SB Nation Detroit - Red Wings Win, But Lose Pavel Datsyuk To Injuryhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2010-12-22T22:40:51-05:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16560692010-12-22T22:40:51-05:002010-12-22T22:40:51-05:00Henrik Zetterberg Scores In Overtime To Snap Canucks Win Streak At Four Games
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<p><span>Henrik Zetterberg</span> scored 2:59 into overtime to give the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> a 5-4 win over Vancouver on Wednesday, snapping a four-game winning streak for the Canucks.</p>
<p>Zetterberg had two goals and an assist on the night, while <span>Dan Cleary</span>, <span>Valtteri Filppula</span> and <span>Nicklas Lidstrom</span> also deposited goals for Detroit, which had dropped its previous two decisions. <span>Jimmy Howard</span> returned to the net for the first time since a 4-1 loss in Chicago on Friday and made 35 saves.</p>
<p>The Sedin brothers, Henrik and Daniel, each had a power play goal and assist for the Canucks, while former Red Wing <span>Mikael Samuelsson</span> and University of Michigan product <span>Jeff Tambellini</span> each deposited goals for the Canucks. <span>Roberto Luongo</span> stopped 40 shots in the defeat.</p>
<p>Zetterberg scored his first goal early in the third period to tie the game at 3, banking a shot from behind the goal off Luongo just 1:54 into the period. Then with two minutes left in the extra session, Zetterberg fired a shot through Luongo’s pads from the faceoff circle to give the Red Wings the win.</p>
<p>Detroit played most of the game without star forward <span>Pavel Datsyuk</span>, who left the game in the first period with a broken hand. Datsyuk fell awkwardly on his right arm late in the period and did not return to the Red Wings bench.</p>
<p>The Wings got on the board first halfway into the opening period when <span>Brian Rafalski</span> fed a long stretch pass to <span>Todd Bertuzzi</span> to create a two-on-one rush into the Canucks end. Bertuzzi then slid a pass to Cleary, who fired a wrist shot past Luongo.</p>
<p>The Canucks struck back in force in the second, netting three goals to take control of the game. Two came on nearly identical plays by the Sedin brothers on the power play.</p>
<p><span>Daniel Sedin</span> started the first goal 1:11 into the second period on the power play, throwing a pass down low to <span>Ryan Kesler</span>, who was screening Howard. Kesler then backhanded a pass to <span>Henrik Sedin</span>, who tipped in the pass to tie the score.</p>
<p>Filppula got Detroit the lead right back at the 6:29 mark, potting a rebound off Cleary’s drive past a diving Luongo after Vancouver turned the puck over in their own zone.</p>
<p>The Sedins then struck again, this time with Daniel Sedin recording the goal on a similar play to the first goal after Filppula took a penalty for closing his hand on the puck. Samuelsson gave Vancouver a 3-2 lead with just 21 seconds left in the period, firing a point shot through Howard’s legs on a screened shot.</p>
<p>After Zetterberg tied the game at 3, Tambellini fired a laser shot off the post and into the top of the net halfway through the third period to give the Canucks a 4-3 lead.</p>
<p>Detroit didn’t give up, taking advantage of a cross-checking call to Alexander Burrows to send the game to overtime. Zetterberg fired a shot from the point that Luongo stopped, but the rebound kicked right to Lidstrom who easily deposited his eighth goal into the empty net.</p>
<p>Detroit gets no time to enjoy the victory, travelling to St. Louis tonight for tomorrow’s game with the Blues.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit-red-wings/2010/12/22/1892765/henrik-zetterberg-scores-in-overtime-to-snap-canucks-win-streak-atRyan Weiss2010-12-22T21:22:25-05:002010-12-22T21:22:25-05:00Pavel Datsyuk Leaves Game With Upper Body Injury
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<p>Red Wings forward <span>Pavel Datsyuk</span> left Wednesday’s game near the end of the first period and won’t return with what the team is calling an upper-body injury.</p>
<p>Datsyuk fell awkwardly on his right arm after being tripped up by a Vancouver defender in front of Canucks goaltender <span>Roberto Luongo</span>. Datsyuk was seen on Fox Sports Detroit cameras being attended to by Red Wings staff on the bench. He didn’t return to the bench after the first intermission.</p>
<p>After the rash of injuries the team went through last season, losing Datsyuk for an extended period would be devastating to say the least. Detroit is already missing <span>Mike Modano</span> long-term after he severed a tendon in his wrist.</p>
<p>Datsyuk leads the team with 39 points this season on 12 goals and 27 assists.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit-red-wings/2010/12/22/1892650/pavel-datsyuk-red-wings-canucks-injuryRyan Weiss2010-12-22T15:17:12-05:002010-12-22T15:17:12-05:00Red Wings Host Canucks, Attempt To Rebound From Sunday's Loss
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/events/61704/preview?article_id=131116">Sports Network</a>) - While the month of December has been a good one for the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Vancouver Canucks</a>, the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Red Wings</a> are running out of time to build up some momentum before 2011.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Canucks go for a fifth straight victory both overall and on the road while the Red Wings hope to avoid a fourth loss in five games this evening at Joe Louis Arena.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Vancouver has won seven of its nine games this month and is 9-1-1 in its last 11 following Monday's 3-1 victory in St. Louis that began a three-game road trip. The Canucks are currently tied with the Avalanche for first place in the Northwest Division and will try to post their second-longest winning streak of the season tonight behind only a six-game run from Oct. 22-Nov. 6.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Jeff Tambellini</span>, <span>Aaron Volpatti</span> and <span>Ryan Kesler</span> all scored in Monday's win, with the Canucks improving to 11-0-0 when Kesler has a goal this season. The center has 16 goals this year and six in his last six games.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Roberto Luongo</span> needed to make only 15 saves to beat the Blues.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"If we can be physical and score some timely goals we'll get some wins," said Tambellini.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Canucks will look to do that tonight against a Red Wings club that is just 3-4-2 in its last nine games since opening the month with a 4-0 victory at Anaheim on Dec. 3.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Detroit did manage to pick up a point on Sunday, losing in overtime, 4-3, to Dallas. <span>Chris Osgood</span> failed in his bid to become just the 10th goaltender in NHL history to reach 400 wins, allowing the game-tying goal with 3:14 left in regulation before getting beat by the Stars' <span>Loui Eriksson</span> at the 4:18 mark of overtime.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"For sure, it's disappointing," said Osgood, who ended with 28 saves. "Politically correct to say it wasn't. But, for sure. There's only three minutes left in the game, I was feeling real good. It's unfortunate, to say the least."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Johan Franzen</span> and <span>Pavel Datsyuk</span> both had a goal and set up another for the Red Wings, who have lost four of their last six at home as well and lead the Predators by four points for the top spot in the Central Division.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Osgood won't get a chance to reach his milestone tonight as <span>Jimmy Howard</span> is expected to get the start in goal. Howard is 17-6-2 with a 2.62 goals-against average, but stopped just 28 of the 34 shots he faced in a 6-4 home loss to Vancouver on Nov. 6.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">That was the first meeting between the clubs this year after the Red Wings took three of four from the Canucks in 2009-10. Vancouver has lost four of its last six in Detroit.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kesler set up two goals in that win and has six goals and seven assists in 20 career games versus the Red Wings. Luongo is 8-10-2 with a tie and 2.73 GAA against them, making 24 saves in the last meeting.</p>
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