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[YzerFan19]

Henrik Zetterberg returns to the Red Wings lineup tonight as Detroit hosts the Phoenix Coyotes. He missed three games after signing a 12-year contract extension last week.

Tomas Holmstrom remains out of the lineup but Zetterberg's return bumps Ville Leino to the pressbox as the Wings want to get another look at Darren Helm. Leino is expected to play again on Saturday afternoon.

Chris Osgood gets his second start in a row for the Wings.

Gametime is 7:30 with TV coverage on FSN Plus.

[Mathieu_Datsyuk132351]

Not that Zetterberg does not deserve the votes, but that whole McDonald's player of the game thing is a HUGE joke. I mean, the game hasn't started yet, and you're not Nostradamus >:c STOP VOTING. Does this bother anyone else besides me? Because every game it just makes me angrier.

I am excited for Helm to be playing, because he is a favourite of my favourite players.

And besides the whole factor of winning for the Wings, I would also like to see them win so I can see Gretzky's angry expressions, I still get a kick out of them

[Britishwingsfan]

Hossa puts the wings in front.

[Mathieu_Datsyuk132351]

Joanovski?...I think that's how it's spelled! ties it up. On a silly penalty that shouldn't have been turned into a powerplay for the Coyotes in the first place.

[Britishwingsfan]

Urgh, Jovanovski. Damn.

[Mathieu_Datsyuk132351]

Hossa again. That was an odd goal.

[Britishwingsfan]

Oh yeah Hossa.

[Mathieu_Datsyuk132351]

#*(&@#*(&)*(#^$*#&)* FSN+

+ my butt :| The sound and picture keep cutting out.

Fedoruk scores for the Coyotes.

[Mathieu_Datsyuk132351]

Zetterberg earns his welcome by scoring Sweet.

3-2 Wings.

[Britishwingsfan]

Datskuk to Zetterberg.......goal.

[YzerFan19]

Turns out my gym doesn't get FSN Plus. I'm gonna have to rethink what I'm paying them so much for.

Got back in time to see the really nice pass from Datsyuk to Zata for the goal. Great to see them clicking.

[YzerFan19]

Agreed with Mick, should have been a call on Cheli.

[Britishwingsfan]

Aparently Samuelsson scored. Just missed it.

[YzerFan19]

That was f*cking awful.

[Britishwingsfan]

What the hell was that? Let it in on the near post, a huge gap.

[YzerFan19]

Aww f*ck. Tied up.

[Britishwingsfan]

sh*t sh*t sh*t. Lindstrom with the one timer.

[Britishwingsfan]

YYEEEAAAHHH!!!!!!!! Lidstrom!!!!!!!!!!

[YzerFan19]

Crazy f*cking ending. Points are points.

[YzerFan19]

I was going to do a formal game recap of the Red Wings - Coyotes tilt but I just don't care enough about the game to do it.

See what I said earlier this week about Detroit's game against St. Louis? You could almost copy and paste it here.

Chris Osgood had a great first period and slowly fell apart for the rest of the game. Overall the defense was weak.

For once things looked good up front. Darren Helm was all over the place, Henrik Zetterberg looked good in his return, and Marian Hossa was the beast that he usually is.

For the second game in a row, the Wings got some bounces. The way they're playing, they need them.