The loss of Miller is both good and bad for the Red Wings. Detroit center Pavel Datsyuk hit the goal post on a rebound shot with about 1:40 left in the first period.NOTES: Detroit D Niklas Kronwall missed his first game after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.
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Kronwall went into surgery now to minimize the number of games he could miss.
Kronwall has three goals and 17 points through 45 games this season.
“We don’t have to make vast changes to the way we play”, he said.
Detroit (23-14-8) hasn’t finished higher than third in two seasons in the Atlantic, and that even came with a 22-10-9 home mark last season. As far as the time frame, the team may have gotten a little lucky with the injury coming shortly before the All-Star break, giving Kronwall time to heal while the team isn’t playing games. “He had his knee scoped”, Blashill said.
1 – Giveaways by the Blues compared to seven by the Red Wings. More damage than expected was found, however, requiring significantly more fix.
With the Wings struggling to find offense of late, Blashill juggled three of his four forward lines. Riley Sheahan is with Brad Richards and Teemu Pulkkinen, and Darren Helm drops to the fourth line, next to Luke Glendening and Tomas Jurco.
Henrik Zetterberg stays with Justin Abdelkader and Gustav Nyquist.
I think weve played playoff-type hockey here for the last couple months, Blashill said. “I gave up more goals than we scored, so I didn’t do my job”.
Originally it was thought that Miller would miss a matter of weeks with a torn meniscus. “We weren’t sure initially what it was going to be…. I didn’t see it, but it went in off my shin pad”.
“I tried to do my best in the game”, Marchenko said. I guess it depends on our success and on his healing, but hes four to six months..
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Detroit pulled Petr Mrazek with two minutes left, but their momentum was destroyed when Dylan Larkin took a penalty with 58 seconds to play. Hell be unrestricted after the season.
