By AJ Petronzi
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The Detroit Red Wings dropped a hard fought game against the
Chicago Blackhawks in the Windy City tonigh, making it three straight losses
on the road putting the Wings below .500 on the road for the season.
Valtteri Filppula opened scoring tonight by netting the Wings' loan goal early on the power play. Chicago’s Jimmy Hayes tied things up
halfway through the second period before Marcus Kruger stuffed the puck into
the net early in the third for the game winner.
The Wings came out strong and dominated the Blackhawks
through the first 20 minutes; unfortunately they never came back out of the
dressing room after the first and instead spend the next 40 minutes chasing the
‘Hawks. Chicago saw three breakaways in the second period alone. Jimmy Howard
in his return from a broken finger came up huge for the Wings and kept them in
the game. Chicago did an excellent job clearing away pucks in front of the
net and limiting second chances. The Wings also looked lost without Pavel
Datsyuk. Many times players were standing still in the
offensive zone waiting for that magical pass that Datsyuk provides. Instead,
the Wings provided a number of free pucks for Chicago.
In Play! Man of the Game: Jimmy Howard. Without Howard’s
antics in net tonight, Chicago would have walked away with a 12-1 win. Howard
showed that a couple weeks off and a broken finger won’t slow him down.
