WCF GAME 2 GDT: Blackhawks 2 at Red Wings 3 (OT)

[motorcitykid 42]

Missed my 1st playoff game in 2 years and we won 5-2. Tonight I will be glued to the box watching us go up 2-0 in the series.

Expect more of the same and well, ... even more, Chicago !!

And Pavel: we eagerly anticipate 2 OMG goal highlights tonight!!

7 W's to go boys!! Goooo Wings!

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

COME ON WINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Husker BigGuy 0]

Tonight is do or die for the Hawks. If we go into Chicago 2-0, turn out the lights . . .

[MidMichSteve 1,115]

I hate storybook endings.........Let's kick some Hawk tail tonight and leave MAJOR doubt in their minds.

[55fan 5,133]

A solid effort will equal victory.

[Esquire 324]

I've avoided making this prediction in the GDT's until now but no longer...

...tonight Pavel Datsyuk breaks out. Fact.

Wings 4 (Dats x2, Franzen, Zata)

Hawks 1 (Some jabronie)

GO WINGS GO!!!

[russianswede919293 95]

Tonight is the night. Quenville is going to shift the defensive focus to Hank-Mule-Cleary and Datsyuk-Hossa-Homer are going ot have an explosive night.

5-3 Wings.

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

Detroit Red Wings- 5

Chicago Blackhawks- 3

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Current Streaks

Historical Franchise

Overall: 2-game winning streak

Home: 3-game winning streak.

Season Playoffs

Overall: 2-game winning streak

Home: 3-game winning streak.

Playoff games vs. Chicago

Historical Franchise

Overall: 2-game winning streak

Home: 4-game winning streak.

Series Streaks

Overall: 1-game winning streak

Home: 1-game winning streak.

Record in Game 2

This is the 110th Playoff Series Game 2. The Club’s record in the previous 109 games:

66W-43L.

This is the 88th Best-of-Seven Series Game 2. The Club’s record in the previous 87 games:

51W-36L.

This is the 61st Best-of-Seven Series with home-ice advantage Game 2. The Club’s record in the previous 60 games:

39W-21L.

This is the 10th Conference Final Series Game 2. The Club’s record in the previous 9 games:

3W-6L.

This is the 6th Conference Final Series with home-ice advantage Game 2. The Club’s record in the previous 5 games:

2W-3L.

This is the 15th Playoff Series Game 2 vs. Chicago. The Club’s record in the previous 13 games:

8W-6L.

This is the 12th Best-of-Seven Playoff Series Game 2 vs. Chicago. The Club’s record in the previous 13 games:

7W-4L.

Record in Game 2 with Series 1-0

This is the 60th Series Game 2 with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 59 games:

40W-19L.

This is the 50th Best-of-Seven Series Game 2 with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 49 games:

33W-16L.

This is the 42nd Best-of-Seven Series with home-ice advantage Game 2 with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 41 games:

29W-12L.

This is the 7th Conference Final Series Game 2 with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 6 games:

2W-4L.

This is the 5th Conference Final Series with home-ice advantage Game 2 with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 4 games:

2W-2L.

This is the 6th Series Game 2 vs. Chicago with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 5 games:

4W-1L.

This is the 5th Best-of-Seven Series Game 2 vs. Chicago with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 4 games:

3W-1L.

This is the 5th Best-of-Seven Series with home-ice advantage Game 2 vs. Chicago with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous 4 games:

3W-1L.

This is the 2nd Best-of-Seven Conference Final Series Game 2 vs. Chicago with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous game:

1W-0L.

This is the 2nd Best-of-Seven Conference Final Series with home-ice advantage Game 2 vs. Chicago with series 1-0. The Club’s record in the previous game:

1W-0L.

Games on this Date

This is the 5th playoff game played on this date. The Club’s record in the previous 4 games:

3W-1L.

LGW.

Edited May 19, 2009 by cusimano_brothers

[dat's sick 1,002]

If the Wings take this game, I could see the series ending in 5 or even 4 games.

If the Hawks take it, I feel the series will go to 7. All they need is a little confidence and they'll be hard to stop.

It's time for Pavel and Marian to get the monkies off their backs. They'll have a strong game and lead us to victory.

Go Wings!

[HanKarin40 7]

WooWhoo, Go Wings! Let's take it to 'em again! A full 60 minute effort and a big fat W and I'm a happy camper!

Couldn't ask for anything more than going into Chicago with a 2-0 series lead!

Let's Go Wings! :siren:

[germanwing 154]

This will be Datsyuk´s game!

Wings 4

Hawks 1

GO WINGS!!!

[Duck Guy 86]

Wings win 6-2 this time..

Sammy rocks your socks off with a hat trick.. Homer x2 and Dats x1

[Systemfel 33]

What the hell? Why is Sharp on the 4th line?

For depth. Last game, Quenneville matched his fourth line against the Wings' top units quite a bit.

[Shaman 713]

5-2 again, go detroit

Zx2 Datsx3

[Third Man In 2,091]

Let's Go Red Wings!

:clap:

:clap:

:octo: *splat* :octo: *splat*

[Vladifan 680]

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

We're off to beat the Blackhawks! Those punk-rocker kids from Chi-Town...

We hope, we hope, we hope, we hope to knock their butts to the ground...

If ever there was a Wiz that was, we know it's Ozzie and this is because

Because, because, because, because the Wings are the best that ever was!

We're off to beat the Blackhawks. Those punk-rocker kids from Chi-Town!

Edited May 19, 2009 by Vladifan

[Vladifan 680]

I work yet again during this game...but the Wings almost always win when I work!

Kick some more ass Wings!

Thank you for your sacrifice.

[xtrememachine1 795]

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

Ozzie, Datsyuk and Hossa, oh my!

We're off to beat the Blackhawks! Those punk-rocker kids from Chi-Town...

We hope, we hope, we hope, we hope to knock their butts to the ground...

If ever there was a Wiz that was, we know it's Ozzie and this is because

Because, because, because, because the Wings are the best that ever was!

We're off to beat the Blackhawks. Those punk-rocker kids from Chi-Town!

:banana:

[Guest Shoreline]

Thank you for your sacrifice.

Shoot, I sacrificed for most of the playoffs last season.

At work they allowed me into the break room to see the playoff games on Versus/NBC (NBC for the SCF) on the big screen, and I ended up having to stay way after work was done to end up watching Sykora score that goal in like 3OT. Had to drive home at like 10PM and wasn't in a good mood.

Edited May 19, 2009 by Shoreline

[chrisdetroit 189]

Bulin has a .897 save percentage and the Wings average 40.3 shots/game during the playoffs.

(1-0.987) x 40.3 = 4.151

Ozzie has a 0.922 save % and the Hawks average 29.4 shots/game

(1-0.922) x 29.4 = 2.293

Final score Wings 4-2 just based on goaltending.

[Guest mindfly]

Nothing new on the practice update really.. the same old politically correct and media trained and assumed answers... "we just have to work through it sooner or later points will come, puck just hasn't gone in the net blabla". I think some of them are injured but obviously can't reveal them.

Just finished up the Red Wings' morning skate in preparation for tonight's Game 2 against Chicago at Joe Louis Arena. Most of the talk was, again, about the staggering odds that 12 games into the playoffs, we’d see Pavel Datsyuk with five points and Marian Hossa with just four goals (he scored a pair each in the two Game 4s), and Tomas Holmstrom with no goals the last eight games.

It’s hard to fault the line for not working hard enough, though, as all three are getting chances – and Datsyuk has been great defensively, especially killing penalties in the Game 7 against Anaheim.

“He does so many other things good for this team, the faceoffs, the killing penalties, blocking shots, takeaways,” Kris Draper said. “I thought that line came so close to scoring. This is a team. We’ve said it all along, that when this team is successful, it’s not about relying on one person and one line, it’s guys stepping up at crucial times and that’s what’s been done.”

On probably any other team in the NHL it would be a disaster for the top line to not be scoring, but the Wings’ depth is their shield against this sort of situation.

“It’s great to have deep depth in a team,” Hossa said. “Right now the first line is playing really well, they’re shooting pucks and good things are happening and we just have to follow. We’re doing lots of good stuff, but right now the puck just doesn’t go in. We just have to battle through it and stay positive. Sooner or later it has to come. We’ve done it the whole year, so why not now."

Holmstrom’s thoughts ran along similar lines: “As long as you work hard,” he said, “it’s going to come. We haven’t scored in a while, but I don’t think we’ve been playing bad. We haven’t been putting the puck in the net, though.”

In Sunday’s Game 1 Justin Abdelkader started on the line in place of Holmstrom to add speed & energy, though the experiment didn’t last long. “I was a little nervous,” Abdelkader said of the experience today. “But it was exciting and I’m thankful for the time I got to play with them.”

Edited May 19, 2009 by mindfly

[Chris L 0]

question about the projected lines ... Abdelkader-Datsyuk-Hossa???? is the first line?

Everywhere I read today says that Z-Mule-Cleary is the first line. And several articles on the freep say the Homer-Dats-Hossa line is still together. Weird.

[C-TownWing 0]

I really think this game is going to mean the difference between a short series (in our favor, obviously) and a long series (that can go either way), so let's do this thing.

[Guest Shoreline]

I really think this game is going to mean the difference between a short series (in our favor, obviously) and a long series (that can go either way), so let's do this thing.

I wouldn't make anything of it. If the Wings win today, it's Game 3 that's going to mean the difference between a short and long series.