By AJ Petronzi
In Play Magazine
After being down a goal early, the Detroit Red Wings came back and took a huge 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames to pull ahead of Calgary by three points in the race for the eighth spot in the Western Conference.
Calgary was first on the board tonight with a goal from Craig Conroy. Pavel Datsyuk got the Wings on the board late in the second period on the powerplay. With just 1:19 left in the game, Tomas Holmstrom deflected the puck in for the game winner.
Calgary had all the momentum in this game until Jimmy Howard denied Curtis Glencross late in the second period on a penalty shot. Forty seconds later Datsyuk scored and Detroit ran away with this one. Datsyuk’s powerplay goal gives Detroit 10 straight games with a goal on the powerplay, an NHL best for the season. The penalty kill was also working for Detroit, their best outing being in the third when they held Calgary to only two shots on a four minute powerplay.
In Play! Man of the Game: Tomas Holmstrom. Holmstrom was the key to opening Miikka Kiprusoff tonight. He was parked in front of the net on Datsyuk’s goal and deflected the game winner in off a wide shot by Johan Franzen.
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