Game 1 Answers
To the questions I posed last night.
5. Will Marty Turco alter the storyline of his career against the Red Wings?
Turco has obviously struggled in Detroit. His career record prior to tonight’s game was 0-7-2. In those games he allowed 3.18 goals per game and had a .890 SV%.
Here were his stats tonight:
.871 SV%
4 goals against
It’s tough to blame all four goals on him. The first was scored by Brian Rafalksi on a 5-on-3 power play. The next two came on re-directs near the front of the net. Only Val Filppula’s goal could be considered a somewhat soft goal. So Turco wasn’t nearly as bad as the stats would suggest.
4. Will the Wings be able to contain Brenden Morrow?
For the most part the Wings did a decent job on Morrow. He did score a goal late in the second period. But he was held to one shot on goal. Morrow also led the Stars with 6 hits in the game.
3. Will Detroit be able to contain the Stars’ Power Play?
Tonight the Red Wings seemed to improve on the PK as the game grew older. During the first power play Dallas was dangerous. By the second one they had trouble generating any time in the offensive zone, much less good shots on goal. Overall the Stars went 0-4 with the man advantage.
2. Will Detroit be able to put up 3 goals per game against Dallas?
Uh, yeah. The Wings scored three goals in less than 27 minutes. All told there were four goals for Detroit, which was the highest goal total Marty Turco has allowed thus far in the playoffs. Three of the goals did come on the power play though. The thing to watch will be whether Detroit can carry play as much during Game 2. Perhaps the Stars were still worn out from their 4 OT marathon game against the Sharks.
1. Will Dallas once again go on the road and claim the first two games in the series?
The Wings got a really big win in Game 1. If the Stars won this game it would have given them all sorts of momentum. That would have really put the pressure on Detroit to win Game 2. Instead the Wings snapped Dallas’ win-streak as far as the opening two games on the road goes and have positioned themselves to keep home ice advantage in this series.
Congratulations are in order for Matt Saler over at On the Wings. He is joining NHL Fanhouse as a blogger. With Christy over at Behind the Jersey working for the Red Wings and Matt working for the Fanhouse, both Red Wings bloggers are making waves in the NHL.
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