Wings finish season series against Canes with 3-1 loss
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Detroit looks to finish their season series against Carolina with a winning record but has to come away with a victory for that to happen, as they’re 4-3 so far. I have no idea what has made the Wings so effective against the Canes, but to this point I’m not going to question. I just hope this game lives up to this.
Hope is not a strategy.
First Period.
Joe Veleno stole a puck and created a chance on his very first shift. On the first shift for Vrana and Rasmussen, they almost scored on a 2-on-1 created by Val Filppula losing his stick and kicking the puck. Despite the good start, the Wings go shorthanded first for Marc Staal high-sticking Vincent Trocheck at 4:30.
SATURDAY SHUTOUT: Blackhawks hem Red Wings into 4-0 loss
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What is my lede in a game where the Red Wings get shutout by the Blackhawks? Is it that? Or is it that Adam Erne’s scoring streak has come to a vicious halt?
It doesn’t matter, that’s the answer. The Red Wings were flying high off their last win against the Hawks, but despite a healthy handful of scoring chances, Chicago kept Detroit off of the scoresheet.
The Red Wings had a really good first 19 minutes-or-so of hockey to open up the game, but it all was spoiled by a late goal from Patrick Kane with about 20 seconds left. Now that I’ve got that out of the way, Detroit got a lot of special teams time in in the 1st period on both sides. The penalty kill was successful, the power play while it did create chances fell flat. Even a 4-minute minor penalty from Duncan Keith didn’t turn into a power-play goal. The Red Wings spent the first 2 minutes trying to figure
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