Troy and Jakub in the evening! Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1

If we look at the lines, it looks like Svechnikov is not playing. I wonder why?

Oh, that’s why.

I’m ready for a great show from the Red Wings. However, I am determined to enjoy tonight. So I have a few things in my back pocket if the team is not performing.

Vrana started the match and Rasmussen almost hit him for a breakaway, but the pass was knocked away. Boy, what a start it would have been.

Because the wings go 11-7 tonight, we see Vrana get an early shift with Larkin and Zadina.

The first very good chance in the game comes from Rasmussen who drives the net and throws a backhand in the direction of the goal. Larkin shoots the kickback through the fold.

Newcomer Richard Panik has a good chance, but he disappeared after shooting and going heavy in the boards. He appears and almost has another chance.

Greiss makes a big save on Dach, after the forward got the best chance so far in Chicago. Correction: Keith hit the first pole.

I think I’ve seen the PointsBet ad literally so far.

Sam Gagner makes a very good move to get away from his defender and hits the post.

Chicago comes first on the board. The entire Detroit team ends up on one side of the ice, and the shooter comes to Duncan Keith, who is wide open, and shoots it past Thomas Greiss who dives back into position, and almost gets it. 1-0 Chicago.

Danny DeKeyser almost gave Chicago a goal with a horrible pass that did not come from the defensive zone. Chicago did not pass, but oh man it was a bad pass.

A time period of one minute passes in which I counted at least 3 penalties, but neither team gets power play in the first period.

Detroit mostly kept Chicago from scoring points, except for once.

But I’m still doing well. Why? I told you I had things in my back pocket:

Adam Erne looks dead quiet to level the game. First he almost gets some help, then he almost scores a goal. Unfortunately, “almost” does not count.

Zadina takes a stick in the face, and Detroit goes to the game’s first power play. Vrana is on the ice for the power play. Filppula and Namestnikov are also for some reason.

The power play looks pretty awful until Hronek takes a penalty kick on a short chance, and at that point it looks pretty over.

Troy Stecher counts! He shoots from past the circles and it hits Lankinen in the shoulder and goes up and over him before falling into the net. Definitely one of the weirdest goals this year, but I will accept it. 1-1.

The wings kill the Chicago power play, but then end up with too many men on the ice, and it’s still not legal, so they go back to the penalty shootout.

The wings kill the penalty and then the roof would have come down if the arena was full because VRANA TELLS on a breakaway! Just as they had planned. Take a couch minor, put Vrana in the box, leave him on a getaway and watch him score. It was a goal scorer’s goal, he chose the corner and Lankinen had no chance. Lindstrom made a wonderful pass to hit Vrana with claws.

To quote one of my favorite actors / comedians:

Dekeyser strikes a line from Red Wings to the net, which stabs it into an open net after Lankinen collided with a teammate. Troy Stecher?!?! What did he do there? Who cares, because it’s he who scores, and this game has gotten so much better in the last five minutes.

Vrana almost got his second of the night, and Detroit buzzes. That makes it too soft, they swarm positively.

Oops, we did it again. Another bank mate for too many men on the ice, but I think it’s a sneaky trick to try to get Vrana a breakaway again. Eventually, they put Panik in the box, and it did not work because Helm and Glendening threw up the disc after Detroit killed the penalty kick.

Detroit ends the period still leading 3-1.

If you have not watched the match, you are probably wondering what Vrana looked like. Except for the goal, he has looked pretty good so far, especially for his first game with a new team. He just picked up the disc from behind his own net and scaled it to the offensive blue line before tipping it into the zone and chasing himself down. His level of skating and skill is remarkable.

Larkin made a power move to the net and fed Zadina, who was open but could not get a stick on the bag. Helm got the next slide and swung insanely after it, but could not hit it. Then Detroit had a few chances in quick succession. Chicago is opening business, and Detroit has responded with a great offensive play of their own.

Adam Erne, a legend of the Red Wings, almost makes another point when he drives a good pass to Glendening on a two-to-one drive, but Chicago breaks it out.

I do not want to talk about Greiss. He was excellent tonight.

7 minutes left, and Erne almost pushed again. He does an excellent job of getting to the dirty parts of the ice.

The net is empty and Rasmussen signs a feed from Adam Erne! Erne made a very nice defensive play to get the pack hits. I was not sure how many dog ​​photos I would have to get before this game started, but it just seems to be the one!

Red Wings win! Woooooo!

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