'Hawks defenseman Brian Campbell has essentially called for Kronwall's head after the hit on Havlat, calling it gutless. Kronwall was not suspended for the play after being given a five-minute interference penalty and an ejection.
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HA i say the only injury Bulin took was to his ego lol as far as Campbell that little punk is such a hypocrite anyone remember Umberger getting popped by Campbell when he was with Buffalo beside's it won't be him tryin to take Kronner out he has spent more time on his back this series than on his skate's
Freep says Pavs remains out.
Oh sh*t, Lidstrom out, Chelios in.
And Havlat is in for Chicago. Nightmare.
Chelios takes the ceremonial faceoff with Lidstrom out. He's got one of the extra As. Not sure who has the other, since Zetterberg is the only captain actually playing for the Wings tonight.
f*ck any word on what the issue is with Nick??
Nothing. And I want it that way. I want no hints for Chicago in Game Five.
Nothing. And I want it that way. I want no hints for Chicago in Game Five.
true but man this is not good plus it gives them even more incentive to take a shot at Kronner
Let 'em take shots at Kronner. Junior can take 'em.
Hossa breaks the slump! Shorthanded goal!
Finally he scores.
So for the record, high hit by Kronwall is 5 minutes and a misconduct. High hit by Pahlsson is 2 minutes.
J.M.F. Franzen!
Huet should have had that.
Considering the Wings are supposed to be a weak European team, it seems like it's the Blackhawks getting p*ssy about every little hit.
3 things so far:
1. First goal was amazing, especially since it was shorthanded.
2. Second goal was amazing (if the Wings win, I'd like Franzen to get the Conn Smythe)
3. Being the fangirl I am, I was terribly upset to see Filppula hit in the face, but it's good that he was ok! 
Fil! The Doctor is in!
YES! That was bedazzling. Just a few more for assurance? 
Dominating.
Goddamnit, PPG for Chicago. But did you see Stuart end Havlat earlier?
Dominating.
Not necessarily. As much as I want to say that, think of game 3.
And the Hawks just scored.
Hossa! Suck it, bitches!
Arby's tomorrow? Hahahaha.
Wings to face their third goalie in three periods.
Yeah, I knew I shouldn't have said that. Oh but Hossa cancels it out.
Chicago's getting retarded now. Love it.
Wings to face their third goalie in three periods.
Yes, I was ignoring the 2 minutes of OT there.
Five-on-three because of Versteeg being a f*cking idiot. Love it.
Zata! Woohoo!
I f*ckING LOVE THIS GAME!!!!! 
Zetterburg makes it 5-1.
For the record, the Wings have no captain (with Lidstrom out) and only two alternates (Zata and Chelios), one of whom (Chelios) has only played a couple minutes all game.
Even Eddie O is calling for the refs to start calling misconducts for the stuff after the whistles.
Huet back in. Conklin in. Interesting.
Can we go to running time and get this over with?
Chicago thugs it up. *yawn*
Osgood hurt apparently. Please don't be too serious. Please.
Apparently Howard is on the Wings bench. Now I wonder what happened to Ozzie.
Edit: Could be a Babcockian "hurt" (I hope so).
Apparently Howard is on the Wings bench. Now I wonder what happened to Ozzie.
Edit: Could be a Babcockian "hurt" (I hope so).
there was a point at the end of the second when they had the chance in close he gloved and froze it looked like he kinda cringe like a groin maybe i definitly saw him cringe but he stayed in so i didn't think anything of it
Zata with another. Telling them "Keep being stupid, we'll keep winning."
The Hawks look like they'd rather this game just ended now.
Ooh, Versteeg is prepared to fight Hudler anytime. Tough guy, there.
is Quennville now booting player's off the bench to the locker room? lol
Alright, that sh*t's done. Businesslike, bitches. Picked them right apart.
that was totally demoralization for the Hawk's we go without our top center and general on the blueline and we still win by 5
I loved how late on they thought they were the Ducks. But they failed miserably at it.
For the record, Osgood is fine. Babcock said it was dehydration. Convenient. Works for me.
Crikey! That was one for the ages, eh? (I always prefer lopsided in the Wings favor....)
I sometimes think that hockey would benefit from a rule where (like in basketball) if a player gets 3 ( or 4 or 5) minor penalties he is ejected from the game or a certain number of penalty minutes and the player is out. Such a rule might eliminate gooning it up like the Hawks did in this game, but the refs did handle the situation well...I must give credit where credit is due.
Conklin looked strong in the third, I thought. Having him in left no reason for the Hawks to be mauling the goalie (as I have seen them doing to Osgood, and as I suspect they would have been happy to continue)....
And THIS was Hossa's breakout game for this series...it was bound to happen sometime!
Can anyone tell me how Carolina managed to beat Boston? Or are the Pengoons just that good?
The Penguins are playing well...I want to see the wings take them out 2 years in a row!
Wings need to get healthy to do that, assuming that both of the current series' finish off like they've started.
Can anyone tell me how Carolina managed to beat Boston? Or are the Pengoons just that good?
Keep in mind that Carolina has played in two 7 game series. They are probably out of gas.
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