Sunday, December 20, 2009

Red Wings Play Terrible, Killed by Blackhawks

By AJ Petronzi
In Play Magazine

The Detroit Red Wings played a terrible hockey game and got destroyed in a 0-3 shutout loss in Chicago on Sunday night.

Chicago opened the score column with a powerplay goal by Duncan Keith. In the end of the second period, the Blackhawks added to their lead with goals from Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien, both goals coming within the last four minutes of the period.

The Wings played horribly tonight. Cristobal Huet, who got the shutout, didn’t really do anything to earn the shutout. The Red Wings managed one good scoring chance the whole night and really didn’t have any prolonged possessions of the puck the entire night. The Wings also didn’t get the goaltending from Chris Osgood that they had wanted. Seeing as the Wings played in Dallas Saturday and had a long night of travel coming into today, they may stand a better chance on Wednesday in Detroit.

In Play! Man of the Game: Kris Draper. Draper, who’s struggled on face-offs this season, went 3 for 3 in the face-off circle and played a strong game in a night when the Wings, and for that matter the Blackhawks, all played a weak game.

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