0-0 after 20 minutes with the Islanders holding a slight advantage.
In the second...
End 2nd period: #RedWings 3, Islanders 1 - Skill (Larkin) and grit (Fischer, Copp) alike ignite the Wings offense
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) March 22, 2024
Wings added two quick goals in the third to make it 5-1 but the Islanders scored the next two to make it 5-3 with about eight and a half minutes left. Nail biting time.
ENG from Larkin puts a bow on this game, Wings win 6-3.
Detroit goals are below.
Christian Fischer scores on the breakaway to draw first blood!#LGRWpic.twitter.com/kLQJqKoF2q
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Andrew Copp right place right time for a 2-1 lead!#LGRWpic.twitter.com/io0HaxKelO
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Dylan Larkin from Alex DeBrincat to make it 3-1 Detroit!#LGRWpic.twitter.com/wL7Uc5AwE6
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ANDREW COPP AGAIN 🔥#LGRWpic.twitter.com/DOmjq7GeLK
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DeBrincat ➡️ Kane = 💸 #LGRWpic.twitter.com/0kv1RFL0iV
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Dylan Larkin seals the deal for the Red Wings! 💯#LGRWpic.twitter.com/AqUyvrGqKN
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My two cents:
$.01 - Edvinsson reminds me of a young Mo Seider
$.01 - its encouraging to see how well they played with Larkin back and enraging they wouldnt play half that hard without him
They got the 4 points they needed before going on a 5 game road trip.😋
Mickey Redmond on Edvinsson, he ain't going anywhere, he is here to stay.
Hopefully! He's better than Matta, Petry and Holl already.
I wonder if someone would pick up Holl off waivers if the wings waived him.
Not with Holl's contract. I'm hoping they can unload him in a trade this summer even if it means Steve has to chip in a sweetener. If they can somehow get rid of Petry too it might leave room to re-sign Ghost
Jeeze...Gustav Nyquist has more points this year than any Red Wing. Go figure...
Four FLA players are in the top 30 in scoring while we don't have anybody in the top 50.
Nyquist will disappear in the playoffs most likely.
Detroit does a much better job of spreading the scoring around. In theory, that should make them a more dangerous team but their team defensive play is holding them back.
I'm as surprised as anyone at the numbers Nyquist is putting up. He seems rejuvenated in Nashville playing in Brunette's offense. I watch a lot of Nashville hockey as that is the wife's favorite. He's been sound all around and been an awesome pickup. Whether he can continue that play through his contract is questionable.
Glad for win. Tighten things up a bit more (shots against) and set those lines. I would have sat Fabbri instead of Sprong.
from Sean Shapiro of Shap Shots,
It was an emotional return for Larkin, who beamed at the podium after the game a rare sight for Larkin in March and properly adjusted Detroits line up for the first time in weeks.
Its a flaw in the Red Wings makeup, something theyll have to address at some point before they become a true Stanley Cup contender finding a true No. 2 center. But in the short-term, the Red Wings are much better with JT Compher and Andrew Copp re-situated back as middle-six centers.
Detroit also got the spark from something that Derek Lalonde has claimed, multiple times, that he doesnt have a checking line.
Copps line with Michael Rasmussen and Christian Fischer dominated its matchup against Bo Horvats line, and not only won the area battle, but combined for three goals.
Its not a checking line, at least not in Lalondes description, but that trio currently defines the Red Wings identity.
When they're rolling like that it, it turns the game, Larkin said. It gives us a look that we have an identity line and they play hard on pucks, and obviously they are all responsible defensively. But they really play in the offensive line where other lines dont.
Fischer, who also was at the podium with Larkin, embraced the title, Identity line.
I think that is the name of it, I dont know, Fischer said. I think the three of us, we love that kind of thing. The game within the game, if you can shutdown the big boys and make life hard for them. It opens up the ice if you can free up some space out there, grind other teams down, get some shifts in their zone and play responsibly, thats basically the gist of it.
For the Red Wings, that line will be vital on an upcoming five-game road trip that could define whether they make the playoffs or not.
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After watching my team get destroyed by Les Ragitants and the Canes - this game was not so bad to take. But I thought Detroit fans - if interested - should take a look at Patrick Roy's post game interview and the subsequent discourse on the Isles post game show. Patrick was saying that the Isles played a very good game tonight and puck luck plus 2 or 3 missed coverages was the difference.
After the interview - Shannon Hogan was sort of rolling her eyes and Thomas Hickey was (functionally) blasting Roy, saying that the team DID NOT play good - just "OK" and voiced a tremendous amount of disappointment. He explained why he felt that way and cited poor defensive coverage and an inability to finish - much like Butch did during the broadcast. I was online with my Islanders fan friends and I am sort of in the middle - I do think the Isles played a 45 to 40 minute game better than Detriot ( i.e. more shots on goals , won more faceoffs, had a bunch of good looks that Palmieri, Nelson etc. just blew) but OH THOSE 15 mins! Beyond BRUTAL - But I did not come here to discuss that - I loved the Isles broadcast because the announcers were calling it like it is! Thomas, Shannon and Butch *hugely* increased their street cred with the fans by calling it like it is. A DISASTER. But I can't understand why Roy was basically pulling a Kevin Bacon in "Animal House" saying "ALL IS CALM" when it's not. Hickey felt that perhaps Roy felt that this veteran team tried real hard and while fans and media are distraught with the result - the players were too. And you could see it in the interviews. This team has reached the end with this core and these are good soldiers who went deep in the playoffs in this decade - but - some hard decisions for the offseason. In the next four games before Easter - there are three 'scheduled losses" one to Winnipeg on SAT and two on the road vs the two FLA teams. Isles have a chance on SUN at home vs NJD. Isles twitter is going bEzErK tonight! Fire Lou - etc :)
But congratulations on the win tonight. It's good to see DET and perhaps Phila get back in the playoffs should that wind up being the outcome. I think if DET wins the two vs WAS and the BUF game - and wins a few of the others - things looking good for that and it will be a successful season for Detroit if that happens. Things are looking up as time marches on for your team.
The Isles played a decent game and this is what decent will get you in an NHL playoff crunch. Keep in mind that the first Islanders got early never should have happened. That's about as soft as it gets. The Wings got a very nice boost from Larkin's return and the home crowd.
It's a little hard to analyze how a team plays when the score is 5-1. It's natural and probably, by design, to lay off a bit. Personally I hate pulling the goalie that early but Roy is going to be Roy.
Overall the Wings and Islanders are pretty even at this point. Neither is likely to win a Cup this season. Both need to play their best to win against good teams.
Well, I said yesterday that if you came back today we'd tell you how sorry we are that we handed the Isles a "whoopin'." So, sorry about that, Kas. I know it would have felt brutal for us if the Wings had lost 6-3. And they might have if Reimer hadn't been at the top of his game and the Isles hadn't missed so many wide open shots.
There's an old saying: "What a difference a day makes." Last night it was more along the lines of "What a difference a guy makes." With Larkin in the lineup, every Wings player, and especially Ras and Copp, upped their game. And you could see in Fischer's post-game comments how much they respect and value him. It was great to see that.
Thanks for your even-handed analysis. The Isles are a defensive team that doesn't score a lot of goals. That makes them a bubble team. Much like the Wings are a score a lot of goals but suspect defensively bubble team. Put them together and you got something.
I admit the Isles played a good game that was closer than the score makes it look. But Patrick, you guys got lit up. Just own it.
Typical Roy. No credit at all for what the Wings brought.
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