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^ The Wings aren't playing the Leafs here. This Chicago team is experienced and knows how to win and close out games. We got exactly what we expected tonight, a tough game from a good team. That being said, we kept it close and Howard was terrific. We need to start capitalizing on our chances more, especially on the PP (0-3 will not cut it in this series). Hoping for a better showing in Game 2. 

It feels so good to get this win and knock the Ducks out one final time while we're in the West! We played a tremendous game tonight, and this was a great series overall despite our tendency to blow leads. I also liked that the refs really let them play tonight, and obviously that ended up playing to our advantage. 

Zetterberg....what more can you say, this man is the heart of our team. Even though Chicago seems scary, I feel like we have nothing to lose. With Z, D, and Howard all playing well along with our 3rd and 4th lines rolling, we could really put up a good fight and maybe even take them out. 

It was all downhill after the 5 minute major. We had a chance in this game, but everything that could have gone wrong did. Sucks to lose like this but I guarantee we will win game 4. 

Not a great game for the Wings, but it's not the end of the world. We only need to take 1 of these first two to steal home ice advantage. Obviously some of our younger guys were a bit shaky tonight getting their first playoff starts, but they did an okay job. Ducks only scored on the PP, I thought we did a pretty decent job not giving them much 5 on 5. If only Kindl didn't take that damn delay of game penalty.....just put it off the boards next time! We got enough quality chances, just gotta bury them next game. Optimistic for game 2