Anthony Petronzi
In Play! Magazine
The Detroit Red Wings decided to take a couple days off and dress a little league team to take their place for tonight’s game. Unfortunately, that’s only what it looked like.
Buffalo, who had a season total of 4 goals going into the game tonight, scored 6 against Chris Osgood and Jimmy Howard to more than double their season totals.
Osgood, who was chased from net after giving up 5 goals, was not responsible for Detroit’s troubles. The only consistency that the Wings displayed during the game was a total breakdown defensively.
The Wings need to prove themselves on the road; if they can’t, the extended road trip that begins next week is going to be a difficult one.
Detroit’s road game has been three horrifying showings; that is going to have to change if the Wings want to be around come post-season.
