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9/25 xGDT: Red Wings 4, Bruins 3 (Halifax)

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rage    24

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4-3 final...Wings!

GWG-Brad Stuart.

THIRD PERIOD

— Tim Thomas is back in the net for Boston. Jiri Hudler stripped a Bruins' defender of the puck in the first minute and fed Henrik Zetterberg coming in from the blue line, but Zetterberg's blistering shot was high and wide.

— Blake Wheeler never produced gaudy numbers in college, but he looks like a legitimate NHLer with the potential to be a top-line guy.

— A cobbled-together line of Cleary, Tardif and Haydar just had a great shift, with Haydar, a former AHL MVP, as the catalyst. Haydar hasn't done much to stand out otherwise tonight in his long-shot bid for a roster spot.

— Mattias Ritola tried to get nifty coming through center ice and Phil Kessel sent him flying with a clean hit.

— I didn't see Jonathan Ericsson play in his draft year, but it's mind-boggling that he was selected with the last pick of the draft. He's every bit his listed size of 6-foot-5 and he has remarkable mobility and polish. He'd be in the top-six on every other team in the league.

— Blake Wheeler beat Niklas Kronwall to the outside and generated a good scoring chance for the Bruins. We're still tied 2-2 with about 14 minutes to go.

— Brad Stuart is throwing the body.

— Jiri Hudler has made some timely defensive plays, which has to be helping win over Mike Babcock as far as holding down his top-two-line spot when Valtteri Filppula returns.

— The refs have had their whistles in their pockets all night, but they just made a baffling call on Cory Emmerton, who worked hard to strip Dennis Wideman of the puck behind the Bruins' goal. Emmerton was whistled for hooking.

— GOAL, 3-2 DET: Henrik Zetterberg just made a dazzling play to give Detroit a 3-2 lead at 10:47. The reigning Conn Smythe winner took advantage of a gaffe by former Red Wing Aaron Ward on a Bruins' power play. He blew in on a breakaway off the left wing and was stopped on his first attempt, but ended up on the opposite side of Thomas and spun around to slam home the rebound. It's an unassisted goal.

— GOAL, 3-3: P.J. Axelsson scored from the slot on a rebound of an Andrew Ference shot. He rifled it top corner before Larsson could react at 11:28, just 41 seconds after Zetterberg's goal. It's a power-play marker.

— GOAL, 4-3 DET The goals are flying now, as Brad Stuart just ripped a slap shot past Thomas off a faceoff at 12:23. Kronwall and Helm, who won the faceoff, assisted. Let's see if the Red Wings can hang onto this lead, and they've put out the Zetterberg line to try to keep the momentum rolling.

— Logan Pyett threw his (light) weight around, hammering down Marc Savard. Problem was, it came a second or two after the whistle. Luckily for the Red Wings, there was no penalty on the play.

— Cleary-Haydar-Tardif line is just buzzing. Francis Lemieux hasn't taken a shift in a while, and it's not clear what his status is.

— Larsson made a great save on a partial break by Marco Sturm.

— Less than four minutes to go.

— It seems foolish not to make roster space for Darren Helm. He has been one of Detroit's best forwards, and just caused a Bruins' turnover with his speed and stick and then drew a penalty on Matt Lashoff that should seal the game inthe final three minutes.

— It's a 4-3 final, with the Red Wings holding a 40-33 edge in shots. That's a 23-shot third period for the Red Wings. Henrik Zetterberg is the first star, Blake Wheeler is the second star, and Cory Emmerton is the third. You could throw Darren Helm in that second or third slot for good measure, too.

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up2here    41

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Good game by the Wings:

-Tim Thomas played a terrible first period and the puck sounded like it was hitting concrete when it hit his pads

- Helm coughed a puck up that cost the team a goal and fanned on a great oppurtunity in the slot.

-Zetterberg was decent through the first two periods but played a whale of a third.

- I dont know how Jonathan Ericsson doesnt make this team

-Stuart also looked very good

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