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ahem... that's what we all assumed you meant, HR. So far, pretty uninspired effort on the ice, lots of traipsing to the penalty box on both sides. We were outshot 12-7, but Dom kept them all out. So did Norrena, unfortunately. Nash is on a mission to beat Dom, but Bert is on the job so far. I have hopes for a bit better effort from the good guys this perry-odd.

well, whew~ we escaped the first without a goal, and more importantly, no goal in the last 60 seconds. I hate those. They're interviewing Lang and his stick now. I love his accent. I wish he would go score a goal.

doesn't matter, it came to nothing anyway. If they didn't call Dom for that, they would have found something else. Whistle-happy tonight, for sure. I am confident that someone on the Wings wants to score. And they will. Soon. I hope.

pssst! Wings?!! we're being outshot 11-6. Hello? Anyone planning to score tonight?

Dom's taking care of business. The call was pretty marginal, I thought. Dom moved his stick just as a BJ skated through his crease. Bad luck.

refs trying to help the BJ's, I guess.

we do not look very scary at all. Dom just made a huge stop on Vborny. Bad Dom!! He didn't have to do much to draw that one, did he?

Bert, good job, buddy... Nash means business tonight and Bert was right there to make sure he got nowhere. Wings on the PP again.

Feds, greeted with a chorus of boo's at the Joe. As longs he doesn't score...

and now Lang is in the box. What is this, getting it all out of our systems early on, eh?

and Maltby's back to his old tricks again. Does he not like being a Wing anymore? PK, guys!!

hope that wasted opportunity is not the story of this game... they're better than this.

go to the net! Come on, Wings....

5-3 for the Wings. Woo! Please score, boyz!!

Dommie says no, despite a screen. Dom's onto Nash. No McGoooo tonight, Auger and Fraser tonight. PP Wings... CBJ off for holding.

Bert's not an answer to the likes of Rick Nash? Sometimes I think the announcers a) don't know any better than to say "it" and jinx us, or b) secretly hope our goalies get burned and lose the S*** O**. It's not very nice, is it?

I imagine Dom is in tonight. He was great in the last game, just couldn't stop Rick Nash from stuffing the puck past his glove with 1 minute left. Too bad no one was there to take Nash out of the picture, so he couldn't do that. Norrena is a better goalie than the Sunday game indicated. Hope the Wings don't play soft tonight, or we will be in trouble.

doesn't he? Nice close up of Pavel's magic hole-y stick, too. I snorked these pics off the official website. It's not all that great (next to LGW, what is??) but they do have nice photo galleries.

you did good, mck! Wings will win, by a bunch, I hope. No prediction, just win at home so the people leave happy. Here are pics to get us in the mood. Look who is happy to be a Red Wing: Most peoples' reaction to Lilja: check out the lady on the left...

I'm so proud! **sniff** "Hasek garnered the third star by posting a 2-0-1 record and 1.30 GAA. He also had a sparkling .951 ave percentage as Detroit moved into first place in the NHL's overall standings. Entering play on Monday, Hasek leads the league with a 2.08 GAA " Too bad he didn't get the SO yesterday.

Pure Hasek... he's such a pip, sometimes. That's one way to get your point across.

Minnesota, please. Dallas scares me. But not as much as San Jose does.

I think Dom will be fine. As for the busy first period idea, Dom would love it. So long as the rest of the team doesn't stop playing in the third when they get a lead. That is more worrisome to me than Dom being bored and trying stuff to keep busy and stay in the game. The more involved Dom is with the game, the more certain the win -- that's always been the way with him. If he's yelling and directing traffic and all over the place, he's in the zone. It's been a common theme, wherever Dom's played, that the other players love to hear him hollering and smacking the goalie stick on the ice. It's when he gets quiet that you need to worry that something's wrong with him. If the playoff games look like the last couple of wins Dom and Ozzie have been in net for (and I suspect they will), then we're in great shape.

Don't have time to research this, but my observation all season long is that the reason Dom's sv% is lower than it usually would be is because he sees so few shots. Numbers get better when the goalie gets lots of SOG and stops, which all of our opponents this season have benefitted from. Soft perimeter shots right at the goalie's chest, and ones that the goalie can see easily and stop - which we do a lot of - make numbers look better. If Dom saw 30+ per game, I don't doubt he would be among the top 2 or 3 goalies in the league in sv%, too. Dom sees far fewer SOG than most contending team goalies, and it looks like the ones he does see are scoring chances, not easy stops. Too bad there is no way to rate the quality of the stop as opposed to quantity. But that's how it is. He's managed to win more games proportionately than either Brodeur or Luongo, either of whom will get the Vezina over Dom. The fact that he plays fewer games and see fewer SOGs makes his GAA more remarkable than ever. Eva is correct that most goalies - Hasek and Ozzie are amongst them - do better when they are in the flow of the game and contributing, so they are not cold and have to come up big on the few chances which get through. I am not saying I want the D to let up, of course. Most of the "bad" goals on Dom and Ozzie are results of poor coverage and sometimes lack of activity, however, IMO. I am not sure how they are supposed to counteract that. I don't doubt both of our goalies are completely focused, regardless of the situation as it evolves in front of them, however.

I love your avatar! Love them both a bunch. Dom deserved that shut out, but he probably doesn't care as much about that as the fact that they didn't lay down and quit on him today, everyone played great! Yay for Homer, I wanted a hattie for him! And Lebda... he's fantastic. Who wouldn't want him on their team? By the by, I think Hull was playing an elaborate April Fool's joke today with his commentary, and we were too dumb to get it. Either that, or he was drunk.