RyanBarnes!

I think Jurco struggled with puck control in the offensive zone mightily, and after losing the puck he consistently seemed to be a step behind the Bruins defensemen all the time. Nerves perhaps.

Jurco has been ineffective. Let's see what Bertuzzi can bring.

Miller probably. He really adds very little, even in PK, despite all the credit he gets.

they are scared. I dont blame them because there is nobody on the team able to stand up to players like Chara, Lucic and Thornton. Holland was hoping the Red Wings could dominate the "weak" East playing the finesse game but it doesnt look too good...

LOL you honestly believe Chara would back away from anyone on the Red Wings if he got a green light from his coach? Chara is a smart defenseman. He would annhilate Smith if he wanted to.

And then what?? Watch as Thornton, Lucic and Chara destroy half our team? Detroit has no business getting physical with the Bruins, or any other team for that matter.

Meh, he's been lousy anyway.

I will second that I didnt like the way we lost last game. I expect a vastly improved effort overall and especially on the PP.

Marchand is an elite pest and crease crasher, I wish Detroit had a guy like him.

I'm all about standing up for yourself, but even I think fighting Chara would be dumb. Smith would have been tossed around like a rag doll much like Chara did with Exelby. Only way forward is to score on the PP and use that team speed to create chances from the rush and from turnovers.

Awful effort all around. The Red Wings looked lost from the start, Jimmy's play in the 1st period didnt help, but was in no way what cost us the game. Boston forced us to the perimeter and forced our forwards to go on one man rushes -a classic Red Wings post season syndrome. Cant blame the refs for this one either because Red Wings got as many power plays as the Bruins and managed absolutely nothing, while the Bruins scored two. It was hard watching the Bruins run Kindl and Smith into the boards every chance they got, but very significant for how the Red Wings simply cannot match them physically on any level. I hope Babcock has a new gameplan in store for game 3.

Key game. I expect Boston to dominate most of this one, but as usual all I'm asking for is a full 60 minute effort.

Well played boys!

Bruins getting away with a lot, but we knew this was going to happen.

Neutral zone speed and Howard will be key for the Red Wings. Give us a full 60 minutes effort boys!

What?? Bs call

What's wrong with Gustavsson?

still need three points as NJD has ROW tiebreaker against us.

Red Wings are looking pretty good. Good forecheck and solid all round performance throwing pucks on the net and capitilizing on some rebounds from the young goalie.

Dont relax just because Datsyuk is back! 60 minutes effort boys!

Great win boys! Keep it up!

it was dirty enough, and to our leading goal scorer too. Gudas will serve his 2 min and then he can have another crack at it. Nice huh?

+1

Abdelkader will be a welcome addition. Someone that can hit and hustle.

The Toronto feed just showed a few of Howard's "timely saves" from this game. I guess they did not get the Howard sucks memo.