In Play Magazine
Despite coming from behind and forcing overtime, the Detroit Red Wings couldn’t get the job done and lost 4-3 in a shootout to the New Jersey Devils.
New Jersey jumped out to a two goal lead after Jamie Langenbrunner and Johnny Oduya netted goals in the first. Kris Draper scored the first goal of the second, but New Jersey took another two goal lead after Rob Niedermayer scored. With only 30 seconds left in the second, Tomas Holmstrom scored the only powerplay goal of the night. In the third Patrick Eves scored to force overtime.
The Wings struggled through the first 40 minutes of the game, but looked strong for most of the third period and overtime. They did not shine in the shootout, while Pavel Datsyuk did score a goal, the rest of the Wings showed little effort and didn’t stand a chance against Martin Brodeur. Todd Bertuzzi made a good move but missed the net.
The Wings are still struggling offensively and, by giving away the puck on the breakout, are giving up too many odd man rushes against. Tomorrow in New York, the Wings need to play a better all-around game if they are going to break this loosing streak. While New York did play tonight, they won in regulation and are a little better rested than Detroit.
In Play! Man of the Game: Patrick Eves. Eaves was the only player who finished the night with more than one point, but after going hard into the boards and missing most of the first to get stitches, Eves came back and scored the game tying goal.
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