Who are these guys?
on the second line, get yer programs.
I don’t want to say the Red Wings are running out of guys who started the season on their active roster. But I wouldn’t be surprised if copies of the programs come with a complimentary bottle of whiteout so you can update the roster over the course of the game. Or figure out who the hell that is skating on a scoring line. When I saw #20 recently I was worried the Red Wings somehow got suckered into bringing Robert Lang back. Oh, what’s that, it’s some dude who was waived by the freaking Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning? Score. I’ll take him over Langer, thank you very much.
Drew Miller didn’t score last night but he’s been bumped up to a scoring line given the carnage that has taken place and his impressive play against the Nashville Predators. Kris Newbury and Patrick Eaves were free agent signings this summer and they both tallied markers last night. Eaves got his while playing short-handed and is doing a good impersonation of Dan Cleary in resurrecting his career in the winged wheel sweater. We just have to hope he doesn’t go too far with that imitation and separate his shoulder.
Newbury scored his goal on a tape to tape pass from Kris Draper - Draper intended for the pass to land on the tape of Drew Miller’s stick but it was errant and ended up on the tape of Newbury’s stick instead. Unlike Henrik Zetterberg or Pavel Datsyuk though, Newbury actually buried the puck for a goal.
All kidding aside Newbury had a nice debut for Detroit. It was one of those nights where nothing it seemed would go wrong for him: one of his penalties resulted in Eaves’ short-handed goal. It sounds like Darren Helm should be back in the lineup shortly and hopefully the same can be said for Jonathan Ericsson who injured his knee while being checked by Shane Doan.
The Wings played a pretty solid game. They carried play for much of the night, the top power play unit generated several good scoring chances, and the PK notched a shutout while generating a goal. Heck Derek Meech scored off a shot from just inside the blueline that ended up being the game winner. Mike Babcock might be so impressed that he’ll move Meech to forward and put him on a line with Pavel Datsyuk.
If not for the injury to Ericsson you might be tempted to say that Detroit’s fortunes might have finally started to improve this season. The team is currently in 8th place and Jimmy Howard has continued to play at a high level. Here is his stat line since his first start in November:
27 goals allowed, 2.08 GAA, .927 SV%, 9-4 record
Mike Babcock was quoted as saying Howard will likely start the next game on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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