I fell asleep at 1-0, I'm noticing a trend here, guys.
Smith deserves to sit, absolutely terrible. He gave up like 4 odd man rushes, made some awful pinches, and could barely accept routine passes from his partners half the time.
Marchenko is my main man now. I think he deserves top-pairing minutes.
Marchenko is my main man now. I think he deserves top-pairing minutes.
That 3rd goal was super easy save. 2nd one was semisoft .This was always going to be a tough game. The Wings main advantage over LA is speed, and being on the second half of a back to back negates that to some extent.
Without that speed, the Wings just got smothered and pushed to the outside by LA's big bodies. That's how you get the second period.
Howard is not the reason they lost this game. They lost because LA is a better team. Having said that, they were 2-2 entering the third period. After watching the second, every Wings fan would have taken a 2-2 game entering OT.
They needed to rely on their goalie to shut the door and steal them a point. Instead, he gives up an un-screened one timer to start the period. A good shot, and certainly not an easy save, but one that was needed. In some ways, a microcosm of Howard's career: just good enough to lose.
1st goal was his fault, he made the Oddman rush 2 on 1That game was obviously a step back. Too bad. Can't really say anything about the Ducks-Game as I couldn't see it. But I liked his play recently and thought he got the corner.
You fell asleep and I woke up for the third period hehe. Honestly we had some good enough shifts to tie it up, there was nothing wrong with the effort anyway. If you by time to time can get away with a loss for no other reason than playing a good team, this was one.
There was a ton wrong with the effort in the second period... They played about 40 minutes of solid hockey and let Kopitar run wild, not a recipe for success at all.
Not to be one of those guys and maybe I was cranky with it being late, but that was one of the worst officiated games we have had to endure all season.
Not to be one of those guys and maybe I was cranky with it being late, but that was one of the worst officiated games we have had to endure all season.
Sums up my thoughts exactly. LA won in regulation because of the gift wrapped PP they scored on.
I found it funny that refs swallowed the whistles after la scored to take the lead.