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Detroit Red Wings at New York Rangers
March 21, 2012 – 7:30 PM
TV: NBCSN
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If, after Monday night’s loss to the Washington Capitals, you were wondering how the injury situation for the Red Wings could get any worse, I blame the Detroit goaltending duo for tonight on you.
With Jimmy Howard having re-injured his groin and Joey MacDonald still sorting out his back spasms, Ty Conklin has been called back up from the Grand Rapids Griffins and will start tonight against the New York Rangers. Jordan Pearce will be his backup, making this possibly the first-ever Anchorage-born goaltending tandem in NHL history.
The rest of the Wings’ lineup will go unchanged from Monday’s loss, as no one else is back from injury yet.
Game time is 7:30 on NBCSN.
Not looking good for the Wings tonight with the squad full of holes.
Can’t believe that got through Lundqvist. Love that Z shot but weak goal to give up.
Imagine that shift if the Wings D was healthy…
At least it’s a point? I’ll take it.
An improvement over the last few efforts for the most part….
I’m not going to complain about this one.
Call it effort, call it interest, whatever. The Wings looked invested in tonight’s 2-1 OT loss to the New York Rangers, and I’ll take it, ’cause that’s a hell of a lot more than they’ve done in the previous five games of their current losing streak.
The Red Wings made fewer mistakes in their own zone (more on that in a second) and kept up more pressure in the New York end than we’ve seen of late.
Ty Conklin, back in Detroit when no one thought he’d wear the Winged Wheel again, was rock solid in the start. Another loss won’t look good on his record but stopping 32 of 34 shots will.
That said, the Rangers were able to take advantage of blown defensive coverage twice and it was all they needed to get the win.
Brad Richards’ first-period power play goal saw the Wings give him the entire neutral zone, right up the middle. I realize it was a PK but you can’t give that much space to a player like him. End-to-end rush turns into a goal.
On the game-winner, Pavel Datsyuk inexplicably left his man (Del Zotto) at the blue line to cut towards Dubinsky, who Niklas Kronwall already had. This left Del Zotto open to take the pass starting the play. Kronwall moved over to block his shooting lane and Stuart dropped alongside Dubinsky, leaving Callahan open for the pass from Del Zotto and the shot past Conklin. No idea why Pavs left Del Zotto, nor why Stuart left Callahan. Stick to your man and that play doesn’t happen.
terrible coverage
Wings special teams have really fallen to pot
Well, I suppose that could have been worse.