In Play Magazine
After being down a goal at the end of the first period, the Detroit Red Wings battled back and beat the New York Rangers with a pair of goals in the third.
The Rangers opened the score sheet with a goal by Brian Boyle at the end of the first. In the second Ryan Callahan failed to score on a penalty shot, but ten minutes later Pavel Datsyuk scored just a few seconds after a power play ended. Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, who assisted on Datsyuk’s goal, would combine again and feed Dan Cleary for the game winning goal with only two minutes left. Kris Draper would add an empty net goal to cap off the night.
The Wings played a strong game through the first 40 minutes, but faltered in the third and took a win they needed, but didn’t necessarily deserve. The Wings gave the Rangers at least four wide open net opportunities while on the penalty kill, but the Rangers missed all of them. Jimmy Howard did have a good night in net, but the Wings just didn’t play well through the first 15 minutes of the third. .
In Play! Man of the Game: Jimmy Howard. Howard faced 29 shots, of which he stopped 28. He also stopped a pair of breakaways and a penalty shot.
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