Bertuzzi Nets Two in Wings’ Victory

By AJ Petronzi
Photos by AJ Petronzi
In Play Magazine

Photo by AJ Petronzi / In Play! Magazine

The Detroit Red Wings came back after a bad first period to score two unanswered goals and extend the Columbus Blue Jackets loosing streak to 9 games in a 2-1 victory in Detroit.

Columbus’ Antoine Vermette scored the Blue Jacket’s lone goal in the first period. Then in the second, Todd Bertuzzi tied the game up on a powerplay breakaway fed from Pavel Datsyuk. In the third, Bertuzzi netted another goal to give the Wings the win.

Photo by AJ Petronzi / In Play! Magazine

Through 20 minutes the Wings looked like the team that got shutout twice by Chicago earlier in the week, but then they began to click and recorded 21 of their 27 shots in the last two periods.

Photo by AJ Petronzi / In Play! Magazine

Big for the Wings tonight was the return of Valtteri Filppula who hit the post on an empty net shot late in the game but looked ok throughout.

Darren Helm had the save of the game when he dove over Jimmy Howard late in the second and batted the puck out of mid air before it could go into the net.

In Play! Man of the Game: Todd Bertuzzi. Bertuzzi was rather quiet most of the game which is what led to him sneaking in for both of his goals.

ADDED BONUS! POST GAME AUDIO FROM THE DRESSING ROOM.

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