Stanley Cup Playoffs, Western Semifinals, Detroit Red Wings vs San Jose Sharks

• wildcats20

  

  Wings have come out with a TON more energy to start the 2nd.
• Laley23

  

  5-3 for a minute, followed by a PP for a minute for SJ. This could be bad news for the Wings.
• Laley23

  

  SJ scores on the 5 on 3, but not on the PP. 4-2 now. 18 to go.
• Laley23

  

  GOAL! 4-3.
• Fab1b

  

  Come on tie this shit up
• Laley23

  

  Man, they survived that PP, and then didnt get much going on theirs. Too bad, they look dead tired at even strength so far tonight.
• wildcats20

  

  Not surprised with a loss after a pretty tough 7 game series ending only 2 days ago.
• Laley23

  

  Well that was a little disappointing, lol.
  
  Sharks take game one 4-3.
• Speedofsand

  

  I watched the whole game, enjoyed it !
• slingshot4ever

  Laley23 wrote:

  slingshot4ever wrote: Detroit really isn't that good. This game is no surprise to me.

  ok.
  
  3-1 now.
  
  Detroit was the best team in the NHL after the Olympics when their team was healthy.

  Then how did they barely get past Coyotes if they are soooo good?
• Laley23

  

  So im sure the Caps were a huge fluke for the entire regular season too? No way could anyone consider them a really good team.
• KnightXC1

  

  slingshot4ever wrote: Then how did they barely get past Coyotes if they are soooo good?

  Because the Coyotes were a good team. They didn't get 100 points this year by accident. Have the Vezina Trophy finalist and Jack Adams finalist running their team.
  
  Outside of that 1:19 stretch in the 1st period, the Wings were outplaying the Sharks the whole rest of the night. Would like to see a few more shots on goal but that will come. Refs were God awful in that game. How they missed the high stick on Franzen, who then falls and trips a guys from San Jose and call that is beyond me. You could almost read Franzen's lips with blood dripping down his face saying "How'd I get cut then?". And that call led directly to the winning goal.
  
  No worries after one game, same thing happened last game. Sharks won't be getting goals that fast again this series and Detroit needs to continue to play their game and they will be fine. Get the split out there then come home and take care of business.
  
  PS, as long as another channel is available, I will never watch another game on VS. Announcers were horrendous and the cameras couldn't follow the puck to save their lives. Couldn't count how many shots from the point were not shown because the camera didn't know what was going on.
• End of Line

  

  Franzen is a beast when it comes to the playoffs.
• gorocks99

  

  KnightXC1 wrote:

  slingshot4ever wrote: Then how did they barely get past Coyotes if they are soooo good?

  Because the Coyotes were a good team. They didn't get 100 points this year by accident. Have the Vezina Trophy finalist and Jack Adams finalist running their team.
  
  Outside of that 1:19 stretch in the 1st period, the Wings were outplaying the Sharks the whole rest of the night. Would like to see a few more shots on goal but that will come. Refs were God awful in that game. How they missed the high stick on Franzen, who then falls and trips a guys from San Jose and call that is beyond me. You could almost read Franzen's lips with blood dripping down his face saying "How'd I get cut then?". And that call led directly to the winning goal.
  
  No worries after one game, same thing happened last game. Sharks won't be getting goals that fast again this series and Detroit needs to continue to play their game and they will be fine. Get the split out there then come home and take care of business.
  
  PS, as long as another channel is available, I will never watch another game on VS. Announcers were horrendous and the cameras couldn't follow the puck to save their lives. Couldn't count how many shots from the point were not shown because the camera didn't know what was going on.

  Totally agree with this post. My g/f (a huge Wings fan) came home late last night and the first thing I said to her was "they're down 3-0, but they'll get them back."
  
  And re: VS - my goodness, that was awful. Did they have the JV squad in San Jose for this one?
• gabuckeye

  KnightXC1 wrote:

  slingshot4ever wrote: Then how did they barely get past Coyotes if they are soooo good?

  Because the Coyotes were a good team. They didn't get 100 points this year by accident. Have the Vezina Trophy finalist and Jack Adams finalist running their team.
  
  Outside of that 1:19 stretch in the 1st period, the Wings were outplaying the Sharks the whole rest of the night. Would like to see a few more shots on goal but that will come. Refs were God awful in that game. How they missed the high stick on Franzen, who then falls and trips a guys from San Jose and call that is beyond me. You could almost read Franzen's lips with blood dripping down his face saying "How'd I get cut then?". And that call led directly to the winning goal.
  
  No worries after one game, same thing happened last game. Sharks won't be getting goals that fast again this series and Detroit needs to continue to play their game and they will be fine. Get the split out there then come home and take care of business.
  
  PS, as long as another channel is available, I will never watch another game on VS. Announcers were horrendous and the cameras couldn't follow the puck to save their lives. Couldn't count how many shots from the point were not shown because the camera didn't know what was going on.

  I agree with all of this. The miss on Franzen was one thing but the dive at the end of the 2nd for the 5 on 3 was bad. Honestly, I didn't expect Detroit to win Game 1 regardless. Detroit needs to figure out how to break down SJ's strong PK though, because they didn't do anything against it.
  
  Oh, and I loved the advertisements of VS getting in the way of live action... it was a nice touch.
• Swamp Fox

  The Wings need this second game, but Detroit seems to be a team that likes to climb huge mountains rather than get themselves in a good position early. We'll just have to see what the Wings want to do this time. I think they are the better team but that doesn't mean much sometimes. I hope this isn't one of those times.
• KnightXC1

  

  gabuckeye wrote:
  I agree with all of this. The miss on Franzen was one thing but the dive at the end of the 2nd for the 5 on 3 was bad. Honestly, I didn't expect Detroit to win Game 1 regardless. Detroit needs to figure out how to break down SJ's strong PK though, because they didn't do anything against it.
  
  Oh, and I loved the advertisements of VS getting in the way of live action... it was a nice touch.

  Forgot about the ads running across the screen. Came up the one time and you couldn't see the player with the puck. Just awful
• KnightXC1

  

  Might as well bump this up to the top page for the game tonight. If the Wings continue to play the way they did in Game 1, they will be just fine. Sharks won't get another outburst like they had in the first game so just need to limit their chances and continue to pressure Nabokov. Hopefully VS doesn't suck as bad tonight as it did 2 nights ago.
• dave

  I'm thinking we'll see Osgood tonight.
• Laley23

  

  on VS, the camera man is clearly trying to keep the picture wide and not as tight on the rink. Kinda funny given that whoever was running the Game Cam last game kept losing it. Im guessing the producer is in the guys ear all night telling him to pull out and keep the shot wider.
  
  Datsuyk with a great goal. But SJ about to have another PP. Detroit up 1-0.
• Laley23

  

  dave wrote: I'm thinking we'll see Osgood tonight.

  Was this in reference to a start or because you think Howard is gonna get pulled?
• Laley23

  

  Knight, you are banned from saying a team wont have a burst again.... lol
• dave

  Laley23 wrote:

  dave wrote: I'm thinking we'll see Osgood tonight.

  Was this in reference to a start or because you think Howard is gonna get pulled?

  pulled, i knew howard was starting. not much he could do on those first 2 goals though.
• Laley23

  

  He has looked great so far. Made a couple saves on what I thought were for sure goals.
• BlueDevil11

  

  Goal Detroit
  Power Play goal
  Now tied at 2