DETROIT, Michigan -- Johan Franzen scored with 1:25 remaining in the overtime period Tuesday night, carrying the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.
The overtime goal came after Valtteri Filppula won a faceoff in the Phoenix zone. Carrying the puck, Franzen cut to the high slot from the top of the right circle and snapped a shot over goalie Ilya Bryzgalov's shoulder.
Filppula had scored the game's opening goal just 1:18 into the game. Franzen carried the puck down the right wing boards on a three-on-two with Filppula and Jiri Hudler before passing across to Filppula at the Phoenix blueline. Filppula snapped a quick shot into the top corner of the net to get the Red Wings on the board.
Martin Hanzel tied the game with 3:47 left in the opening period, coming out of the corner in the Red Wings end and pushing to the front of the net to bang his own rebound past Detroit netminder Ty Conklin.
A Brian Rafalski power play goal with 9:23 remaining in regulation put Detroit back out in front but Shane Doan deflected an Ed Jovanovski shot from the point on a Phoenix power play just 1:13 later to even things back up.
The Red Wings finished the game one-for-one on the power play while the Coyotes scored on one of their three tries with the extra attacker.
Conklin made 23 saves on 25 Phoenix shots. Bryzgalov stopped forty of Detroit's 43 attempts.
Notes: Tomas Holmstrom returned to the Detroit lineup after missing 18 games with a sports hernia... Marian Hossa missed his third game with a neck injury.
YAY it will be a huge help to have him back Lilja is a loss but luckily the blueline is deep for us and it should give young Jon Ericsson a chance to show what he's got. As well i'm going to my first Wings game thursday against Calgary i've been a fan my whole life and i'm 31 so i'm hyped could anyone tell me some good places to park or what the prices are to park at different spots after tix it didn't leave me a whole lotta cash left over GO WINGS!!
Congrats on getting a chance to get out to the Joe. The cheapest ways I know of to park for a Wings game are both free but require a little work. If you get there early enough you can take Rosa Parks down to Jefferson and park at the side of the road. I've only done that once and I wasn't driving. The other option I like is to park at Greektown Casino, get your parking validated at the casino, then take the People Mover over to the arena. Parking at the arena itself is a small fortune, I can't even remember what it costs now.
Agreed that the Wings can recover from losing Lilja for awhile. Ericsson would be a regular in any other team's lineup. Chelios is still strong on the PK. Lilja's had a surprisingly good season so I actually see this as a loss, just one the team can handle.
I just remembered! Remember when we were talking about Schneider getting traded to the Habs? (They were talking about them, so I was reminded of Schneider) anyways. I kept saying how I wanted to see him in a game, you said they had already played the Thrashers so many times, blah, blah, blah. Next Friday is Dr. Fil's birthday and they are playing the Thrashers. Now that was the reason why I was disappointed, it was just too far ahead to think of why?
I'm excited for tonight's game! I'm definitely thinking the Wings will do a lot better than the last game, but I don't want to get cocky, either.
Next Friday is Dr. Fil's birthday and they are playing the Thrashers.
I guess I'll have to wear his jersey to the game then, that's the second of my three games two weeks.
You have to cause I'm going to Tennessee on Friday and I don't think it'd get a well reception!
That was beautiful <3 (in my opinion).
Dr. Fil is my favorite person ever. 1-0 Wings.
Caught the Fil goal on the radio, nice to see him putting 'em in the net again. Looks like he's got some confidence back.
Coyotes tie it up. That really blows.
Once again the Wings do two things wrong and it combines to be a goal. Conklin fell onto his side, if he stays upright he stays square to the shooter and that never goes in. If any of the defenders clears the crease, the rebound chance never happens and it doesn't go in.
That was a good effort right there. Wow, this game is a lot faster! Those ten minutes just whirred by.
Good PK shift by Maltby.
Flipped back to the game coming back from intermission after the penalty, as soon as I saw it was on Holmstrom I knew it was goalie interference. Good call? Bad call?
Went back and looked at the Homer penalty... Not happy about it, Bryzgalov was out of the crease, but I can see why it was called.
Oh sh*t, that was way too close. Ericsson's a f*cking pimp.
Ericsson's a f*cking pimp.
I bet he bedazzles his pimp hat
Raffy gets a goal! 2-1 Wings.
Power play goal! That's what the Wings were looking for. Great shot by Raffy.
Awful call, I respect the need to protect players on icing but that was a soft hit.
Damndamndamndamndamn. Coyotes catch up really quick.
Of course they score on it.
Damndamndamndamndamn.
Quoted for truth.
Wings getting circles skated around them in their own zone. Not good.
Wings look like they're coasting for OT.
I swear to God, if I hear "Clap, clap clap, clap your hands" one more time...ugh. I hate that song enough already, it sucks that it's played every game.
At least the Wings get a point tonight.
As Malik once said, the Wings haven't updated their in-game music selection since Brendan Shanahan was traded to the team and requested Republica's "Ready to Go."
Johan Motherf*cking Franzen!
That's pretty ancient in music years. It's really been that long? Geez.
FRANZEN SCORED AS I TYPED THIS! This post is officially lucky <3
Hyperbole and Franzen for the win.
Of course, San Jose just won in OT to pull back even with the Wings in the standings. Minnesota had tied the game late to force overtime.
Johan Franzen
Credit: Clark Rasmussen
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