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Dirty Goals Help

10/26/2021 at 7:18am EDT

from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

The Detroit Red Wings scored four goals in the second period Sunday in similar fashion – by crashing the net, creating havoc around the crease, and cleaning up rebound opportunities.

These are the kind of dirty goals coach Jeff Blashill wants his team to score more often.

“We needed to be harder at the net,” Blashill said following the 6-3 victory in Chicago. “I didn’t think overall our complete level was that bad against Calgary (last Thursday), but we were not hard enough at the net for sure. Certainly, (Saturday in Montreal) we didn’t create many chances at all. We needed to make sure we got to the net.

“We stopped at the net. We found ways to score dirty goals. We got to find ways to score dirty in order to be a team that scores enough. It was a good sign for us to make sure we go hard at the net.”

Even rookie Lucas Raymond realizes the importance to get your nose dirty. That’s what he did for the second of his three goals on this night, rushing the net and banging in the rebound of Dylan Larkin’s shot.

“If you want to score goals, you have to get into those areas,” Raymond said. “You can’t just shoot and score fancy goals. You have to get in there and that’s usually where most of the goals are scored as well. I’m trying to get in there more and more.”

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