Red Wings at Boston

I don't normally do games live, but when I do, its pretty crappy.
I recommend you don't even read this.
The game started much like the last time the Wings met the B's... and a lot like the Tigers game last night. Jimmy Howard sat due to a bruised hand, and good lord Chris Osgood is in the studio...this...this might go well. Although I didn't know he had a stuttering issue...

It was pretty boring thru the first 10 minutes or so(although the Wings were doing better than last time, and Justin Abdelkader DID have a pretty good hit on Brad Marchant). Then Pavel Datsyuk stole the puck from a careless Bruin, undressed Zdeno Chara, flipped it over a diving defenseman to Henrik Zettterberg who tucked it between Rask and the short side post and off the far side post for the goal. This game didn't start out particularly hard hitting, either. The Wings then continued their nasty habit of giving up a goal right after they scored, with Louie Ericsson tipping in a Johnny Boychuk shot from the point, leaving everyone bewildered about how that got in. Mickey Redmond also continued his habit of repeating what the rink announcer has to say as if the TV audience cant hear it.

Play picked up in the 2nd, and something happened that I like to see. Danny DeKeyser taking shots from the point while Todd Bertuzzi screens the goalie....this could work later as DeKeyser gains power and accuracy. If only we had Tomas Holmstrom back! Of course, then half of DeKeyser's goals would be disallowed....sooo.... Datsyuk totally made Bergeron look like a rookie on one play down the ice causing Bergeron to start talking to himself on the ice. The up and back played continued until finally Franzen hit Weiss across the crease for a tap in. Wings lead 2-1. I cant wait until this Bertuzzi/Chara match up blows up and Big Bert kicks the crap out of Chara... OK a full minute has gone by, can I breathe?? OH WAIT CLEARY SCORES INSTEAD OF THE BRUINS!!! Why the hell is Cleary wearing number 71? 3-1 Wings.

I don't know how the Bruins are going to get anything past Gustavsson that dude is HUGE. Even in the butterfly his shoulders are above the crossbar. I also just realized that Danny Alfredsson is on the THIRD line...Holy crap how would you like to be on this team?? Of course, I like the Yzerman/Hull/Robataille line a lot better, but this will work until technology advances far enough to bring those three back to the ice.

So the Wings are on a steady parade to the box, and are you really going to tell me that the BRUINS have committed no infractions this game? Or am I not paying attention? Oh I see, Krejci is in the box and it's a little 4 on 4 to start the 3rd. I swear if any of the FSD announcers say "spin-o-rama" one more time...

Aaaaaaand here we go with the 5-on-3 that was bound to happen since Detroit is dominating the game (this for the "Referees Hate the Wings" conspiracy theorists), as Cleary is binned for "tripping". I guess that's what its called when somebody steps on your stick and falls down. Also Kronwall is in for whatever reason, so the Bruins get a two man advantage for almost the full two minutes. The upside is that the Wings only have to kill 2 minutes. And a crazy two minutes it was! Of course the interference wasn't called on the Bruins (More conspiracy fodder), and Ken Daniels started talking like Yoda. "Not all of that did Ericsson get" he said...

And late in the 3rd the game sort of settled into a regular season game, with one tense moment as Bertuzzi's face hit the post and the ice on the same play (he's OK folks) and then Afredsson went off for boarding. The Wings of old were on the ice, it seemed, as they held Boston to no shots over about a ten minute stretch until the boarding call, and during the PK the Bruins seemed confused on the subject of setting something up in the offensive zone. The 3rd period continued to bleed away and then Pavel Datsyuk decided to put on a clinic in stickhandling, dancing around with the puck and even putting between Sidenbergs feet! This picked up the pace as Abdelkader skated around Chara only to set up a three way collision between the two aforementioned players and Tukka Rask. The crowd hollered for a call, but there was none to be made unless you count interference by Chara, who hauled Abdelkader down prior to the collision. The Bruins managed to tally another goal before the last minute and 15 seconds of intense activity which resulted in no more goals for the B's and the Wings win 3-2 in regulation.

I think that about covers it for In Game blogging...