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After being shut out twice at home, the Detroit Red Wings will travel into St. Louis tonight for their third game of the season with the Blues. It’s their first meeting in the States.
St. Louis is looking to expand their current win streak to three and, after beating the Wings twice in Stockholm, are hopeful about tonight’s game. The Wings, however, are just hoping the puck will end up in the net tonight. The Wings were shut out by Florida on Wednesday and by Calgary on Friday.
Despite the two shutouts, Detroit has actually played well lately, but needs to take better shots. They spend way too much time passing the puck or trying for deflections. Most of the 40 shots on goal in the last two games have ended up hitting a goaltender that couldn’t even see the puck. The Wings aren’t shooting for the back of the net, but rather for the front of it. That strategy just doesn’t work.
A big question for the Wings is the officiating in Friday’s game. Dan Cleary had two goals called back, both of which the referee had no justification for taking the goal away. This has been a theme for Detroit this season, having lost four games now because of good goals taken away by referees.
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