In Play Magazine
The Detroit Red Wings started off on the wrong foot tonight in Vancouver. Chris Osgood allowed two bad goals on 4 weak shots and was pulled. Jimmy Howard was left to pick up the pieces. Howard made several great saves and held Vancouver off long enough for Tomas Holmstrom to score a goal off a tap pass from Henrik Zetterberg late in the first period.
The second period started with a freak accident involving Vancouver forward Ryan Johnson, who tripped over himself skating around Nicklas Lidstrom and went head first into the boards. Johnson was attended to on the ice before leaving on a stretcher. Other than a fight between Brad May and Tanner Glass, the second period held a somber tone.
However, early in the third period the offense exploded with goals from Niklas Kronwall, Mathieu Schneider, and two from Pavel Datsyuk, all in the first 10 minutes of the period. On a 5 on 3 powerplay, Henrik Sedin tied the game at 4 a piece, but with 5 minutes left Jason Williams scored on the powerplay to give the Red Wings their first road victory of the season.
The Wings kept lots of pressure on Roberto Luongo who has struggled this season when facing large numbers of shots.
Good news came when it was announced that Ryan Johnson was not as badly injured as he had appeared to be after colliding with the boards.
In Play! Man of the Game: Pavel Datsyuk. Datsyuk had two goals on 4 shots and an assist. He also finished with a plus-3 on the night.
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