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Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets
January 21, 2013 – 7:30 PM
TV: FSD
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The Red Wings look to rebound from their awful showing to open the season in St. Louis on Saturday as they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight.
They’ll be doing so even more banged up than they were on Saturday. Todd Bertuzzi remains out with mono and Jakub Kindl’s going injury hasn’t improved enough for him to play. On top of that, Jan Mursak is expected to miss significant time with a shoulder injury suffered on Saturday and Jonathan Ericsson may be unable to go due to an injury suffered in practice on Sunday. To round things out, backup goalie Jonas Gustavsson tweaked his groin after taking over for Jimmy Howard in the Detroit crease against the Blues, so he’s also out.
Defenseman Brian Lashoff has been called up from Grand Rapids and will slide onto the third defense pairing if Ericsson is unable to play. He joins goalie Tom McCollum, who was called up to replace Gustavsson on the Red Wings’ bench.
Patrick Eaves will get into his first game in 14 months to cover for Mursak. Eaves looks like he’ll slot in on the fourth line with Drew Miller sliding up to Mursak’s spot on the third line.
Game time is 7:30 PM with TV by both FSD and NBCSN.
Damn, Brunner is quick. Good save by Bobrovsky.
Leaving your feet to hit Tootoo doesn’t work, you just sail over him.
Dominated but didn’t score, sticking to the script.
Way to go Lashoff! Opportunity and shit.
I guess Ericsson can stay hurt, huh?
And Ian White is not totally useless. Nice effort by Franzen on that play.
Smith and Quincey burned again. Atkinson pretty quick. Jimmy sucking on breakaways this year.
Damn. Wings not capitalizing on their own power plays looks bad right now.
Um… Why was Howard on his back for that goal?
Thought for sure I’d be bitching out Kronner right now for not shooting.
At least we get a point?
Franzen better on D than most of the blue line late in the OT. Great diving play to block the clearing attempt.
Sudden death shootout. I hate this.
Well I’ll be damned if that wasn’t an exciting finish. Let’s take a step back, though.
With the Red Wings up by two and dominating in the second period, that game never should have made it to the shootout. The Wings got sloppy (again) and Columbus made them pay.
The Jackets’ first goal never should have happened. Once again, the Kyle Quincey – Brendan Smith pairing got split and let someone in behind them, and Jimmy Howard got burned on the breakaway. If we can count on that happening once a game, it won’t be a good season.
And, of course, the injuries keep piling up. Carlo Colaiacovo is expected to miss weeks after being hit hard into the boards in the third period. If Jonathan Ericsson can’t go tomorrow, the Wings only have three signed defensemen in their system. Adam Almquist, Max Nicastro and Gleason Fournier. Almquist has at least spent the whole season in GR, as opposed to Nicastro and Fournier who have spent time in Toledo, but Almquist looks terrified of contact at the AHL level. Not ready for the NHL.
On the plus side, Brian Lashoff steps into a hole on the blue line to make his NHL debut and scores. He may have been the second or third best defenseman on the ice for the Wings tonight. Hell of a job by him.
Also great to see Johan Franzen looking like he cares. Great individual effort carrying the puck on the play to set up Ian White for the second goal, playing like the big man he is. And I mentioned it at the time but I love his defensive effort late in the OT, lying down to block a clearing attempt.
I also said this at the time, but I thought for certain I’d be bitching about Niklas Kronwall not shooting when he had the chance on the play that led to the tying goal. Great patience to see and get the puck to Datsyuk.
And, of course, Damien Brunner. Highlight-reel shootout game-winner in his second NHL game. Video will be going on the site shortly.
So not a perfect game by any means but the effort and the outcome were needed after the debacle in St. Louis on Saturday.
Ericsson is out tonight. Lashoff makes his NHL debut.
Completely unnecessary fight off the bat.
Awful power play. Surprise.
And not even a good one!
The new reply update feature thing is really cool (even if it’s not new anymore!)
Ian White may be the only Wings defenseman to have successfully held the puck in at the point this season, though.
Think it was added late last season.
Much better power play.