ST. LOUIS, Missouri -- Detroit netminder Chris Osgood stopped all 22 shots he faced Tuesday night, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Blues.
The Red Wings were without leading scorer Marian Hossa, who left the game on a stretcher early in the first period after crashing headfirst into the boards. Hossa did not lose consciousness and all tests for injury came back negative.
With Hossa out, the Wings' depth players were key in the game's scoring. Tomas Kopecky has a goal and two assists while Kris Draper, Niklas Kronwall and Valtteri Filppula all scored goals.
Henrik Zetterberg was the only star player to score for Detroit.
Kopecky opened the game's scoring with a shorthanded goal with 5:06 remaining in the first period. Pavel Datsyuk carried the puck into the St. Louis zone and Kopecky raced in behind him, picking up the puck and jumping behind the Blues' defense before reaching around goalie Chris Mason to slide the puck into the net.
Zetterberg scored a power play goal 3:24 into the second period to put Detroit up by a pair, banging home a rebound after Mason stopped several shots in a row.
At 7:52 of the third Draper opened the floodgates with the first of three goals in the final frame, tipping a wide shot by Kopecky past Mason.
Kronwall scored a power play goal 3:02 later, blasting a shot from the blue line off Mason and into the net.
Filppula scored with 3:30 remaining in the game just as a Detroit five-on-three expired. Kopecky picked up a loose puck at one side of the crease and sent it across to Filppula to lift into the net.
With the last goal coming at the exact moment the penalties expired, the Red Wings finished the night two-for-seven on the power play.
Notes: Hossa is expected to be with the team when they travel to Denver for Wednesday's matchup with the Colorado Avalanche. Detroit head coach Mike Babcock was doubtful he would play... The shutout was Osgood's first of the season.
Trip and a dive? Ugh, I hate that call.
I feel that Detroit is obligated to win because I have exams tomorrow and missed the last two games 
=\ Crapcrapcrap. Hossa is hurt.
And Hossa's down. EMS is out there, very bad.
Edit: And I'm gonna call Murphy a dumbass here. That was not a follow-through, the defender reached out after Hossa got rid of the puck.
It's taking awhile. :c
What do you think happened to him? I'm not good at guess-diagnoses.
FSN guys say it's precautionary and he never lost consciousness. Very good to hear.
Osgood with a big stop on the shorthanded two-on-one that never should have happened.
Downey and Jansen(sp?) are in a fight :c Exciting and a very long fight!
I wonder why it's so entertaining to watch people beat each other up?
Call me boring or whatever but that fight didn't need to happen. Looked cool but if we're gonna have planned fights we might as well watch boxing.
Two people hurt on one play! Ay curumba! At least Kopecky's was just a cut.
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Bedazzling goal by Kopecky 1-0 Wings.
Great clear on the PK.
Kopy! Elbow that in the head!
Shorthanded, bitches!
Malts also gets a good clear on the PK. Good kill.
Definitely good to know that Big Hoss is relatively okay. Any time he misses is important but if he stayed awake and was talking to Kopecky it seems like he's mostly alright.
I don't remember a Red Wing being down that long since Jiri Fischer. Obviously that was worse but this was a scary sight.
Goddamn, it looks like the Wings willed that puck into the net. They were moving the puck really well but the Blues got some blocked shots and Mason was coming up big but Pavs and Hank just stayed with it and banged it in.
The second goal was really cool, they just batted it in there 
I think I'm going to say that was another good period. Striking on the power play, keeping the Blues off the board, both good things.
Late start + not much sleep recently + game closer than it should be = I'm not doing so well right now. Need to close this damn thing out.
And there we go, Draper with a really nice tip. Kopy with a great pass.
Power play goal! I think that one's Kronwall's.
Blues doing their typical "It's late in the game and we're about to lose so we might as well act like whiny bitches" thing.
Filppula scores! Kopy with three points, getting the assist.
Ozzie holds on for the shutout. Solid, solid game.
Good ending, compared to the last game.
DR. FIL SCORED <33333333
Chris Osgood
Credit: Clark Rasmussen
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