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Howard standing tall again.

For about half a second I thought Mickey said sling blade giveaway and pictured Carl having a conversation with him. I must be running low on caffeine.

Was Ericsson actually wrecking shop there?

I thought that was Gallagher's shtick.

Shh... Let him figure that out after the game.

Solid PK work. Their PP had great possession, but several guys got sticks into passing lanes. Way to stand tall. Let's Go Wings!

Nice to see Abdelkader pick up an assist to end his point drought. And the DJ cues up The Outfield's "Your Love". (They were the opening act for one of the first concerts I saw, they opened for the Hooters in my hometown back in 1984).

Average save by Jimmy, Wings never lost possession, TB player knocked the net off with no help from a Wing, Larkin puts it in. Good goal. Karmic payback for the stick lift 5 on 3.

Tatar hit from behind, no call.

Or it's Cory Emmerton's sock puppet trying to work his way back onto the Wings at Miller's expense. Come out hard for the 4rd, boys! Kick them in the yambag and bring home the win. BoS has the wheels on the tank already.

Huge if, it was a pretty darned low percentage pass, but I agree had it made it through it would have been sweet.

Nyquist focused on trying to set Hank up for 300, he probably should have fired it himself.

That situation isn't addressed in the rule book, coach's challenge would be wasted there. Doesn't make any less crappy of a penalty.

Can't blame Howard on that.... s***ty break. Get it back. It wasn't Miller's fault either.....

And the 5 on 3. Stick was lifted by Stamkos to force it out, tough break. If the PK and Jimmy stand tall, huge momentum swing. Let's Go Wings!

That little graphic they showed about Mrazek for some reason made me think that Petr attacks the puck like a velociraptor.... Jurassic Mrazek anybody? (Feel free to photoshop or ms paint it if you want). What little I have seen of Howard so far tonight has been good. I almost wonder if the 1/1A goalie situation is actually helping Howard by making him feel pressure to keep the job, but also helping to keep him fresher by having Mrazek play a decent amount of the games. In any case, I will take the all star caliber stats. Weak call there, but Smith had his stick there. Killorn went down a bit easy, IMHO. Kill this guys!

Kindl with a nice stick to break up a Tampa rush there. Hopefully he keeps playing well.

Howard with an average save in that sequence. He's playing to form.

I will take that. I'm glad to see Sheahan get on the board. Call me greedy, but I want Hank to get goal number 300 tonight (could make for a good "this.... is..... Detroit!" photoshop) and Larkin to get enough points to pull ahead in the rookie scoring race.

So much win with this blast from the past, BoS. Very well played. I just got in, what is the short recap?

I'm not qualified to determine which one would "outlay" the other, and I certainly don't want to watch. This is a family forum. In all seriousness, the RFA vs UFA thing is a HUGE salary difference in any case.

Keep the momentum you built on Halloween for the first 55 minutes boys, and ring up another win. let's Go Wings! Awesome GDT graphic as always!

Great analysis, Kliq, and appropriate music cue at the end (plus it has a great bass line).

If someone can change this to an iPad air2 friendly resolution like last month I'd precise it. Great work as always, Matt! Edit Never mind, took a screenshot of it and that seemed to work for some reason.

Did I say he was irreplaceable? No, I was giving props for the effort.... Most guys in the league would have said screw it.