Henrik Zetterberg Gives Red Wings Win With Last Second Goal

By AJ Petronzi
In Play Magazine

The Detroit Red Wings overcame a two goal lead by Vancouver to win a huge game 4-3 with only three tenths of a second left in overtime. Detroit is now in eighth place in the Western Conference and is two points ahead of ninth placed Calgary.

Kyle Wellwood and Shane O’Brian put Vancouver up to a two goal lead before the end of the first period. In the second, Todd Bertuzzi and Pavel Datsyuk tied the game with goals only five seconds apart, a franchise record for Detroit. Valtteri Filppula scored a shorthanded goal on a breakaway to put Detroit in the lead. Daniel Sedin tied the game in the third before Henrik Zetterberg ended the game just three tenths of a second short of a shootout.

Detroit scored a late goal last night and the same happened tonight showing that the team is driving for a spot in the playoffs. The Wings played strong through the opening period even through they gave up two goals and continued to beat away at Vancouver until they took the game in overtime. The Wings also were perfect on the penalty kill but also didn’t score on the powerplay.

In Play! Man of the Game: Valtteri Filppula. Filppula had a goal and two assists, including the setup for Zetterberg’s game winner. On top of all of that, today was Filppula’s 26th birthday.

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