12/17 GDT: Lightning 0 at Red Wings 3

[Namingway 146]

Wooooo! Great solid win. Awesome shutout for Jimmy as well

[Datsyerberger 279]

Hahaha, Howie with the shutout.. and he can't celebrate because he's got a stick stuck in his skate XD

[RedWingsRox 614]

great game ... shut down Stamkos, Lecavalier, st. Louis, Tanguay

First career shutout for JH.

[Statts 4]

Congrats to J- Ho for his first NHL career shutout.

[TheCaptain19 49]

first shutout!

[kylee 727]

what a bittersweet win.

first career shut out for Howard; might lose Zetterberg

[brett 1,029]

first time we got 4 in a row this season isnt it?

keep it up!!!

[ShanahanMan 473]

GG guys!

Datsyuk, time for you to step up man!

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

GG guys!

Datsyuk, time for you to step up man!

Yep, the rest of the guys...even the ahl'ers have brought their game up....time for pavs to do the same.

[VanDer 58]

Great to see Jimmy getting the shutout and Great win. Now some good news on Z please

[brett 1,029]

wow they had 30 shots too

very nice howard youre the man

[Carman 387]

Great gritty win tonight. Hope the best for Zetterberg.

We are really looking good lately, Babcock is doing a great job.

[b-random 0]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSS!!!! Lebda hobbled by the shot. Make it stop hockey Gods

I'm not always to most postive guy when it comes to certain players on this team, but I think some of you posters are way too rough on Lebda. He does a lot of good things out there, and he's been solid in the playoffs for us.

Glad Howard got the shut out, he's been super solid lately.

[SaCkaveli20 275]

Great victory.

Congrats to Jimmy!

This team is destined for great things, look at all of the adversity they're fighting through.

[kylee 727]

i thought datsyuk played very well tonight...

[gcom007 1,465]

Nice! 1st shutout for Jimmy by the skin of his teeth! 300th win for Babcock...Bert, Eaves and Miller get goals...I'm starting to think these injuries are a blessing in disguise. We're learning to win games in new ways and guys are getting going who may've lived in the pressbox if not for injuries. I'm honestly starting to get a little worried that we'll lose a step as we get guys back. I think we've got good guys on this team that are good players but odd fits in the Red Wings system. I think we're finding out that new guys might have more to offer than originally thought. It'll be interesting to watch as guys start coming back.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

I love all the new guys/call ups. Go Wings, great game, goalie controversy = finals in the all the years we've had one (excluding the ones invovling 3 tenders) So keep it up Jimmy, good on yaaa

[hankzet40 233]

Congrats to Jimmy and it's encouraging as hell to see secondary scoring come through.

[Branton87 77]

NICE SHUT OUT! I'mm a little bit drunk and I'll drink more to Jimmy tonight!

[SDavis35 140]

Howie!!

4 in a row and stretching our lead over Dallas, nice to see! Just hope Z is back by Chicago, when does this end?

[EuroTwin 240]

Congrats to Jimmy and Babs!

Aside from the injury, I thought this was a good game by us. I am overall very pleased.

[commadore183 103]

Game Stats

Scoring Summary

Lightning

None

Red Wings

1) Miller (4) @ 08:24 1st Period; Assist from Rafalski (11)

2) Bertuzzi (9) @ 06:48 3rd Period; Assists from Holmstrom (6) and Datsyuk (18)

3) Eaves (4) @ 10:10 3rd Period; Assists from Lidstrom (11) and Rafalski (12)

Penalty Summary

Lightning (4 penalties for 11 minutes)

1) Konopka @ 11:50 1st Period, 5 minutes for fighting (major)

2) Malone @ 03:27 2nd Period, 2 minutes for cross checking

3) Ohlund @ 09:24 3rd Period, 2 minutes for high sticking

4) Malone @ 16:43 3rd Period, 2 minutes for high sticking

Red Wings (7 penalties for 17 minutes)

1) May @ 11:50 1st Period, 5 minutes for fighting (major)

2) Eaves @ 18:17 1st Period, 2 minutes for roughing

3) Leino @ 03:58 2nd Period, 2 minutes for hooking

4) Janik @ 07:04 2nd Period, 2 minutes for inteference

5) Bertuzzi @ 15:28 2nd Period, 2 minutes for high sticking

6) Abdelkader @ 02:46 3rd Period, 2 minutes for goaltender interference

7) Maltby @ 09:24 3rd Period, 2 minutes for tripping

Total: 11 penalties for 28 minutes

Power Plays

Lightning

5v4: 0-5, 08:31 minutes

Total: 0-5, 08:31 minutes

Red Wings

5v4: 0-2, 02:31 minutes

Total: 0-2, 02:31 minutes

Shots on Goal

Lightning: 30

Red Wings: 22

Final Score

Lightning: 0

Red Wings: 3

3 Stars (as chosen by George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press)

1) DET Howard

2) DET Rafalski

3) DET Datsyuk

Season Record

Lightning: 11-14-9, 31 points (4th in division, 14th in conference)

Red Wings: 18-11-5, 41 (3rd in division, 8th in conference)

[Vladifan 680]

The 08 Cup sure, Russia helped us much, much more for the first 3 cups. Plus, frig Sweden, I'm not aware of any Wings fans who became fans because of a country...

Mebee not but I pretty much got locked in for good with the Russian Five.

[Aussie_Wing 354]

Babcock: 'Abdelkader played a ton of minutes, Eaves has turned into a really good player, Janik played well and move the puck well".

Too true Babs! Janik didn't receive much attention but did quite well, that's all we need from him.

Edited December 18, 2009 by Aussie_Wing

[Shady Ultima 40]

We're decimated and still winning. We're going to be so good come playoffs.