The Detroit Red Wings fell behind 2-0 in the first period and never recovered in a 4-1 loss to Dallas Sunday afternoon at Joe Louis Arena.
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Meanwhile, in regards to the actual hockey game, Green assisted on Gustav Nyquist’s goal, which gave him his 250th career assist. The man responsible got off scot-free and the Detroit Red Wings ended up short-handed. Wayne Komets at Wings Event Center.
Jimmy Howard left seven minutes into the third period after an accidental knee to the head from Jason Spezza.
Patrick Sharp put the Stars ahead 07:22 into the contest on the powerplay and Nichushkin doubled that advantage later in the opening period. Six minutes were left on the clock and the Stars were in tight in the Detroit zone building the scoring chances.
Knowing that they were down by too much, the Red Wings made an immediate change to get something going prior to the end of the period.
In the second period, both teams were limited to just three shots each because of tight checking and players clustering in front of the net.
Detroit had a lot more time with the puck at the start of the second period but the mission to tie the game as harder than wished.
They rightfully felt they were robbed of a power-play opportunity – or at the very least, they shouldn’t have been shorthanded – when Ales Hemsky rammed his Ericsson’s head into the glass with his shoulder, causing the big defenseman to bleed from the forehead, over his right eye. After the whistle was blown, Howard was evaluated on the ice and later taken out of the game to be replaced by Petr Mrazek.
I didn’t think that the Red Wings played well enough today to win.
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It’s simple, really, the strategy that coach Jeff Blashill believes will set the Detroit Red Wings on the course toward more goals per game. Blashill said Howard was fine, and wanted to return to the game. Tyler Seguin (18:52) and Cody Eakin (19:41) scored empty-net goals to seal the outcome.
