Avalanche v. Red Wings - Scoring Chances #11

Tm	P	Time	Note	COL						Opponent
DET	1	14:32		10	23	26	41	52	54	5	13	35	40	55	96	5v5
COL	1	11:07		10	26	27	40	41	54	5	13	35	40	52	96	5v5
DET	1	10:15		8	22	25	27	37	41	11	22	33	35	44	52	5v5
DET	1	8:19		8	9	10	40	41	52	21	23	28	29	35	51	5v5
DET	1	5:19		22	27	37	39	41		5	13	28	35	40	96	4v5
DET	1	4:40		22	27	37	41	54		5	13	28	35	40	96	4v5
DET	1	4:24		5	10	37	39	41		11	21	29	35	51	55	4v5
DET	1	3:37		22	27	37	39	41		11	21	29	35	51	55	4v5
DET	1	2:48		5	23	41	52	54		5	13	28	35	40	96	4v5
COL	1	0:38		9	23	26	27	40	41	5	18	23	35	43		5v4
DET	2	19:31		9	23	26	27	40	41	11	23	35	51	52		5v4
COL	2	17:53		5	8	25	26	27	41	5	13	35	43	55		5v4
DET	2	16:59		22	23	26	27	41	54	11	28	33	35	44	52	5v5
DET	2	16:53	Goal	22	23	26	27	41	54	11	28	33	35	44	52	5v5
DET	2	12:08		10	37	39	41	52		11	29	35	44	51	55	4v5
DET	2	11:54		10	37	39	41	52		11	29	35	44	51	55	4v5
DET	2	11:46		10	37	39	41	52		11	29	35	44	51	55	4v5
DET	2	11:39		10	37	39	41	52		11	29	35	44	51	55	4v5
COL	2	10:52		22	23	26	27	41	54	13	23	35	40	52	96	5v5
COL	2	5:35	Goal	10	25	37	39	41	52	21	28	29	35	51	52	5v5
DET	2	4:00		5	25	37	39	41	44	11	23	28	33	35	44	5v5
DET	2	3:10		5	37	39	41	52		5	13	28	35	40	96	4v5
DET	2	1:49		10	23	37	41	52		5	13	28	35	40	96	4v5
DET	2	1:36		9	10	23	37	41	52	5	13	28	35	40	96	5v5
COL	2	0:39		5	8	26	41	44	54	21	23	29	35	51	52	5v5
COL	3	19:23		9	23	26	27	40	41	11	23	35	51	52		5v4
COL	3	19:14		9	23	26	27	40	41	11	23	35	51	52		5v4
COL	3	19:06		9	23	26	27	40	41	11	23	35	51	52		5v4
DET	3	16:56		7	22	27	39	40	41	13	22	28	35	40	96	5v5
DET	3	14:35		22	25	27	37	39	41	5	11	33	35	44	55	5v5
DET	3	11:06		9	10	23	41	52	54	22	29	35	44	51	52	5v5
COL	3	10:41	Goal	10	25	37	39	41	52	22	29	35	44	51	52	5v5
DET	3	7:25		22	23	26	27	41	54	13	23	28	35	40	96	5v5
DET	3	6:44		22	23	27	41	54		11	29	35	40	44	55	4v5
COL	3	1:00	Goal	22	23	26	27	37	41	5	13	21	28	51	96	5v5
DET	3	0:24		22	23	26	27	41	54	5	21	28	29	35	51	5v5
DET	3	0:22		22	23	26	27	41	54	5	21	28	29	44	51	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	B. CLARK	12:57	1	1	3:03	1	0	4:16	0	3
7	T. HENSICK	7:38	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
8	W. WOLSKI	13:40	1	2	3:21	1	0	1:06	0	0
9	M. DUCHENE	11:37	0	3	2:39	4	1	0:38	0	0
10	K. CUMISKEY	10:41	3	4	2:17	0	0	2:56	0	6
15	M. HENDRICKS	1:45	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
22	S. HANNAN	14:58	2	8	0:00	0	0	6:18	0	4
23	M. HEJDUK	13:17	2	8	3:06	4	1	2:52	0	3
25	C. STEWART	10:27	2	3	2:54	1	0	0:00	0	0
26	P. STASTNY	14:36	4	6	3:27	5	1	2:32	0	0
27	K. QUINCEY	15:50	3	8	3:43	5	1	7:45	0	4
28	D. KOCI	4:46	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
37	R. O'REILLY	8:28	3	4	2:33	0	0	9:09	0	10
39	T. GALIARDI	9:22	2	3	0:00	0	0	9:03	0	8
40	M. SVATOS	9:29	1	2	2:39	4	1	0:02	0	0
41	C. ANDERSON	39:44	6	13	6:00	5	1	14:13	0	12
44	R. WILSON	13:23	1	1	0:00	0	0	0:02	0	0
52	A. FOOTE	11:41	2	4	0:18	0	0	7:09	0	7
54	D. JONES	14:05	3	7	0:00	0	0	3:04	0	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	2	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
2	4	11	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	5	7	2	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11	26	6	13	5	1	0	0	0	12	0	0

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.