Games like today are reminders that Datsyuk and Zetterberg are out, and this team misses them. The team just couldn't generate a ton of offense, and it seemed like Franzen was just shut down. Howard kept the team in the game for two periods, but that third period was just bad on all accounts. Howard is frustrating, but today there was just nothing generated on offense. I don't know what people realistically expect from him on a game like today. Generate offense, score a couple goals, this game could have turned out much different.