Detroit Embarrass Boston In Original Six Showdown
Boston have been playing well of late, quietly getting on with job. The result of which is a spot at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Detroit's troubles this season have been well documented and last night the team had to go without superstar Pavel Datsyuk and dependable first-liner Todd Bertuzzi. On paper, this looked like another win for Boston.
The first ten minutes were close, the Bruins looked dangerous when pushing and the Red Wings broke well, recently returned Darren Helm almost opened the scoring with a lightning fast breakaway, only to put the puck wide.
Detroit's Johan Franzen then stepped up. The Mule set up the first and only goal of a penalty packed first period when his cross through the blue paint found Justin Abdelkader who tapped in the opener. This came straight after he stepped out of the penalty box after picking up a penalty for high-sticking on Zdeno Mt. Chara. Must have been a really high stick.
The second period brought more goals for boys in red. Thomas Tatar stunned the Joe Louis faithful with some Datysuk-esque stick handling. Tatar, who started the season at Grand Rapids picked up the puck from Brian Lashoff on Detroit's blue line, sent Chris Kelly the wrong way, then despite falling, recovered to skate round the back of Tukka Rask's goal and score on the wrap-around. Somehow managing to find the only puck-sized gap under Rask's skate.
Not to be left out, Red Wings Captain Henrik Zetterberg made it 3-0 when, he found space behind a Bruins defence that was looking the other way and snapped home his 11th goal of the season. Good goal, but bad marking by Boston. Too easy for Z.
It's good to see Boston's Adam McQuaid back from injury, although that was short lived when the blue-liner was boxed for elbowing Tatar. Niklas Kronwall took advantage of the extra man to add a fourth goal for Detroit. Again, Boston's defence unable to keep out the big Swede after more poor marking.
The third period saw Drew Miller and Gustav Nyquist add more goals. The sheen was taken off Coach Babcock's dream night when Jarome Iginla found the net for a consolation goal with three minutes left.
Final score 6-1. Detroit's coach was quick to praise the new guys "They've made us way better" he said. Jonas Gustavsson also played well in the absence of Jimmy Howard. He's now 6-0-1 for the season.
Boston's coach Claude Julien was honest about his team's performance, saying "everthing we did tonight was just disastrous." He's not wrong. Detroit's defence has been particularly leaky this season, but the Bruins were limited to just 17 shots.
Detroit's troubles this season have been well documented and last night the team had to go without superstar Pavel Datsyuk and dependable first-liner Todd Bertuzzi. On paper, this looked like another win for Boston.
The first ten minutes were close, the Bruins looked dangerous when pushing and the Red Wings broke well, recently returned Darren Helm almost opened the scoring with a lightning fast breakaway, only to put the puck wide.
Detroit's Johan Franzen then stepped up. The Mule set up the first and only goal of a penalty packed first period when his cross through the blue paint found Justin Abdelkader who tapped in the opener. This came straight after he stepped out of the penalty box after picking up a penalty for high-sticking on Zdeno Mt. Chara. Must have been a really high stick.
The second period brought more goals for boys in red. Thomas Tatar stunned the Joe Louis faithful with some Datysuk-esque stick handling. Tatar, who started the season at Grand Rapids picked up the puck from Brian Lashoff on Detroit's blue line, sent Chris Kelly the wrong way, then despite falling, recovered to skate round the back of Tukka Rask's goal and score on the wrap-around. Somehow managing to find the only puck-sized gap under Rask's skate.
Not to be left out, Red Wings Captain Henrik Zetterberg made it 3-0 when, he found space behind a Bruins defence that was looking the other way and snapped home his 11th goal of the season. Good goal, but bad marking by Boston. Too easy for Z.
It's good to see Boston's Adam McQuaid back from injury, although that was short lived when the blue-liner was boxed for elbowing Tatar. Niklas Kronwall took advantage of the extra man to add a fourth goal for Detroit. Again, Boston's defence unable to keep out the big Swede after more poor marking.
The third period saw Drew Miller and Gustav Nyquist add more goals. The sheen was taken off Coach Babcock's dream night when Jarome Iginla found the net for a consolation goal with three minutes left.
Final score 6-1. Detroit's coach was quick to praise the new guys "They've made us way better" he said. Jonas Gustavsson also played well in the absence of Jimmy Howard. He's now 6-0-1 for the season.
Boston's coach Claude Julien was honest about his team's performance, saying "everthing we did tonight was just disastrous." He's not wrong. Detroit's defence has been particularly leaky this season, but the Bruins were limited to just 17 shots.
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