Post-Game Talk: It is possible... 4 points back

[Ricelund]

Would the 2011 team be better?

I think people forget that team was probably the last real surefire contender we actually had.

The 2011-12 team was by far their best since '09 until injuries hit.

 

[jerrymac]

Good job of not going to OT boys for 557 time and gettin that pp goin. Why this team can't get ENs is beyond me but we got a win in reg. Helm had a good night it looks like.

Does the puck going in after the final buzzer count?

 

[TheMule93]

The Dallas game on November 8th is where our season turned around.

Almost a 10% increase in possession, jesus Christ

 

[HomersWorld]

I feel like this is the first time Pacioretty hasn't burned Detroit. Didn't even notice him tonight.

 

[skate skate skate]

We won the corsi-war too:

 

[Yemack]

We won the corsi-war too:

only was able to watch the 2nd. looking at that chart, should have watched the other periods.

2nd period was.. kinda meh. our 2nd and 3rd D pairing = were not very good.

 

[chances14]

i think the wings horrible powerplay skewed people's perception of their even strength play in this game

 

[Claypool]

i think the wings horrible powerplay skewed people's perception of their even strength play in this game

I was looking more of a dominating performance than a close, tight game. Montreal played yesterday and started their third string goaltender. Should have been a much easier win, IMO.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

I was looking more of a dominating performance than a close, tight game. Montreal played yesterday and started their third string goaltender. Should have been a much easier win, IMO.

Montreal is one of the better teams in the league. I think your expectations are out of whack to be honest.

 

[Flowah]

Montreal is one of the better teams in the league. I think your expectations are out of whack to be honest.

If you get a team playing on a back to back with their third stringer and 10 freaking minutes of PP time you should do better than what the Wings did. Especially with the shots and Corsi being what they were, it sure looked like a much closer game.

Who is the "everyone in the room" in that tweet? The players? Media?

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

If you get a team playing on a back to back with their third stringer and 10 freaking minutes of PP time you should do better than what the Wings did. Especially with the shots and Corsi being what they were, it sure looked like a much closer game.

Back to backs don't mean much at this point in the season. Tokarski didn't play like a third stringer either. Was it the most impressive win? No, but its not going to be perfect everytime and we beat the best team in the East.

 

[TheOtherOne]

So Helms breakaway percentage for this game was what? Like 5%?

DANGER ZONE

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I was looking more of a dominating performance than a close, tight game. Montreal played yesterday and started their third string goaltender. Should have been a much easier win, IMO.

You cant win every game 5 to 1 no matter the circumstances in todays nhl. Especially against good teams. And Especially against Montreal.

Just be happy we beat Montreal. we might not do it again this season.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Why would anybody think a team should be a pushover just because they played yesterday? These are professional athletes. They do nothing but exert their bodies every single day. They're not like you, going for a 2 mile jog and ending up with twelve pulled muscles, having to stay on the couch to recover for a week.

If players weren't able to be competitive in back to back game days, the NHL wouldn't have back to back game days.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Okay game. A few too many mistakes that could have been costly if Montreal had converted or Mrazek wasn't so good. But overall we were the slightly better team in a game where both teams looked bad. Our PP could have cost us the game but it came up with 1 important goal so it gets a pass for this one.

Nice to see our grinders come up with a win. Helm, Abby, Sheahan were some of our best forwards in this game.

12 game point streak and closing in on Montreal. Keep this train going!

 

[Kronwalled55]

Okay game. A few too many mistakes that could have been costly if Montreal had converted or Mrazek wasn't so good. But overall we were the slightly better team in a game where both teams looked bad. Our PP could have cost us the game but it came up with 1 important goal so it gets a pass for this one.

Nice to see our grinders come up with a win. Helm, Abby, Sheahan were some of our best forwards in this game.

12 game point streak and closing in on Montreal. Keep this train going!

Agreed big time on Sheahan. I thought he played a great game. Whenever he got the puck down-low in the zone he protected it and kept possession going.

 

[ap3x]

If you get a team playing on a back to back with their third stringer and 10 freaking minutes of PP time you should do better than what the Wings did. Especially with the shots and Corsi being what they were, it sure looked like a much closer game.


Who is the "everyone in the room" in that tweet? The players? Media?

Took it as the players and Blash in the first place. But not sure either.

 

[Winger98]

Good win. For how ugly it looked, I think that's just a game against the Habs. They are hell on our transition game, and counter so quickly. Once we get established in their zone, though, I thought we had a clear advantage. It's encouraging we beat Montreal at this type of game, in the past I don't think we would have been able to grab those two goals in the third.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Good win. For how ugly it looked, I think that's just a game against the Habs. They are hell on our transition game, and counter so quickly. Once we get established in their zone, though, I thought we had a clear advantage. It's encouraging we beat Montreal at this type of game, in the past I don't think we would have been able to grab those two goals in the third.

To be honest if they had Price we probably have our usual 2-1 loss against them. They are the masters of looking mediocre and still winning a lot, they just can't do it as reliably without Price.

 

[14ari13]

To be honest if they had Price we probably have our usual 2-1 loss against them. They are the masters of looking mediocre and still winning a lot, they just can't do it as reliably without Price.

I do not know. All 3 goals looked good, none was soft. They were desperate to win, while we Are on the roll.

We Are the hottest team in the league, 17 out of 20 points.

We have 2 solid goaltenders.
Our defence is fine and they have been contributing offensively.
Forwards Are very good.

I like our forecheck , we seem much better now. I think Kronwall has too many giveaways.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

We're 4th in the league right now. Not bad.

And trending up.

 

[Vladdy84]

We're my Blash haters now?

Still wish Lando was still here..

 

[InjuredChoker]

ericsson did pretty good pylon impression on that second goal.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Nice win by the Wings, And now hopefully we beat the Devils and then we're only 2 points out of 1st with Buffalo and Vancouver coming up next week.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

I thought there was a lot of sloppy play by both sides. That being said it was a pretty entertaining game. Helm with soo many breakaways, glad to see him get at least one in the net lol. Sheahan looked dangerous with the puck in the o-zone. Glad they got the W and even if they didn't play their best game, at the end of the day they got the 2 points and fought hard until the end. I'd prefer that over sitting back with the lead trying to "protect" it then blowing it like we've seen in the past. I like this team and if they can continue picking up point(s) even while not playing super dominate that is a good thing.