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  • Wings moving the puck all over the place before it got to Fil. Great job by him, too, to settle it down and get it into the net.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 1:26 AM
  • Lehtonen is absolutely on tonight.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 1:43 AM
  • I wouldn’t be surprised to see this come back but I don’t think there’s kicking motion.

    Edit: I’ll take it.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 1:44 AM
  • Wings got all spun around there, could see that coming.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 1:46 AM
  • Mickey’s right, what the hell was Hudler doing that open there? That line is on fire.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 1:48 AM
  • I didn’t even get back in front of my TV before that one. Not the start to the second the Wings wanted.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 2:11 AM
  • Gotta hold the post. Ugly, Lehtonen, after all those great stops.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 2:14 AM
  • Yeah, that shot was through a screen, but Howard wasn’t square to it. A little awkward.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 2:22 AM
  • Jesus. Lehtonen gave him that top corner and Franzen put it right there.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 2:30 AM
  • What a back and forth game…

    Edit: Lucky you as I am stuck with the NBC broadcast

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 2:46 AM
  • On another note, Russia is up 2-0 against Canada!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 2:59 AM
  • Nyquist is all over the place!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:03 AM
  • Never heard of a linesman going out with “concussion like” symptoms…

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:08 AM
  • Look how much red and white is in the crowd!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:09 AM
  • Howie with two good saves there!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:13 AM
  • Howard not looking good tonight but what was that mix up inside the blue line?

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 3:23 AM
  • Who knows… Four minutes left, come on!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:27 AM
  • First class grade A clusterf*ck is what it was.

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:30 AM
  • I’m feeling a six to four game here…

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:32 AM
  • I’ll take five to four though!

    SYfanSD January 4, 2012 3:34 AM
  • Every win counts, but (as I suggested on Twitter immediately after the final buzzer) this was the sloppiest win of the season for the Red Wings, hands down.

    Emblematic of the defensive side of Detroit’s game: Dallas’ fourth goal. Two Red Wings miscommunicate and collide inside the blue line, leaving Michael Ryder free to cut across the ice and overload the left side, then use Nicklas Lidstrom as a screen to get a shot past Jimmy Howard.

    Howard got beat on shots through a screen three times, which I’m not sure what to think about. I feel like he should have been able to get at least one of them, as it’s not like the screens were particularly close to the net.

    On the offensive side of the game, it’s crazy to think that the Wings scored five goals and that was with Kari Lehtonen playing out of his mind. It could have been 5-0 Detroit in the first period if not for some big stops, particularly on Johan Franzen and Jiri Hudler. Lehtonen made those stops but then allowed one where he didn’t hold the post and had one go in off a skate, leading to a weird situation where the Wings’ offense generated great chances that they didn’t score on but the seemingly harmless plays did get a couple goals.

    Weird game. Not indicative of the talent level of either team, so I hope the Wings take the points and immediately forget about it.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 4:10 AM
  • The Red Wings kick off a four-game road trip tonight as they visit the Dallas Stars.

    Darren Helm and Tomas Holmstrom – who had been targeting this game for their return from groin injuries – will not play. This means the rookie line of Cory Emmerton, Joakim Andersson and Gustav Nyquist remains intact. Jimmy Howard gets the start. Jakub Kindl is the healthy scratch on defense.

    Game time is 8:00 PM. TV is FSD locally and NBCSN (formerly Versus) nationally.

    Clark Rasmussen January 4, 2012 12:08 PM
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