from Kevin Allen of Detroit Hockey Now,
As thankful as the Red Wings are for the point, disappointment was probably the majority sentiment because the Detroit group felt like it played well enough to win. The Senators beat Detroit on Tim Stutzle’s goal with two seconds left in overtime. Stutzle batted the puck into the net.
“Obviously when you’re down four goals and to get a point, you’ll take the point,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “It just feels like with how well we were playing 5-on-5, we could’ve got more out of the night.”
The ‘good’ for the Red Wings are four even-strength goals. Even with a struggling power play, the Red Wings have scored 19 goals in their last five games.
Chiarot, Petry Struggle
The ‘bad’ is the fact that they were 0-for-3 on the power play, meaning they are two-for-37 on the power play since Game 8. That ranks 31st in the NHL over that period. Meanwhile, they continue to take penalties in critical times of games. The Senators received six power play opportunities and scored one goal. The Red Wings took four third-period penalties, including a too-many-men-on-the-ice call at 14:36 and a puck-over-the-glass penalty by Ben Chiarot at 18:29
The Chiarot and Jeff Petry defensive pairing was on the ice for four of the goals and both players ended up at -3.
wait, chiarot and petry suck at defending? stop the presses!
having them on D together is coaching malpractice.
Petry is alot worse than I expected. Pairing him with Chiarot magnifies it.
Never been a big Petry fan but when he was signed the overwhelming thought was that he was a cheap vet that would be reliable and could play the PP. He's been reliably awful. He's slow, hasn't handled the puck well, is frequently out of position, and when paired with Chiarot just causes disasters. Give him more time to figure it out if you want, but i'm done with the experiment. He's not part of the future and he isn't playing worth a damn. Edvinsson is going to make mistakes whether he comes up this year or next. Throw him into the fire and let him learn. Petry has a clearly on the decline and would probably clear waivers at this point, let's figure out what Edvinsson can do.
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