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70 minutes to drop of the puck...
Into Calgary at the Saddledome.
3 minutes to 10 PM EDT
Todd Bertuzzi is IN - Hudler is OUT
Regehr is OUT for Calgary
This is going to be SO hard... I hope its not 9 days long
Puck Drop, Bitches!
Detroit wins the opening face off. Detroit takes it into the zone . Stewart lays out Homer. I guess they want to take out Nicky. long shot in for a line change. Stewart clears it out and then Detroit takes it back in, misplayed and taken back out. into Detroit end. fight in the corner. puck in the crease. back to the corner. taken out to center, line change. back into Detroit end. playing the puck well is Calgary. penalty to Detroit early on Schneider. at 17:59. Holding.
Detroit gets the puck and cleared out by Zetterberg. crowd chanting HASEK. offsides Calgary. faceoff outside the zone, taken again by Detroit and cleared to Calgary end. Calgary sets up and sends the puck in, played by Hasek and draper clears it down. one done in the pp. Calgary misplayed to Detroit and cleared into zone again. brought to center by the flames and shot in by Iginla. able to set up a bit, flames get a shot off. tipped in front, Hasek gets a piece of it. to corner. shot on Hasek, save. pp over and Iginla instigating with Cleary. Iginla points at Markov... looking for a fight. linesman break it up.
OOOH, Hamrlik gets a roughing, Detroit on a powerplay. Belltire Power Play! Detroit wins face off. Zetterberg takes it in and it’s cleared by the flames... Back in with the puck is Zetterberg, cleared by flames. And again... Zetterberg in - cleared. Shot in and the rebound is cleared again. Bertuzzi brings it back in, fought off by Phaneuf and cleared out again. Samuelsson shoots and it’s wide. Calgary penalty over, 13:51 left
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Face off in C end. won by Detroit... Markov & Cleary keep it in, but taken out by C. high stick down, whistle. Face off Detroit, Cleary puck to the face and is cut. Bleeding and Calgary gets 4 minutes. Primeau in the box for high sticking. C wins the FO and taken all the way down to Hasek. Wings get a couple of shots before it’s cleared down. Zetterberg brings it down, offsides.
Bertuzzi gets booed and is called on offsides. Crowd is Sad... Sad and Quiet. Calgary wins again, but picked up by D. shot deflected. shot set up, and puck shot over net. cleared out. Lidstrom brings it in. wings set up. passes and flames clear it. 1.30 left for the PP. breakaway for C and shot sent thru the crease. taken back in by Bertuzzi and it’s cleared again. C shoots the puck out and the refs call it deflected. 44 secs on pp. cleared to center by C again, but D takes it in offsides. C wins FO. 20 sec left. Conroy on a breakaway is... Lidstrom catches up and he gets no shot off. D is 0/3 on pp tonight. Markov keeps it in but it’s pushed to center. Detroit chases, Calgary playing well. Lang to Lebda shoots into kipper. Goalless with 8:31 in the 1st
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Calgary wins face off. taken to D end and shot up into D bench. Face off win D. taken up, onsides and kipper picks it up for a whistle. Bertuzzi with the puck. taken out by C, shot blocked by Lilja. Icing on D, but the puck went thru the crease. Shitty call. FO win by D. shot deflected. and taken just outside line. Hooking call to Detroit. SHITTY call. PP for C. Shot misses net and is cleared down by D. Brought up shot. missed. passed around... Iginla, shot. hit outside post. cleared out. line changed Datsyuk playing well in C end. Datsyuk to Marko missed net. taken to D end and D blocks shots. cleared. PP over. Taken back in by C. Cleared by D. Set up by C. taken down. Yell with Puck to Friesen. Neilson to Friesen Schneider to center. Conroy takes it in. Hasek plays it. Bertuzzi takes from Amonte fired it hit on Bertuzzi breaks his stick. flames zone with Homer and Datsyuk. Holmstrom missed net. Lidstrom shot wide. Homer to Zetterberg. kept in by D. Zetterberg shot hit Warrener in the head. . Can't get up. In the mouth it looks like...
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D wins FO. 2.5 left. Lilja great play. not cleared Lombardi shot missed. c shot missed again. maltby to center C shot into Hasek's chest. held. Couple of good hits going on by both teams. Stewart shot missed. to center. over Homer's stick back into d end. cleared out and d changes as taken back into d end. Hasek plays it aside. in center against board. whistle. shots are 6/4 Calgary. goalless with 50 in the first left. Hasek makes awesome save. Tanguay stolen Hamrlik shoots saved and cleared. offsides. D wins FO. taken into C end. 10 left... Calgary has it behind the net. and buzzer sounds
Interview Bertuzzi.
how do you feel? feel okay? a while to get everything under belt. good period. fans into it.
visor? a bit of adjustment.
different line? not a problem.
change play? more shots
happy about first? on road, happy with no goals.
I HOPE TO NOT BE LATE FOR THE SECOND. HAVE TO LEAVE FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES. I'LL HURRY
Second Period
SCOOORE! DRAPER!!! Yeah, I just got home. Stupid effer didn't meet me on time.
Off the leg in front of the goal, overtop of Hasek. Schneider takes it up and inside and changes, but refs call icing. Lilja swearing goes to the bench. Off the face off, loose in front, cleared away by D. Bertuzzi shoots in and save Kipper. (Kippers eyes are too far apart) Fought hard for behind hipper, C has it. puck to center and picked up by Markov. Up to Calder from Lidstrom, C has it again. Conroy behind the net shoot blocked. Lang hits Stewart and it’s taken back to D end. Flames zone by Zetterberg. and it’s saved by kipper.
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Cleary with the puck up to Chelios back to Cleary. Draper gets picked and Lebda shoots - save. Maltby to line to Lebda - save kipper. out to center. Amonte up to 2 on 1 - Primeau missed the net. taken out and offsides. Dammit. 2 on 1 for Calgary due to a bad line change, but all is good. No shot on goal even. Detroit chips it in. and back out by Iginla. shot missed and taken back out . Markov to Calgary and taken back to C. Iginla to Langkow shot missed Franzen hits Iginla. Taken into C end and missed. Schneider heads up ice and sends it deep. Yelle takes it in the zone and its taken away and to center to Filppula. Back into the RW end. Schneider changes. Lebda to lang. tried to Lebda but comes back. waits looks. shoots misses. to center for Lebda and pushed back in while RW changes. Cleary stops the puck and it’s taken down into D end. Passed backwards but missed - out and back in. offsides on C.
2 left
lose in front, Maltby missed the shot. Conroy shot hits net. Tanguay puts it offsides. Iginla - shot to Hasek pushed aside. Markov to Lidstrom to Datsyuk to Zetterberg. shot picked up by Kipper. Face off controlled by C. cleared back down picked up by Lebda. Filppula moves the puck from in front of Hasek from Yelle. shot up by Chelios SHATTERS the glass. Second period closes with 10 seconds left with that shattered glass. Shots 20/17 with Calgary ahead.
I'm sorry I missed the first 12 of the second. I was to meet someone who was giving me a RW sweater - sort of. It’s black and it’s from 2002, but who am I to deny? He was 30 minutes late. I KNEW I shouldn't have gone. I missed Markov's penalty & Calgary's ensuing goal. I picked it up just 2 minutes later. 3rd is yet to come.
can I just say? This game is REALLY SLOOOOW compared to the first 2 games. It feels like a November game against Florida. It means nothing. The crowd that is supposed to be SOooOOoooO great is pretty much silent during play with the exception of a few boos on Bertuzzi and the HASEK chant from the first. I'm sure it was loud after the goal, but that's to be expected. Nothing is going on. It’s kinda boring.
Finishing up the last 10 seconds in the second. Calgary wins FO taken to D end and its over. Tied at 1 after 2...
goalies change ends. Goalies set the crease like they like it and the face off at center to start the 3. Cleary Draper Maltby. Draper wins that FO. The shot up was blocked and then sent up. CLEARY SMACKS Phaneuf. SCOOOORE !! DRAPER! Holy hit by Cleary who then gives Draper the puck and he scores.
Detroit on the motor again. lose puck Datsyuk taken away by Calgary. Markov slides in the way of the puck, swiped aside by Hasek. linesman in the way, Calgary gets the puck again. nope, Detroit. taken away in the neutral zone and back to set up. Bertuzzi out of reach and taken back. Schneider to Bert who falls. Franzen intercepts but taken by C. into D end. Penalty - interference on Schneider.
Dom loses the puck in the crease. The ref blows the whistle. Puck at the top of the crease and the light comes on. horn blows. NO GOAL DUMMY
PP continues stays in D end. hard time for D to get the puck. Hasek thinks about playing it... Calgary keeps it in. Mistake by Detroit. Shot Calgary. Score. FUCK. Zetterberg’s fault. Lidstrom attempts a pass to Zetterberg, who missed the puck. and picked up by C who shoots it hard.
Lose puck Calder. Samuelsson. Schneider s hoots and misses. Puck missing in front of net, cleared out by Calgary into their own bench.
Game tied at 2.
Lidstrom shot misses. Markov to Filppula. Alarms at the Saddledome. Penalty on Detroit. Interference on Markov. ALARMS. shut the effers off. Bullshit penalty. Dammit. Bad. Fire Alarms are going off. Keep playing; there are fire alarms at the home of the Flames.
Bells are bugging me. Shot Huselius. Save Hasek. Bells are done and crowd likes it. Shot wide Hasek saves. Cleared by Lidstrom. Offsides but cleared out by D. Zetterberg off the bench. alone in the zone. taken back into D - no shots before it’s cleared again. Shot up to Schneider shot back down on net. stopped. penalty over. Markov shoots high. Chelios to Calder. Calder down Langkow holds puck to boards with skates. Lebda gets it from D zone and sends it up. back down to D end and Lebda takes it. Lilja hit mid ice. Holding by C not called. Score - Iginla. 3-2 Calgary with 10 and a half left.
Markov fires it, stopped. Draper to maltby to Schneider. knocked down and called offsides by Calgary.
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Face off - Detroit. ish. Sent down to Hasek and back up by Datsyuk. No penalty as Homer is tripped up. Hasek p[lays it behind the net, but not well Markov to Holmstrom to Zetterberg. cleared by Iginla to center Hamrlik intercepted by Calder off Calder stayed in Calder hit by Conroy Samuelsson. shoots Save Kipper. Calder goaltender interference FUUUUUUUUUCK. Jesus Christ. Hasek was right when he said that the refs wouldn't like Detroit in Calgary. But I thought that the refs were supposed to be partial. Detroit better be telling their players something good during the
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Kipper faked it. Loser. Face off with 8:53 left in the game. 50/50 and flames have it. Iginla in cleared to center. played up chipped in deep Lidstrom on it Chelios recovers Langkow to Franzen up with Cleary deep. Markov fires saved. up again Hasek saved. taken by Schneider. 25 left in penalty. Datsyuk to Chelios 5 to go in PP. center in D and taken out by Datsyuk penalty up to Calgary. Interference. Bastards. Gay Gay Bastards. Bertuzzi gonna play PP. First one for D since 6:33 of the first. CRAP. Bertuzzi to Lang to Schneider deflected. Bertuzzi to Calder and cleared by Warrener. Hasek stops it to Samuelsson to corner to Bertuzzi and Yelle clears it as he’s hit. Homer shoots off the leg and nelson clears it. Schneider to kipper who leaves it. sends it around to Schneider to Lidstrom to Homer free and flames will bring it out. Damn shot missed the net and Hasek. d gets it deep. kipper saves Filppula to Lidstrom shots whiffed - Calgary by one...
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DAMMIT down by one. Still time left to tie it, but a tie in OT isn't going to get us a point this time. Calgary playing better, but its expected. IF IF IF we lose, we'll still be OK. There is time left. 4:30 left. Win the dra. Lebda shot kipper stopped but didn't know where. Calgary takes it up and offsides on C. Shot around by C. behind Hasek. Iginla misses, takes it in the zone Huselius with the puck. Iginla loses it and it comes to Hasek who covers it. Shots 28/27 Detroit. Face off Detroit. and a whistle again. Schneider. pass missed, back into D zone. Lang in corner with Bertuzzi draper gets puck, Lombardi on him Lang gets it. Lang in front, no time to shoot. cleared out. 2:30 left. down by 1. Datsyuk to Homer offsides. Dammit. Kipper to Warrener Langkow misses puck. Homer shoots, misses by a lot
back in d end. Datsyuk to Lidstrom. up to Markov to Homer in front, Nilson has it. 1 20 left. Schneider. to Lebda to Cleary missed the net. Hasek to Lebda to Bertuzzi on C zone. one minute. Stewart Hasek in net. Hasek o bench red wings with 6 Samuelsson with it, Lidstrom in 35
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Datsyuk to Zetterberg cleared not out. on kipper save. Faceoff with 21.6 left. Score 3-2 Calgary. Detroit about to go 2-1 unless they can pull it out of their ass. Time out, Detroit. We can do it. More time on clock 22.5 left.
Draper on FO. flames in it. don’t clear. puck loose and whistle with 15.5(my heart beats thru my chest) Lang on FO. in corner. Calgary clears and its over. Calgary wins 3-2.
How I feel? The Refs kinda sucked. time after time. they called offsides and those interference calls. Damn. we should get the same refs all series. that’s shit.
The refs were kinda junky. Draper had a good game. But it didn't matter in the end. The game started SO slow. Detroit is tired - they spent all day here yesterday but I’m sure it still felt late. Calgary played a lot better. we NEEEED to win the next one. NEED to. We can't let them back in this series. FYI - Forgive the MANY MANY typos.
ELSEWHERE.
I apparently chose to disregard last night’s games, so here you go.
Monday:
Tampa Bay beat New Jersey 3 -2 to go up 2 -1
Buffalo beat the Islanders 3-2 and go up 2-1 on the series
San Jose beat Nashville who was without Rattle-off 3-1 and go up 2-1.
TONIGHT:
the Rangers DESTROYED Atlanta 7-0 with a hat trick by Nylander and NY is up 3-0 on the series.
Ottawa defeated Pittsburg 2-1 and lead that series 3-1 Staal got the only tally for the Pens
Vancouver takes a 3-1 on Dallas after winning 2-1... in regulation
Minnesota had no choice and beat Anaheim 4-1 to stay alive and avoid being swept but are still down 3 -1
Thank you and good night.
Wings outshoot Flames 30-28
70 minutes to drop of the puck...
Into Calgary at the Saddledome.
3 minutes to 10 PM EDT
Todd Bertuzzi is IN - Hudler is OUT
Regehr is OUT for Calgary
This is going to be SO hard... I hope its not 9 days long
Puck Drop, Bitches!
Detroit wins the opening face off. Detroit takes it into the zone . Stewart lays out Homer. I guess they want to take out Nicky. long shot in for a line change. Stewart clears it out and then Detroit takes it back in, misplayed and taken back out. into Detroit end. fight in the corner. puck in the crease. back to the corner. taken out to center, line change. back into Detroit end. playing the puck well is Calgary. penalty to Detroit early on Schneider. at 17:59. Holding.
Detroit gets the puck and cleared out by Zetterberg. crowd chanting HASEK. offsides Calgary. faceoff outside the zone, taken again by Detroit and cleared to Calgary end. Calgary sets up and sends the puck in, played by Hasek and draper clears it down. one done in the pp. Calgary misplayed to Detroit and cleared into zone again. brought to center by the flames and shot in by Iginla. able to set up a bit, flames get a shot off. tipped in front, Hasek gets a piece of it. to corner. shot on Hasek, save. pp over and Iginla instigating with Cleary. Iginla points at Markov... looking for a fight. linesman break it up.
OOOH, Hamrlik gets a roughing, Detroit on a powerplay. Belltire Power Play! Detroit wins face off. Zetterberg takes it in and it’s cleared by the flames... Back in with the puck is Zetterberg, cleared by flames. And again... Zetterberg in - cleared. Shot in and the rebound is cleared again. Bertuzzi brings it back in, fought off by Phaneuf and cleared out again. Samuelsson shoots and it’s wide. Calgary penalty over, 13:51 left
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Face off in C end. won by Detroit... Markov & Cleary keep it in, but taken out by C. high stick down, whistle. Face off Detroit, Cleary puck to the face and is cut. Bleeding and Calgary gets 4 minutes. Primeau in the box for high sticking. C wins the FO and taken all the way down to Hasek. Wings get a couple of shots before it’s cleared down. Zetterberg brings it down, offsides.
Bertuzzi gets booed and is called on offsides. Crowd is Sad... Sad and Quiet. Calgary wins again, but picked up by D. shot deflected. shot set up, and puck shot over net. cleared out. Lidstrom brings it in. wings set up. passes and flames clear it. 1.30 left for the PP. breakaway for C and shot sent thru the crease. taken back in by Bertuzzi and it’s cleared again. C shoots the puck out and the refs call it deflected. 44 secs on pp. cleared to center by C again, but D takes it in offsides. C wins FO. 20 sec left. Conroy on a breakaway is... Lidstrom catches up and he gets no shot off. D is 0/3 on pp tonight. Markov keeps it in but it’s pushed to center. Detroit chases, Calgary playing well. Lang to Lebda shoots into kipper. Goalless with 8:31 in the 1st
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Calgary wins face off. taken to D end and shot up into D bench. Face off win D. taken up, onsides and kipper picks it up for a whistle. Bertuzzi with the puck. taken out by C, shot blocked by Lilja. Icing on D, but the puck went thru the crease. Shitty call. FO win by D. shot deflected. and taken just outside line. Hooking call to Detroit. SHITTY call. PP for C. Shot misses net and is cleared down by D. Brought up shot. missed. passed around... Iginla, shot. hit outside post. cleared out. line changed Datsyuk playing well in C end. Datsyuk to Marko missed net. taken to D end and D blocks shots. cleared. PP over. Taken back in by C. Cleared by D. Set up by C. taken down. Yell with Puck to Friesen. Neilson to Friesen Schneider to center. Conroy takes it in. Hasek plays it. Bertuzzi takes from Amonte fired it hit on Bertuzzi breaks his stick. flames zone with Homer and Datsyuk. Holmstrom missed net. Lidstrom shot wide. Homer to Zetterberg. kept in by D. Zetterberg shot hit Warrener in the head. . Can't get up. In the mouth it looks like...
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D wins FO. 2.5 left. Lilja great play. not cleared Lombardi shot missed. c shot missed again. maltby to center C shot into Hasek's chest. held. Couple of good hits going on by both teams. Stewart shot missed. to center. over Homer's stick back into d end. cleared out and d changes as taken back into d end. Hasek plays it aside. in center against board. whistle. shots are 6/4 Calgary. goalless with 50 in the first left. Hasek makes awesome save. Tanguay stolen Hamrlik shoots saved and cleared. offsides. D wins FO. taken into C end. 10 left... Calgary has it behind the net. and buzzer sounds
Interview Bertuzzi.
how do you feel? feel okay? a while to get everything under belt. good period. fans into it.
visor? a bit of adjustment.
different line? not a problem.
change play? more shots
happy about first? on road, happy with no goals.
I HOPE TO NOT BE LATE FOR THE SECOND. HAVE TO LEAVE FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES. I'LL HURRY
Second Period
SCOOORE! DRAPER!!! Yeah, I just got home. Stupid effer didn't meet me on time.
Off the leg in front of the goal, overtop of Hasek. Schneider takes it up and inside and changes, but refs call icing. Lilja swearing goes to the bench. Off the face off, loose in front, cleared away by D. Bertuzzi shoots in and save Kipper. (Kippers eyes are too far apart) Fought hard for behind hipper, C has it. puck to center and picked up by Markov. Up to Calder from Lidstrom, C has it again. Conroy behind the net shoot blocked. Lang hits Stewart and it’s taken back to D end. Flames zone by Zetterberg. and it’s saved by kipper.
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Cleary with the puck up to Chelios back to Cleary. Draper gets picked and Lebda shoots - save. Maltby to line to Lebda - save kipper. out to center. Amonte up to 2 on 1 - Primeau missed the net. taken out and offsides. Dammit. 2 on 1 for Calgary due to a bad line change, but all is good. No shot on goal even. Detroit chips it in. and back out by Iginla. shot missed and taken back out . Markov to Calgary and taken back to C. Iginla to Langkow shot missed Franzen hits Iginla. Taken into C end and missed. Schneider heads up ice and sends it deep. Yelle takes it in the zone and its taken away and to center to Filppula. Back into the RW end. Schneider changes. Lebda to lang. tried to Lebda but comes back. waits looks. shoots misses. to center for Lebda and pushed back in while RW changes. Cleary stops the puck and it’s taken down into D end. Passed backwards but missed - out and back in. offsides on C.
2 left
lose in front, Maltby missed the shot. Conroy shot hits net. Tanguay puts it offsides. Iginla - shot to Hasek pushed aside. Markov to Lidstrom to Datsyuk to Zetterberg. shot picked up by Kipper. Face off controlled by C. cleared back down picked up by Lebda. Filppula moves the puck from in front of Hasek from Yelle. shot up by Chelios SHATTERS the glass. Second period closes with 10 seconds left with that shattered glass. Shots 20/17 with Calgary ahead.
I'm sorry I missed the first 12 of the second. I was to meet someone who was giving me a RW sweater - sort of. It’s black and it’s from 2002, but who am I to deny? He was 30 minutes late. I KNEW I shouldn't have gone. I missed Markov's penalty & Calgary's ensuing goal. I picked it up just 2 minutes later. 3rd is yet to come.
can I just say? This game is REALLY SLOOOOW compared to the first 2 games. It feels like a November game against Florida. It means nothing. The crowd that is supposed to be SOooOOoooO great is pretty much silent during play with the exception of a few boos on Bertuzzi and the HASEK chant from the first. I'm sure it was loud after the goal, but that's to be expected. Nothing is going on. It’s kinda boring.
Finishing up the last 10 seconds in the second. Calgary wins FO taken to D end and its over. Tied at 1 after 2...
goalies change ends. Goalies set the crease like they like it and the face off at center to start the 3. Cleary Draper Maltby. Draper wins that FO. The shot up was blocked and then sent up. CLEARY SMACKS Phaneuf. SCOOOORE !! DRAPER! Holy hit by Cleary who then gives Draper the puck and he scores.
Detroit on the motor again. lose puck Datsyuk taken away by Calgary. Markov slides in the way of the puck, swiped aside by Hasek. linesman in the way, Calgary gets the puck again. nope, Detroit. taken away in the neutral zone and back to set up. Bertuzzi out of reach and taken back. Schneider to Bert who falls. Franzen intercepts but taken by C. into D end. Penalty - interference on Schneider.
Dom loses the puck in the crease. The ref blows the whistle. Puck at the top of the crease and the light comes on. horn blows. NO GOAL DUMMY
PP continues stays in D end. hard time for D to get the puck. Hasek thinks about playing it... Calgary keeps it in. Mistake by Detroit. Shot Calgary. Score. FUCK. Zetterberg’s fault. Lidstrom attempts a pass to Zetterberg, who missed the puck. and picked up by C who shoots it hard.
Lose puck Calder. Samuelsson. Schneider s hoots and misses. Puck missing in front of net, cleared out by Calgary into their own bench.
Game tied at 2.
Lidstrom shot misses. Markov to Filppula. Alarms at the Saddledome. Penalty on Detroit. Interference on Markov. ALARMS. shut the effers off. Bullshit penalty. Dammit. Bad. Fire Alarms are going off. Keep playing; there are fire alarms at the home of the Flames.
Bells are bugging me. Shot Huselius. Save Hasek. Bells are done and crowd likes it. Shot wide Hasek saves. Cleared by Lidstrom. Offsides but cleared out by D. Zetterberg off the bench. alone in the zone. taken back into D - no shots before it’s cleared again. Shot up to Schneider shot back down on net. stopped. penalty over. Markov shoots high. Chelios to Calder. Calder down Langkow holds puck to boards with skates. Lebda gets it from D zone and sends it up. back down to D end and Lebda takes it. Lilja hit mid ice. Holding by C not called. Score - Iginla. 3-2 Calgary with 10 and a half left.
Markov fires it, stopped. Draper to maltby to Schneider. knocked down and called offsides by Calgary.
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Face off - Detroit. ish. Sent down to Hasek and back up by Datsyuk. No penalty as Homer is tripped up. Hasek p[lays it behind the net, but not well Markov to Holmstrom to Zetterberg. cleared by Iginla to center Hamrlik intercepted by Calder off Calder stayed in Calder hit by Conroy Samuelsson. shoots Save Kipper. Calder goaltender interference FUUUUUUUUUCK. Jesus Christ. Hasek was right when he said that the refs wouldn't like Detroit in Calgary. But I thought that the refs were supposed to be partial. Detroit better be telling their players something good during the
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Kipper faked it. Loser. Face off with 8:53 left in the game. 50/50 and flames have it. Iginla in cleared to center. played up chipped in deep Lidstrom on it Chelios recovers Langkow to Franzen up with Cleary deep. Markov fires saved. up again Hasek saved. taken by Schneider. 25 left in penalty. Datsyuk to Chelios 5 to go in PP. center in D and taken out by Datsyuk penalty up to Calgary. Interference. Bastards. Gay Gay Bastards. Bertuzzi gonna play PP. First one for D since 6:33 of the first. CRAP. Bertuzzi to Lang to Schneider deflected. Bertuzzi to Calder and cleared by Warrener. Hasek stops it to Samuelsson to corner to Bertuzzi and Yelle clears it as he’s hit. Homer shoots off the leg and nelson clears it. Schneider to kipper who leaves it. sends it around to Schneider to Lidstrom to Homer free and flames will bring it out. Damn shot missed the net and Hasek. d gets it deep. kipper saves Filppula to Lidstrom shots whiffed - Calgary by one...
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DAMMIT down by one. Still time left to tie it, but a tie in OT isn't going to get us a point this time. Calgary playing better, but its expected. IF IF IF we lose, we'll still be OK. There is time left. 4:30 left. Win the dra. Lebda shot kipper stopped but didn't know where. Calgary takes it up and offsides on C. Shot around by C. behind Hasek. Iginla misses, takes it in the zone Huselius with the puck. Iginla loses it and it comes to Hasek who covers it. Shots 28/27 Detroit. Face off Detroit. and a whistle again. Schneider. pass missed, back into D zone. Lang in corner with Bertuzzi draper gets puck, Lombardi on him Lang gets it. Lang in front, no time to shoot. cleared out. 2:30 left. down by 1. Datsyuk to Homer offsides. Dammit. Kipper to Warrener Langkow misses puck. Homer shoots, misses by a lot
back in d end. Datsyuk to Lidstrom. up to Markov to Homer in front, Nilson has it. 1 20 left. Schneider. to Lebda to Cleary missed the net. Hasek to Lebda to Bertuzzi on C zone. one minute. Stewart Hasek in net. Hasek o bench red wings with 6 Samuelsson with it, Lidstrom in 35
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Datsyuk to Zetterberg cleared not out. on kipper save. Faceoff with 21.6 left. Score 3-2 Calgary. Detroit about to go 2-1 unless they can pull it out of their ass. Time out, Detroit. We can do it. More time on clock 22.5 left.
Draper on FO. flames in it. don’t clear. puck loose and whistle with 15.5(my heart beats thru my chest) Lang on FO. in corner. Calgary clears and its over. Calgary wins 3-2.
How I feel? The Refs kinda sucked. time after time. they called offsides and those interference calls. Damn. we should get the same refs all series. that’s shit.
The refs were kinda junky. Draper had a good game. But it didn't matter in the end. The game started SO slow. Detroit is tired - they spent all day here yesterday but I’m sure it still felt late. Calgary played a lot better. we NEEEED to win the next one. NEED to. We can't let them back in this series. FYI - Forgive the MANY MANY typos.
ELSEWHERE.
I apparently chose to disregard last night’s games, so here you go.
Monday:
Tampa Bay beat New Jersey 3 -2 to go up 2 -1
Buffalo beat the Islanders 3-2 and go up 2-1 on the series
San Jose beat Nashville who was without Rattle-off 3-1 and go up 2-1.
TONIGHT:
the Rangers DESTROYED Atlanta 7-0 with a hat trick by Nylander and NY is up 3-0 on the series.
Ottawa defeated Pittsburg 2-1 and lead that series 3-1 Staal got the only tally for the Pens
Vancouver takes a 3-1 on Dallas after winning 2-1... in regulation
Minnesota had no choice and beat Anaheim 4-1 to stay alive and avoid being swept but are still down 3 -1
Thank you and good night.
Wings outshoot Flames 30-28
1 comment:
Effers. I went to sleep after Draper scored the second goal. I am sad now.
Hmph.
I am loving the live blog.
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