In Play Magazine
After blowing a two goal lead, the Detroit Red Wings pulled out a 3-2 shootout win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
Todd Bertuzzi was the first player on the board tonight after scoring on a breakaway Robbie Earl scored an unusual goal after the puck bounced of the glass and into the net off of Earl. Patrick Eaves and Drew Miller put the Wings to a two goal lead until Minnesota tied the game back up with goals, just on minute apart, from Martin Havlat and Andrew Brunette. Going through an eight round shootout that saw two goals from each team until Miller scored the game winner on his first career shootout attempt.
The Wings played great through the opening of the game, but suffered a lackluster third period and almost lost the game after allowing the Wild free reign of the puck in overtime. Howard, after having the other night off, looked ok during the game and couldn’t really be blamed for any of the goals against. The Red Wings did have three breakaways in the first 10 minutes of play tonight.
In Play! Man of the Game: Drew Miller. Although Miller will soon be changing his blue sticks in for red ones, the blue stick worked for him tonight as he scored a deflection goal to put the Wings up by two and scored the game winner in the shootout.
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