Dabura

It's true.

Abdelkader (5) from Larkin (16) and Nyquist (20) - NYI 0, DET 1

"Ozzie is seething. He's seething." - Mickey

Isles challenging. Offsides. Yup, that's offside.

FRK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GOOOOOOOO

[dreger intensifies]

Giving him the start in Toronto made sense; Howard sucked against Tampa, Bernier once played for the Leafs. I'm assuming Bernier gets the start tonight because his career numbers against the Isles are better than Howard's, but I haven't actually looked at those numbers, so I dunno. I'd be surprised if this is because Howard's getting moved. Anything's possibly tho.

I fear CRL banned himself. F

[maniacal laughter]

ban

I keep forgetting about that Boston game and looking only at Colorado, Tampa Bay, Toronto. I guess it's because December 2018 BOS isn't on quite the same level as December 2018 COL, TBL, TOR. But, really, you're right: We're coming off *four* legit measuring stick games. Five points from those games is a good result for this team, and the two games we lost were close (and one of them was arguably a choke job on our part).

Last season, we found ways to lose close games. This season, we're finding ways to win close games. I mean, yeah, that's a cliché that borders on bulls***. But I do think there's a kernel of truth there.

It's much easier to score in the 3-on-3 format, but it's not nothing. Good for Larkin.

I guess "cross," as I put it, is too strong a word. It's just some disappointment because they teased comfortable wins in regulation over two elite teams in Tampa and Toronto but allowed longstanding bad habits to creep in and take the regulation wins off the table. But, I mean, yeah -- that's me speaking with my Overly Critical Fan hat on. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with how this week has gone, given the fact that we're a rebuilding team with no elite talent and these past few games have all been against top teams and we were missing Mantha and Bertuzzi for these past two. The fact that this team is only a couple points out of a wildcard spot in the first week of December is pretty remarkable, especially when you consider how bad our record was after the first two or three weeks of the season.

Points update: Nyquist (1G, 2A) - 7 goals and 26 points thru 29 games Larkin (1G, 1A) - 11 goals and 26 points thru 29 games Green (1G, 1A) - 3 goals and 16 points thru 20 games

Larkin (11) OTG from Nyquist (19) - DET 5, TOR 4 The OT winner, in all its glory:

No, I'm with you 100%. It's just painful to think that we were in a position to end each of these past two games in regulation, with multi-goal cushions to burn, and through our own stupidity we almost came away from these games with only a combined two points. With the way we played in the third tonight, it's pretty clear that we DIDN'T learn a blessed thing from the Tampa game. But, oh well. These are the joys of rebuilding and of icing mediocre teams with no identity and no elite talent. All things considered, I'm kinda cross with the team for certain things but I'm also pretty proud of them for other things.

Thank you, LGW fam, for contributing just enough HYPE! to get the Wings the win.

I'm going to tell myself that this shows we learned from the Tampa game. I dunno that I actually believe that, but it's what I'm going to tell myself.

LARKIN!!!!!!!!!!!! EAT A DUCK, TRONNA