1/3 GDT: Red Wings 3 at Wild 2 (SO)

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[Aussie_Wing 354]

Wow what a move by Datsyuk. Goalie had absolutely no clue, he was at Dats' mercy.

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look at datsyuk he can't keep his excitement off of his face, i think i agree with mickey, best player in the leage right now

[RedWingedKitten 9]

I got to the thread late so let me add my bit.

DATSSSSSS!!!11!!l GFHGDHGSHFGSHGF!! OWWWOWOWOWOWOWO!! AND OZ!! WOOOOOO :octo: :octo: :octo:

T'was a good game.

[Sgt. Angry 23]

good game. great game for oz!!!! dats is unreal. i didn't even see it until the replay, i thought he shot it high and wide left, didn't even realize he still had the puck! lol.

good game by the boys, aside from kronwall that is, he was lousy. he's gotta be leading this team in giveaways.

Same here. I thought Dats had muffed the play, then the puck is in the net. With the Turco version of the "Datsyukian fade" it was easy to see the first time, but this one had both the goalie and me faked out.

[Sgt. Angry 23]

Anybody have the faceoff stats for tonight. I expect the Wings got their butts kicked in that category - not that it matters now.

[Rivalred 630]

To be honest, yeah, the only highlight of this game was datsyuks deke, the rest was boring...

Come on. Another close 1 goal come back winner.

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Come on. Another close 1 goal come back winner.

Franzen with another sick goal too

[titanium2 867]

So how does the game winning goal thing count? I thought the person that scores the goal that put them ahead in the shootout gets a game winning goal. Ken and Mickey didn't say so, but I'd still like to ask, is Pav's point streak still alive because of the shootout goal?

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So how does the game winning goal thing count? I thought the person that scores the goal that put them ahead in the shootout gets a game winning goal. Ken and Mickey didn't say so, but I'd still like to ask, is Pav's point streak still alive because of the shootout goal?

no, but it still counts for goal of the year

[titanium2 867]

I know he only pulled off the move twice and once was during the regular season but I thought it would've been an absolutely perfect shootout if Zetterberg performed the Nilsson/Forsberg move.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

So how does the game winning goal thing count? I thought the person that scores the goal that put them ahead in the shootout gets a game winning goal. Ken and Mickey didn't say so, but I'd still like to ask, is Pav's point streak still alive because of the shootout goal?

No and no. There is no GWG and the shootout goals don't count as anything.

[StayStevieStay 0]

Ozzie came up big at the end there... nice to see Dats pull that one off again

[Outsider 42]

Not a bad game tonight, although the Wild are deadly boring to watch.

I was sure ToROTno was going to rob the Wings of the obvious goal by Franzen. It surprised me when they made the correct call.

Pretty decent game from #30. Not spectacular, but serviceable.

Am I the only one who noticed that he's ditched the "new" Brian's glove and blocker in favor of his old stand-by Itech gear.....?

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no, but it still counts for goal of the year

I myself am more partial to this one:

Beautiful team passing that ended with a beautiful dangle.

[puckloo39 5,686]

Am I the only one who noticed that he's ditched the "new" Brian's glove and blocker in favor of his old stand-by Itech gear.....?

You're right! So, maybe that stuff I read somewhere about him trying to break in new gear was actually his problem?

[34Legace34 0]

I just came to check the score, as I was watching Canada Russia tonight. When I saw the dats goal on youtube already I got excited... and definately was not dissapointed.

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I just came to check the score, as I was watching Canada Russia tonight. When I saw the dats goal on youtube already I got excited... and definately was not dissapointed.

Thats why I stick to watchign Wings games

[Electrophile 3,554]

Come on. Another close 1 goal come back winner.

Honestly, the game was a little boring until the end. Basically the 2nd & 3rd periods were a snooze-fest until the Franzen goal and then the shoot-out. They came out great in the 1st period and then just energy-wise, fell apart. At least that's how I felt about it.

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Honestly, the game was a little boring until the end. Basically the 2nd & 3rd periods were a snooze-fest until the Franzen goal and then the shoot-out. They came out great in the 1st period and then just energy-wise, fell apart. At least that's how I felt about it.

The 2nd period quite literally put me to sleep. I woke up once in overtime and again when it was all over, haha.

[sether 5]

That was a amazing goal by Pavel, what a move he made on that goal.

[Outsider 42]

You're right! So, maybe that stuff I read somewhere about him trying to break in new gear was actually his problem?

His confidence was his problem.

Unfortunately, part of his lack of confidence was lack of confidence in his equipment. He was throwing the Brian's glove out there, expecting to make the save, and pucks were rolling off his wrist because the Brian's glove has a completely different cuff than the Itech glove. Same with the blocker manufactured by Brian's. The differences are slight, but they are dramatic. Parts of the Itech equipment which he's grown accustomed to using to deflect pucks off to the corners are completely absent in the Brian's equipment. Instead of pucks deflecting off to the side, they were rolling right off and dropping beside/behind him. Couple that with the fact that switching back and forth, from practice to game, from one set of pads to another, was throwing him off, and probably contributed at least a bit to his "tender" groin, so he wasn't as mobile, either.

Hopefully this will be a nice building block of a game for him. The Wings are going to need him at his best.

[Cern 0]

Heh, exact same goal he scored against Turco a few years back.

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Heh, exact same goal he scored against Turco a few years back.

goal of the year?, was the same thing as the vokoun one

[ComradeWasabi 109]

The Vokoun goal was more spectacular, simply because of Vokoun's reaction and the way he flew up and out of the net.