Why noon, NHL? What’s wrong with evening games? Anyway, the Wings evened this series up with a strong game on Friday. These teams are very, very closely matched up. This series feels like it’s going to have every game end with someone winning by a single goal. There are no lineup changes for the Wings tonight, so I don’t… really have much to say. Cool. Jimmy Howard starts in goal.
| Detroit Red Wings |
| Forwards |
| Johan Franzen |
Pavel Datsyuk |
Todd Bertuzzi |
| Valtteri Filppula |
Henrik Zetterberg |
Jiri Hudler |
| Gustav Nyquist |
Justin Abdelkader |
Dan Cleary |
| Drew Miller |
Cory Emmerton |
Tomas Holmstrom |
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| Defense |
| Nicklas Lidstrom |
Jonathan “Big Rig” Ericsson |
| Niklas Kronwall |
Brad Stuart |
| Kyle Quincey |
Ian White |
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| Starting Goalie |
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| Injuries |
| Patrick Eaves, Darren Helm, Joey MacDonald |
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| Nashville Predators |
| Forwards |
| Sergei Kostitsyn |
Mike Fisher |
Martin Erat |
| Andrei Kostitsyn |
David Legwand |
Alexander Radulov |
| Gabriel Bourque |
Nick Spaling |
Patric Hornqvist |
| Jordin Tootoo |
Paul Gaustad |
Brandon Yip |
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| Defense |
| Ryan Suter |
Shea “I Slam Heads Into The Glass Because I Don’t Respect My Opponents” Weber |
| Francis Bouillon |
Kevin Klein |
| Ryan Ellis |
Roman Josi |
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| Starting Goalie |
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| Injuries |
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| FINAL SCORE |
| 3-2 Nashville |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| 1st Period |
| PPG Shea Weber(2) from Andre Kostitsyn(1), Alexander Radulov(2) |
| 2nd Period |
| Kevin Klein(1) from Martin Erat(1) |
| Pavel Datsyuk(1) unassisted |
| 3rd Period |
| Sergei Kostitsyn(1) from Mike Fisher(1), Kevin Klein(1) |
| PPG Henrik Zetterberg(2) from Pavel Datsyuk(2), Niklas Kronwall(1) |
| GOALTENDING STATISTICS |
| Pekka Rinne: 41/43, 953SV%, 2.00GAA |
| Jimmy Howard: 19/22, .864SV%, 3.07GAA |
I've been a Red Wings fan for as long as I remember. I quite literally can't remember a time when I didn't watch my beloved Red Wings. I write code for a living. 