The Detroit Red Wings were without two of their top three forwards and two of their top four defensemen Tuesday night and the Columbus Blue Jackets took advantage, with their top player scoring all three of the team's goal in a 3-2 overtime win.
The Red Wings started the game short a man due to the suspensions of Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk and the injury of Brad Stuart. They then lost Henrik Zetterberg to back spasms with about 5:00 left in the first period.
Rick Nash scored on the power play, while shorthanded, and during the four-on-four overtime to carry his team to the win. Detroit got goals from Marian Hossa and Brett Lebda.
Hossa opened the game's scoring on a power play at 8:55 of the first period, banging home the rebound of a Niklas Kronwall shot from the blue line that missed the Columbus net.
Nash tied the game with 8:55 left in the second period, scoring a shorthanded goal on a breakaway after a giveaway by Derek Meech.
Lebda put the Wings in front again 29 seconds later, hesitating at the blue line to let a screen form in front of goalie Steve Mason before blasting a shot over his shoulder.
Nash's power play goal evened things up less than two minutes after that as he scored on a seemingly-harmless shot from along the goal line that deflected off of Brian Rafalski before bouncing off of netminder Chris Osgood's back and in.
The game-winning goal came 3:27 into OT when a bouncing puck came to Nash at the side of the net and he put it in behind Osgood.
Osgood finished the night with 20 saves on 23 shots against. Mason made 21 saves on the same number of shots.
For the record, Chris Chelios gets the extra A tonight.
Osgood looking sharp early.
Hossa on the rebound!
Hossa gets the Wings on the board, power play goal. Smack-talking Mike Commodore blows the defensive coverage to let Hossa get to the net.
Zetterberg MIA. That's not good.
For the record, Chris Chelios gets the extra A tonight.
Who got the C, Zetterberg? I didn't check.
The Wings with the lead makes me feel better.
--Even though Osgood is definitely not my favourite, that quote of his made me so inspired.
Who got the C, Zetterberg? I didn't check.
The Wings only have one captain. Unlike some other teams, they reserve the C for the person who's actually their captain and go with an extra A for games where the captain is out. Tonight it's Zata (still not back?), Draper and Chelios. Since Z and Drapes are normally on the A rotation (along with Datsyuk), Chelios is the extra.
Goddamnit. God f*cking damnit.
Urgh. Nash scores shorthanded after Meech gives it away. As soon as I saw it was Nash I knew there was trouble.
Lebda? Wow, okay.
But Lebda makes up for it.
What a bounce. Jesus.
Rick Nash ties it up again off Rafalski's skate. Damn.
What the hell just happened there?
Commodore's a punk. That was a butt-end. Someone's gonna kick his ass.
The Wings only have one captain. Unlike some other teams, they reserve the C for the person who's actually their captain and go with an extra A for games where the captain is out. Tonight it's Zata (still not back?), Draper and Chelios. Since Z and Drapes are normally on the A rotation (along with Datsyuk), Chelios is the extra.
Oh, ok, makes a lot more sense. I know sometimes they give away the C when the Captain is out, so thank you for clarifying <3
I don't have much to say about the second period cause I wasn't paying too much attention, but the whole dispute at the end was stupid :| It made me angry. I hope some is 'gonna kick his ass' 
& Datsyuk always makes for an interesting interview 
& Datsyuk always makes for an interesting interview
"I like to dangle dangle."
"I like to dangle dangle."
That was my favourite!
Jackets on the powwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwer plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Shoot me please.
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I wish I had an arena announcer to say stuff like that for me irl.
Kristen haaaaaates biolllllllllllllloooooogggyyyyyyyyyyy.
That'd be pretty sweet
I think the Wings will take the point at this point.
Overtime! ): Blech.
Well, if the game goes to a shootout, Fedorov can't score on them? AmIright?
I don't know who will win. So I'm not going to make any bets or educated guesses or anything. I'm just not feeling it tonight. Maybe it's the ASG break? Who knows.
sh*t. Nash gets the hat-trick, wings lose in ot.
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It wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't a hat trick.
...if it wasn't Rick Nash.
...if it wasn't the Jackets. >:|
I'm going to bed a little peeved tonight.
goodnight, everyone.
"Fortunate bounce." f*cking christ, when was the last time the Wings got as many bounces as Nash got tonight?
Waste of a solid effort in net by Osgood, too.
Keating confirms on postgame that the Wings' press conference tomorrow will be to announce Zetterberg's contract extension.
Marian Hossa
Credit: Clark Rasmussen
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