Monday, October 26, 2009

Avalanche v. Red Wings - Scoring Chances #11

TmPTimeNoteCOLOpponent
DET114:32
102326415254513354055965v5
COL111:07
102627404154513354052965v5
DET110:15
822252737411122333544525v5
DET18:19
89104041522123282935515v5
DET15:19
2227373941
513283540964v5
DET14:40
2227374154
513283540964v5
DET14:24
510373941
1121293551554v5
DET13:37
2227373941
1121293551554v5
DET12:48
523415254
513283540964v5
COL10:38
92326274041518233543
5v4
DET219:31
923262740411123355152
5v4
COL217:53
5825262741513354355
5v4
DET216:59
2223262741541128333544525v5
DET216:53Goal2223262741541128333544525v5
DET212:08
1037394152
1129354451554v5
DET211:54
1037394152
1129354451554v5
DET211:46
1037394152
1129354451554v5
DET211:39
1037394152
1129354451554v5
COL210:52
2223262741541323354052965v5
COL25:35Goal1025373941522128293551525v5
DET24:00
525373941441123283335445v5
DET23:10
537394152
513283540964v5
DET21:49
1023374152
513283540964v5
DET21:36
91023374152513283540965v5
COL20:39
58264144542123293551525v5
COL319:23
923262740411123355152
5v4
COL319:14
923262740411123355152
5v4
COL319:06
923262740411123355152
5v4
DET316:56
722273940411322283540965v5
DET314:35
222527373941511333544555v5
DET311:06
910234152542229354451525v5
COL310:41Goal1025373941522229354451525v5
DET37:25
2223262741541323283540965v5
DET36:44
2223274154
1129354044554v5
COL31:00Goal222326273741513212851965v5
DET30:24
222326274154521282935515v5
DET30:22
222326274154521282944515v5


#PlayerEVPPSH
5B. CLARK12:57113:03104:1603
7T. HENSICK7:38010:00000:0000
8W. WOLSKI13:40123:21101:0600
9M. DUCHENE11:37032:39410:3800
10K. CUMISKEY10:41342:17002:5606
15M. HENDRICKS1:45000:00000:0000
22S. HANNAN14:58280:00006:1804
23M. HEJDUK13:17283:06412:5203
25C. STEWART10:27232:54100:0000
26P. STASTNY14:36463:27512:3200
27K. QUINCEY15:50383:43517:4504
28D. KOCI4:46000:00000:0000
37R. O'REILLY8:28342:33009:09010
39T. GALIARDI9:22230:00009:0308
40M. SVATOS9:29122:39410:0200
41C. ANDERSON39:446136:005114:13012
44R. WILSON13:23110:00000:0200
52A. FOOTE11:41240:18007:0907
54D. JONES14:05370:00003:0403


PeriodTotalsEVPP5v3 PPSH5v3 SH
1281310000500
24113411000600
3572630000100
4000000000000
Totals1126613510001200


Well what can you say here other than sometimes the best team just doesn't win. The Avalanche created six even strength chances, eleven overall, and they won the game. For the second time against Detroit the winning goal saw the Detroit netminder lose his net and misplay the angle on a shot that probably should have been stopped. The Bertuzzi goal that was called off in the second period was a terrible call as well (but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy). The refs seemed to realize the injustice that was a Detroit loss in this one and found a way to call Scott Hannan for a penalty after a hilariously obvious dive from Tomas Holmstrom. I'll say it again: the first referee that regularly calls diving penalties is my new favourite. At any rate, after looking tremendous on the PP in the first period, the Wings did nothing at all with that power play or the one that followed when Paul Stastny was called for tripping. It was during this penalty kill that my favourite sequence of the game occurred along the boards. David Jones trapped the puck along the wall and ended up killing what seemed like half a minute there with some help from Foote and Clark. That kind of hard work and willingness to take abuse to preserve a victory are always fantastic to see.

As for the Wings longer term, from what I've seen they should be fine. The start to the season has probably been good for them. They have the same weakness as last year (goaltending) but, unlike last year, they haven't been able to outscore their problem. Maybe this will finally convince them to go out and get someone who has a decent track record over the last couple of regular seasons. They knew there was a need and didn't address it. Why didn't they re-sign Ty Conklin or pick up, oh I don't know, Craig Anderson? When the market left Marty Biron available on the cheap, why didn't they take advantage? It was a terrible blunder in the summer but there's still plenty of time for the Wings to recover. I expect they will.


All of the top players on the Avalanche got bombed at EV. Hejduk, Stastny, Jones, Hannan and Quincey all finished -2 or worse (some of them much worse). The Wings controlled almost the entire game against the Avs big guns and despite their record the two head-to-head matches with the Wings and the game with the Hawks have shown that the Avs are going to need some reinforcements in order to win regularly against the best teams in the Western Conference. But at the beginning of the year, who thought that would be a concern? The fact that it's something worth considering is a victory in and of itself after the year the Avs had last season.

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