Once they got their legs going, the Red Wings responded well to a ferocious Sharks team, making a game of it until a bad bounce left the game out of reach.
The Wings ended up with a 3-1 loss Thursday night at HP Pavilion, closing out a day that began with flying in from Anaheim, where they played Wednesday night. The loss left the Wings just three points ahead of the Sharks in second place in the Western Conference, but the Wings also stayed just five points behind Vancouver, as the Canucks were shut out by Nashville.
Dany Heatley scored twice on Joey MacDonald, who faced nine shots in the first five minutes alone. Tomas Holmstrom scored on a power play.
Patrick Marleau got credit for the goal with 4:12 left, which saw MacDonald come out to play the puck only to have it hit the stick of Marleau and redirect into an open net. The victory gave the Sharks the season series, 3-1.
The Wings barely made it into San Jose’s zone the first 10 minutes of the game, caught instead trying to curtain the wave of attacks the Sharks launched at Joey MacDonald.
Dany Heatley scored his 21st goal of the season at 3:51 when he converted his own rebound, finishing a play begun when Patrick Marleau carried the puck out from behind the net and all the way to the blue line before dropping off a pass for Ian White to send on net.
Fresh from having gone 1-for-9 with the man advantage at Anaheim, the Wings noticeably were better about taking shots, and thought they’d evened the game when Niklas Kronwall put the puck in the net seconds after Justin Braun was sent off for firing the puck over the glass. Officials immediately waived it off, however, making a rather spotty goalie interference call on Johan Franzen.
It was the man most used to being shortchanged on such calls who got the Wings a tie. Tomas Holmstrom was hovering just outside the crease when Mike Modano sent the puck in, and Holmstrom provided the tip to make it 1-1 at 18:19.
The Sharks retook the lead on their second power play. Joe Thornton won the face-off against Valtteri Filppula, and the puck zoomed to the right boards. Joe Pavelski eyed Heatley by Detroit’s net and fired a shot that Heatley managed to knock in, at 3:54 of the second period. The Wings outshot the Sharks, 12-5, in that period, as they finally got skating.
While morning skates the day after a game generally are optional, the Wings didn’t have anyone go on the ice in the morning because they didn’t land until around 11:30 a.m. They were unable to fly in Wednesday night as would be the norm because they couldn’t make it before San Jose Airport’s 11:30 p.m. curfew. The Wings ended the day with a flight too, heading straight to Phoenix, where they play Saturday.
The Wings ended up with a 3-1 loss Thursday night at HP Pavilion, closing out a day that began with flying in from Anaheim, where they played Wednesday night. The loss left the Wings just three points ahead of the Sharks in second place in the Western Conference, but the Wings also stayed just five points behind Vancouver, as the Canucks were shut out by Nashville.
Dany Heatley scored twice on Joey MacDonald, who faced nine shots in the first five minutes alone. Tomas Holmstrom scored on a power play.
Patrick Marleau got credit for the goal with 4:12 left, which saw MacDonald come out to play the puck only to have it hit the stick of Marleau and redirect into an open net. The victory gave the Sharks the season series, 3-1.
The Wings barely made it into San Jose’s zone the first 10 minutes of the game, caught instead trying to curtain the wave of attacks the Sharks launched at Joey MacDonald.
Dany Heatley scored his 21st goal of the season at 3:51 when he converted his own rebound, finishing a play begun when Patrick Marleau carried the puck out from behind the net and all the way to the blue line before dropping off a pass for Ian White to send on net.
Fresh from having gone 1-for-9 with the man advantage at Anaheim, the Wings noticeably were better about taking shots, and thought they’d evened the game when Niklas Kronwall put the puck in the net seconds after Justin Braun was sent off for firing the puck over the glass. Officials immediately waived it off, however, making a rather spotty goalie interference call on Johan Franzen.
It was the man most used to being shortchanged on such calls who got the Wings a tie. Tomas Holmstrom was hovering just outside the crease when Mike Modano sent the puck in, and Holmstrom provided the tip to make it 1-1 at 18:19.
The Sharks retook the lead on their second power play. Joe Thornton won the face-off against Valtteri Filppula, and the puck zoomed to the right boards. Joe Pavelski eyed Heatley by Detroit’s net and fired a shot that Heatley managed to knock in, at 3:54 of the second period. The Wings outshot the Sharks, 12-5, in that period, as they finally got skating.
While morning skates the day after a game generally are optional, the Wings didn’t have anyone go on the ice in the morning because they didn’t land until around 11:30 a.m. They were unable to fly in Wednesday night as would be the norm because they couldn’t make it before San Jose Airport’s 11:30 p.m. curfew. The Wings ended the day with a flight too, heading straight to Phoenix, where they play Saturday.
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