Heroes of Hockeytown

This officiating is unreal.

Well that was out of nowhere. And not to be outdone, Mr. Elliott...

Commodore gets burned trying to step up at the blue line. But then Jimmy!!!

Prospect type fella from GR. In for Homer tonight.

Wings pretty lucky it's only 1-0, they're getting outplayed big time. The Blues played yesterday too, you know. No excuses dudes.

White not really doing anything about D'Agostini.

On ice for both goals, as a matter of fact. One of his points was on the PP, no plus. The assist he had on Hank's goal doesn't get him a plus because he went for a change; those layabouts Lidstrom and White got the plusses. He does get a plus on his own goal, of course, so that's a net minus one.

Always impressive to score a ton of goals, but LA pretty much rolled over in this one. Hard to imagine them beating anyone right now.

That dashing rogue, the Silver Fox, strikes at the heart of the enemy. Will there be a final act to this thrilling saga? Will there be curly fries?

What a pretty little play. Outstanding.

No surprise, he starts playing well again (thank you Flip!) along with Pavel and the Wings are scoring a hundred goals every night.

Pretty much a replay of the first Kings goal at end of the first. Can see the build up and then...

Most players it's all speed, speed, speed. Datsyuk gets that puck and it's like time stops... until something incredible happens. Very few players are capable of that.

What a horrific call.

Emmerton has been sent back from the future to prevent Chris Conner from being the Wings' 12th forward.

Wings losing a bit of their edge late. Still a lot of time left, fellas.

This is brutal. Kings haven't touched the puck all game long.

Phoenix, Winnipeg, now LA. Do not f*** with the Wings at the Joe Louis Arena.

Might be in for a serious ass-kicking tonight.

Time to kick 'em while they're down. No pity, no remorse, no fear! Just win!

One thing about the Pens that is very impressive is that they've barely slowed down at all when they've suffered injuries the last few seasons. They made the playoffs (and very nearly won their division) last season even with Crosby, Malkin, and Staal only playing half-seasons. Having those guys out certainly improves the Wings' chances, but if recent history is any indicator, the Pens are still very formidable even without them; Malkin had two hat-tricks taken off the board alone by Jimmy.

Real gritty, grinding-type win. Felt like a playoff game. And on the road. Very impressive win.

Love Dano making Malkin look like a clown right there.

Give this man a Vezina.

EN time... You're on, Pavel.