The Detroit Red Wings came off an embarrassing night in New York to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in their first home game of 2010.
After 42 straight games without a goal, Wings’ captain Nicklas Lidstrom netted the opening goal in tonight’s contest. Early in the second, and even earlier in a powerplay, Drew Miller put the Wings up by two. Carolina’s Tom Kostopoulos netted the Cane’s only goal of the night, midway through the third. After a surge of the Canes late in the third, Henrik Zetterberg ended Carolina’s chance to tie the game by netting the Wing’s insurance goal.
The Wings played a good game tonight, something that they’ve not done in quite a while. Carolina, which is the worst team in the league by two points, needed this win tonight and Detroit made sure they didn’t stand a chance at doing that. Lidstrom netted a goal and broke his streak which was only a few shy of his longest drought in his career, the longest, at 48 games, came during his rookie campaign. Hopefully Lidstrom will be finding the back of the net more often.
In Play! Man of the Game: Drew Miller. Although Miller looked to have more grey hair today than he did Tuesday, he overcame that loss and netted a powerplay goal (the game winner) and also assisted on Lidstrom’s goal which was also on the powerplay.
ADDED BONUS.
Post game interviews with Miller, Lidstrom, Zetterberg and Babcock.
