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Games To Watch
by Paul on 03/28/14 at 11:30 AM ET
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Toronto is in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh plays in Columbus.
Bobrovsky will not dress for the Blue Jackets, he has yet to recover from the flu.
Saturday, the Wings will play the Leafs in Toronto, Boston plays in Washington in an afternoon game and Columbus is in Carolina.
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It’s An Original Six Meeting - Montreal vs. Detroit
by Paul on 03/27/14 at 06:29 PM ET
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Look here, game starts at 7:00pm ET just in case you did not know.
Howard vs. Price is the key tonight. Jimmy has to be on top of his game.
Defense needs to tighten up and get the puck out of the defensive zone.
Babcock said today the opposition has the puck 66% of the time so all the Wings do is check.
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[03/27/2014] Mini-GDT: Red Wings vs Canadiens
by RedMenace on 03/27/14 at 12:53 PM ET
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*Note the 7pm start time due to this game being part of a TSN double-header
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How Big Is The Game Against Montreal Tonight?
by Paul on 03/27/14 at 10:01 AM ET
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According to SportsClubStats, if Detroit wins in regulation or OT tonight, their playoff chances increase by 9.7%. If they win in the shootout their chances improve by 8.7%.
If Detroit would suffer a loss in regulation, their playoff chances decrease by 14.2%. A loss in OT or shootout, their odds decrease by 2.4%.
After all games Wednesday night...
Detroit is the only team playing tonight in the group above.
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Kerry Fraser On The Cam Atkinson Goal
by Paul on 03/26/14 at 02:18 PM ET
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from Kerry Fraser of TSN,
Some will say that the contact exerted by Smith was minimal and insufficient to knock the net off the moorings without some responsibility placed on Atkinson. The replay shows that Atkinson's momentum and forward progress was altered significantly and he accelerated from his initial stop inside the top of the crease after the contact by Smith was initiated and completed. It is also evident that Atkinson attempted to push back and stop following the contact by Smith with a second, separate spray of snow from his skate blade.
Referee Chris Rooney made an excellent, quick decision when he correctly applied rule 63.6 to award the goal to Atkinson following the actions of Smith that "accidentally" caused the goal post to be displaced prior to the puck crossing the goal line.
If you want to watch/review the goal, see below...
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What Possibly Could Darren McCarty Be Talking About?
by Paul on 03/26/14 at 12:35 PM ET
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from the Detroit Free Press,
The "Bloody Wednesday" game, as it has been called, was certainly the wildest game I was ever involved in. When the buzzer sounded to end that contest, the two teams had combined for 18 fighting majors.
My memorable first-period encounter with Lemieux almost didn't happen because Colorado defenseman Adam Foote grabbed me just as all hell was starting to break loose. He was strong as an old bear, and he had a tight grip on me. But Brendan Shanahan came over and gave Foote a double-arm chop.
That broke me free from Foote. It was like letting a dog off the leash.
I took a direct path toward Lemieux. It was written, and said, that Lemieux never saw me coming. But that's untrue. I can tell you that I looked him directly in the eyes before I hit him. I wanted him to know my anger. I didn't sucker punch him, as some have written. I cold-cocked him.
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Hello Columbus
by Paul on 03/25/14 at 07:00 PM ET
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For those of you watching the game on NBCSN it will be Dave Strader and Brian Engblom calling the action.
With that out of the way, tonight's game is actually bigger for the Blue Jackets than it is for the Wings.
But, it is also a huge game for the Wings and hopefully they remember the last time they played Columbus.
The Wings will have to match the intensity of the Blue Jackets and be good on the power play and penalty kill.
Columbus has been awful on the pp lately so the Wings must frustrate them again tonight.
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[03/25/2014] GDT: Red Wings vs Blue Jackets
by RedMenace on 03/25/14 at 11:26 AM ET
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Go Ahead, Ask Jame Neal Anything
by Paul on 03/24/14 at 06:10 PM ET
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from ThePensBlog,
If we had to describe the Penguins twitter account in a phrase, it would be “out of touch with reality.”
To further that point, the account asked for questions for James Neal. Yikes.
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It’s An Early Live Blog As the Wild Visit The Joe
by Paul on 03/23/14 at 03:49 PM ET
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Current Eastern Conference playoff chase before tonight's game against the Wild and Toronto playing in New Jersey.
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