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[DH.N Bot]

Gameday thread for Detroit Red Wings @ Los Angeles Kings, 2/27/2013.  Game time: 10:00 PM.

[YzerFan19]

Had to let DH.N Bot kick off the game thread 'cause the Wings are unbeaten when he does.  And I probably just jinxed it.

[YzerFan19]

Kyle Quincey's first goal of the season would be like that.

[YzerFan19]

Really solid period, helped a lot by the pair of power plays even if they didn't score on them.  Lots of possession.  Better than the last game against LA, for sure.

[YzerFan19]

Awesome PK.  Best of the season.

[YzerFan19]

Lead only being one terrifies me but the Wings are playing a really efficient game, especially in the PK.  All about positioning.

[YzerFan19]

Both of the penalties to put the Wings on that five-on-three were deserved (though the faceoff violation is a stupid rule), but, damn, Kings have had nothing in this game outside of their power plays.

[YzerFan19]

I'm gonna be fast because it's late.

 

You don't usually deserve to win a game where you score one fluky goal.  It would have been somewhat embarrassing if Kyle Quincey's bouncing mess of a first-period tally was the only goal of the game.

 

That said, there's a bad feeling about the Kings scoring the tying goal on their third minute of five-on-three in the game, in a game where the Wings saw no five-on-three time.  There's something that feels wrong about the Kings tying it up after Dustin Penner wasn't called for his high hit on Brendan Smith, with a goal where the puck came free because of a trip.

 

The Wings may not have done enough to win this game, but it doesn't seem like the Kings did either.