No lineup changes for the Wings tonight. Jimmy Howard gets his 4th straight start in goal, as Chris Osgood is still getting himself healthy from the flu.
Alex Auld is starting tonight for Dallas. Marc Crawford makes some strange decisions sometimes… Alex Burrows does an awesome impression of him, though:
Detroit Red Wings
Forwards:
Todd Bertuzzi – Pavel Datsyuk – Tomas Holmstrom
Ville Leino – Henrik Zetterberg – Dan Cleary
Kris Draper – Darren Helm – Patrick Eaves
Brad May – Justin Abdelkader – Drew Miller
Defense:
Nicklas Lidstrom – Brian Rafalski
Niklas Kronwall – Brad Stuart
Jonathan “Big Rig” Ericsson – Brett Lebda
Starting Goalie: Jimmy Howard
Injuries: Andreas Lilja, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Jason Williams
Dallas Stars
Forwards:
James Neal – Brad Richards – Loui Eriksson
Brenden Morrow – Mike Modano – Jamie Benn
Steve Ott – Mike Ribeiro – Jere Lehtinen
Krys Barch – Tom Wandell – Toby Petersen
Defense:
Nicklas Grossman – Stephane Robidas
Karlis Skrastins – Matt Niskanen
Marc Fistric – Trevor Daley
Starting Goalie: Alex Auld
Injuries: Brian Sutherby, Fabian Brunnstrom
FINAL SCORE: 3-1 Dallas
Scoring Summary:
1st Period:
PPG Mike Ribeiro(6) from Brad Richards(15), Stephane Robidas(7)
2nd Period:
Matt Niskanen(1) from Brad Richards(16), James Neal(10)
Henrik Zetterberg(9) from Ville Leino(2), Brett Lebda(2)
3rd Period:
PPG Loui Eriksson(9) from James Neal(11), Mike Modano(2)
Goaltending Statistics:
Alex Auld: 31/32, .969SV%, 1.00GAA
Jimmy Howard: 29/32, .906SV%, 3.06GAA
Brad May should have had a goal in this game. The ref absolutely blew the call. The puck was in the net, and 3 seconds later the ref blew the play dead. He ruled that since he intended to blow the whistle, the goal did not count. The only problem with this logic… is that the ref would have had to intended to blow the whistle as the puck left May’s stick. Absolutely pathetic. That is NBA-esque officiating. I have a video of the play below. Try not to punch your screen, Wings fans.
