GDT: Game #80 | Detroit Red Wings @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 8:00 PM EST | NBCSN

[SoupNazi]

at

April 9, 2014
8:00 p.m., NBCSN

Place:

Consol Energy Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Lines:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Johan Franzen|Pavel Datsyuk|Justin Abdelkader
Tomas Tatar|Riley Sheahan|Gustav Nyquist
Darren Helm|David Legwand|Daniel Alfredsson
Drew Miller|Luke Glendening|Tomas Jurco

Left Defense | Right Defense
Niklas Kronwall|Brendan Smith
Kyle Quincey|Daniel Dekeyser
Brian Lashoff|Jakub Kindl

Starting Goaltender
Jonas Gustavsson

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Chris Kunitz|Sidney Crosby |Daniel Bennett
Brians Gibbons|Jussi Jokinen | James Neal
Tanner Glass | Brandon Sutter | Lee Stempniak
Taylor Pyatt |Craig Adams|Adam Payerl

Left Defense | Right Defense
Rob Scuderi|Kris Letang
Brooks Orpik| Paul Martin
Olli Maatta|Matt Niskanen

Starting Goaltender
Marc-Andre Fleury

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[silkyjohnson50]

Clinch it boys.

 

[FlashyG]

All we need is overtime.

It would be nice for Gus to find the net again, its been a quiet few games for him. Same goes for Franzen.

 

[newfy]

Get after Crosby all game long, drape Glendening all over him. Get to OT and rattle Crosby because this is a likely playoff match up by the looks of it. Crosby is a pretty easy star to rattle and now is the time of year to do it.

I also wouldnt be surprised to see the pens come out and try to send a message. Whether thats by running up the score or running at guys, I hope the wings dont lay down and take it right before playoffs. Send the message right back

 

[odin1981]

Get after Crosby all game long, drape Glendening all over him. Get to OT and rattle Crosby because this is a likely playoff match up by the looks of it. Crosby is a pretty easy star to rattle and now is the time of year to do it.

I also wouldnt be surprised to see the pens come out and try to send a message. Whether thats by running up the score or running at guys, I hope the wings dont lay down and take it right before playoffs. Send the message right back

Your setting yourself up for failure if you expect this team to tough it up. They won't. I just hope no player of ours gets hurt.

 

[chances14]

I hope babs comes to his senses and puts the kid line back together

 

[silkyjohnson50]

I hope babs comes to his senses and puts the kid line back together

It would be such a Babcock move to now bench Jurco and replace him with Andersson or Bertuzzi.

Put the Kid line back together you get more depth.

 

[chances14]

It would be such a Babcock move to now bench Jurco and replace him with Andersson or Bertuzzi.

Put the Kid line back together you get more depth.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that happens

 

[Spitfire11]

So who does James Neal elbow tonight?

**** I loathe the Penguins. I hope this is the playoff matchup and the Wings just crush them, even worse than the B's did last year.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

Kronwall's been stepping up on guys at the blueline more lately. Although he hasn't completely Kronwalled anyone yet, he did put another player on their behind again tonight. Neal certainly plays the most vulnerable position. Make it happen.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Let's ****ing clinch it boys, one more point.

 

[Tomas W]

Yes would be nice if we had some Nyquists explosions back. But of course that last point would be even nicer.

 

[HIFE]

So who does James Neal elbow tonight?

**** I loathe the Penguins. I hope this is the playoff matchup and the Wings just crush them, even worse than the B's did last year.

Not that I disagree(I hope the Red Wings crush them as well), but I'm interested in this renewed rivalry that I thought was long in the past.

Man when I heard the crowd at JLA last game against PIT chant "Crosby sucks! ...Crosby sucks!", wow I've never heard anything close to that type of disdain. Detroit isn't like Ottawa or other teams that regularly pick on a certain players by chanting, etc.,... or so I thought! Crosby and Pittsburgh bring that out in Wings fans. Go to a bar around here and you'll see what I'm saying. I wouldn't dare wear a Penguins jersey up in these parts right about now!

I'm realizing there is some bad blood between the franchises or their fanbases at least. It could be only the Wings fans who hold animosity, but it is there. We forget Toronto, or Nashville, or San Jose who kicked our ***** two playoffs in a row, but will never forgive the loss to the Pens in 2009. I think based on folks' reactions locally and here online Pittsburgh may be our greatest rival. This bodes well for the DRW in this game and possibly if we make the playoffs, having the desire and impetus to compete 100%. Heck I'm getting loaded let me add on a couple zeros, 10,000%! LGRW

 

[14ari13]

Get after Crosby all game long, drape Glendening all over him. Get to OT and rattle Crosby because this is a likely playoff match up by the looks of it. Crosby is a pretty easy star to rattle and now is the time of year to do it.

I also wouldnt be surprised to see the pens come out and try to send a message. Whether thats by running up the score or running at guys, I hope the wings dont lay down and take it right before playoffs. Send the message right back

I think so too. Both teams will try to send a message.

I would feel more comfortable with Howard in net in this game.

 

[alfie follower]

Someone mentioned Alfie looked lost out there, postgame vs Buffalo. He's not lost, he's just playing injured ( 12 minutes ice time as opposed to his 16- 18 usual). Anyone notice him taking the defenceman to the net , into the goalie as Smith cut behind to score ? 3 games left and the old goat is leading the Wings in scoring. He's a leader thru and thru.

 

[ap3x]

1. Bring the kid line back together
2. Transform our PP into PP worth the term
3. Push the game to OT
4. Nyquist-Explosion gets us the OTW

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

1. reunite the kid line
2. put smith on the pp, no cutesy crap, just bombs from the point and dirty goals

pp1

jurco-datsyuk-alffie
kronwall-smith

pp2

franzen-legwand-nyquist
dekeyser-quincey

3. match glendenings line against sidneys
4. start jimmy
5. 3rd pairing gets significant less ice time

 

[Frk It]

1. reunite the kid line
2. put smith on the pp, no cutesy crap, just bombs from the point and dirty goals

pp1

jurco-datsyuk-alffie
kronwall-smith

pp2

franzen-legwand-nyquist
dekeyser-quincey

3. match glendenings line against sidneys
4. start jimmy
5. 3rd pairing gets significant less ice time

Dekeyser and Quincey on the point together would be absolutely brutal.

 

[Mister Ed]

''Stuff'' just got real :

"@JoshYohe_Trib: Ray Shero to speak at 10:15 about "Penguins roster."" Expected he will announce Kris Letang will return to lineup tonight.

Guess we'll get the A squad tonight.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Dekeyser and Quincey on the point together would be absolutely brutal.

why?

our pp is atrocious as it stands and quincey actually has a fairly good shot and at even strength they seem to do ok together so no reason to think that would change with the man advantage

quincey is actually playing pretty decent hockey right now

 

[Flowah]

why?

our pp is atrocious as it stands and quincey actually has a fairly good shot and at even strength they seem to do ok together so no reason to think that would change with the man advantage

quincey is actually playing pretty decent hockey right now

I don't know if Q has gotten a shot through to the net more than 5 times this season.

He's playing better, but in the defensive aspect of the game, not the offensive one.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

I don't know if Q has gotten a shot through to the net more than 5 times this season.

He's playing better, but in the defensive aspect of the game, not the offensive one.

fair enough, just looking to change it up a bit

 

[Frk It]

why?

our pp is atrocious as it stands and quincey actually has a fairly good shot and at even strength they seem to do ok together so no reason to think that would change with the man advantage

quincey is actually playing pretty decent hockey right now

Dekeyser has a hard shot, but his accuracy on his slapper is very poor. I saw him miss the net by 2 or 3 feet on some shots last night.

Also he is a good skater and passer. But his stick handling and ability to catch passes is not very good.

The Wings love to cycle, and really almost over-cycle with the man advantage, and that does not fit Dekeyser's game very well at all IMO, in the offensive zone.

Quincey, as Flowah stated, rarely ever "gets shots through" which is huge on the PP, especially on a team with a bunch of guys who are gun shy about shooting.

I think on the PP those two together would be pretty lame.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Dekeyser has a hard shot, but his accuracy on his slapper is very poor. I saw him miss the net by 2 or 3 feet on some shots last night.

Also he is a good skater and passer. But his stick handling and ability to catch passes is not very good.

The Wings love to cycle, and really almost over-cycle with the man advantage, and that does not fit Dekeyser's game very well at all IMO, in the offensive zone.

Quincey, as Flowah stated, rarely ever "gets shots through" which is huge on the PP, especially on a team with a bunch of guys who are gun shy about shooting.

I think on the PP those two together would be pretty lame.

all valid points, i was just thinking that how we operate right now dosent work so rather then find guys to fit that mold we instead break the mold and simplify the pp(second unit for sure) and simply have two guys on the point who dont play cute and are told to just shoot it(on net of course), no cycling, no set up plays, just shoot the puck and have the forwards go for rebounds/tips/screens.

plus i trust those two more then having kindl on the ice

 

[InjuredChoker]

i ran the numbers last december or something but Q was actually one of the better wings at getting shots through. though it does help when one fires with no screen to goalies chest.

lashoff was the only one that stood out... in a bad way. he was hilariously bad.