In Play Magazine
After a rough start in the first period, the Detroit Red Wings battled back from a one goal deficit to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 in San Jose.
San Jose’s Patrick Marleau opened the goal column tonight with his NHL leading 29 goal of the season. Pavel Datsyuk scored the Wings’ first goal early in the second. Later in the period, Patrick Eaves tipped the puck into the net and two minutes later Dan Cleary scored another goal to put the Wings up by two. In the third period, the Sharks looked like they were about to score before Darren Helm forced a turnover and scored the backbreaking goal.
The Wings struggled early gaining the offensive zone, but after the first intermission they solved that problem and ran away with the game. Several Wings gave great performances tonight. As a team, the Wings gave forth the kind of effort that would be expected in the playoffs, which the Wings currently sit only one point out of a playoff picture. With tonight’s win, the Wings have won three of the four games played on this five game road trip and will finish the trip against the struggling Islanders on Tuesday.
In Play! Man of the Game: Darren Helm. Helm scored a goal and had several amazing plays that either led to great scoring chances or killed chances for San Jose. Helm has 5 goals in his last 5 games.
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