Pat Caputo And Ken Kal Preview Game 4
The Red Wings are down 3-0 and look to make it 3-1 after tonight.
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The Red Wings are down 3-0 and look to make it 3-1 after tonight.
The storied history of the Detroit Red Wings does not happen to include coming back from a 0-3 deficit in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Red Wings can storm the net and dominate. They can get great play from goalie Jimmy Howard, and they can take games into overtime.
Penalty-killing, a season-long issue with the Wings, has cost them in this series.
The Red Wings can't escape the sense of deja vu in this year's Western Conference semifinal against San Jose.
The Detroit Red Wings played their best game of the Western Conference semifinals.
Capturing the Stanley Cup championship might be the most difficult task in professional team sports.
Devin Setoguchi scored 9:21 into overtime to finish a hat trick, and the San Jose Sharks took a commanding 3-0 lead over the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 win Wednesday.
The Red Wings typically are one of the NHL's most disciplined and least penalized teams in the regular season.
The San Jose Sharks have been skating hard to the net against the Red Wings, stopping just short of Jimmy Howard while delivering plenty of sprayed ice - the so-called hockey snow shower.
The San Jose Sharks have been skating hard to the net against the Red Wings, stopping just short of Jimmy Howard while delivering plenty of sprayed ice - the so-called hockey snow shower.
The Red Wings haven't played bad in the first two games. San Jose just played a little bit better.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said he told his players to focus on being disciplined and determined and not sweat the ice sprays
The Sharks have outshot the Wings in each of the first two games and by a cumulative total of 83-59.
The Detroit Red Wings have fallen behind 0-2 against the San Jose Sharks after a pair of one-goal losses on the road.
If you watch closing to the 9:38 mark on the video link below you will that the puck was under the left pad of of the Sharks goalie.
San Jose was 1-for-6 on the power play. Detroit was 0-for-2. But Wings coach Mike Babcock did not have an issue with the officiating.
Antti Niemi delivered the kind of performance in goal that haunted the Sharks all last summer - only this time he did it in a San Jose sweater.
There were many times Friday and Sunday when Red Wings' goalie Jimmy Howard was great.
There's something about the playoffs that seems to bring out the best in Joe Pavelski's game. Especially against the Detroit Red Wings.
Rare are nights during the postseason when the Red Wings' effort and focus can be legitimately questioned.
The Red Wings entered their second-round playoff series against San Jose with virtually the same roster they had a year ago, when they lost to the Sharks in five games in the Western Conference semifinals.
The San Jose Sharks, a franchise celebrating their 20th season in existence, often see their postseasons run through Hockeytown USA.
One is an Original Six team, with blood-red uniforms that have long be identifiable, and a logo as famous as any in hockey.
The Detroit Red Wings team that will take the ice in San Jose for a second-round playoff series is very similar to the group that lost to the Sharks in five games at this stage a year ago.
