Panthers double up Red Wings 2-1 (OT) for first win in Detroit since 1996

by Donny Rivette on Nov 21, 2009 11:56 AM EST Comment 5 comments

Not only was the score doubled, so were the shots: 40 to 20 in favor of the Wings. Panthers goaltender Scott Clemmensen, suited up in his first start since November 7th, kept his club firmly ensconced in this one. Undoubtedly, this is the "Clemmer" fans expected to see when he signed a three-year deal with the organization in July. Stephen Weiss tied the score at the midway point of the third, missing on his initial attempt to jam the puck into a gaping net to the right of Chris Osgood, only to bang it home on a second furious push. Bryan McCabe played the hero in the overtime session, scoring from the right circle on a one-timer. End of game, end of thirteen year(!) drought in the Motor City. Slayin' dragons, one period at a time.

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Florida registered two shots on Osgood in the opening frame, and matched that figure in 40 seconds of OT. Radek Dvorak, Steven Reinprecht, and Dmitry Kulikov failed to register a shot; Detroit's Darren Helm had eight shots while playing a total of 14:25. Sick. All Florida skaters finished with an "even" or better plus-minus. Jordan Leopold led in TOI with 24:23, just a shade over McCabe. Is Nathan Horton becoming - gulp - consistent? His two assists against the Wings gives him 5 points (1 goal) and a plus-3 in his past four games.

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One of the great things about NHL Center Ice isbeing able to watch the other team’s feeds. Let me tell you, watching us last night against the Wings, and listening to their commentators moan and groan all night about how slow and boring the Panthers were, how when you can’t score a lot, you have to play like this,how the Panthers had no offensive identity and never really tried to score, how much Detroit dominated play and deserved so much better against a lesser team, etc etc etc… (it went on all night, it got kind of comical), and then to watch us win it in OT and the silence on air after McCabe scored… it was awesome.

That said, holy cow did we ever clog up play and bore the Wings to death, lol. I’ll just chalk it up to a perfect road game plan….

by Karl Selvig on Nov 21, 2009 12:27 PM EST reply actions

Shades of the Devils, eh? Worked for them going on two decades (and employing a certain familiar goaltender for a spell…).

Funny how some broadcasters get into the mode of calling the opposing style “boring” hockey when their own club can’t seal the deal.

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by Donny Rivette on Nov 21, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions

Well to be fair, western conference teams are a helluva lot more entertaining to watch than mid-bottom level eastern teams. I love watching those west coast games that start at 10:30 local (after the wife goes to bed). I dont think there’s much argument that WC (San Jose, Calgary, Detroit, Chicago…) plays a much more open, skill-driven game than the EC (New Jersey, Philly, Boston…)

by Karl Selvig on Nov 21, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

And because it’s never too early to throw out the jinx, we’re now only 3 points behind 7th seed Ottawa, 5 behind 5th seed Philly.

by Karl Selvig on Nov 21, 2009 3:30 PM EST reply actions

funny you mentioned that, i was loving them calling us boring. “we rocked them to sleep” as one of them put it. like you said, the perfect game plan against that team…and with two points, we have nothing to complain about!

but, i thought DeBoer played a style exactly opposite of that, or wants to at least.

by alterego6487 on Nov 21, 2009 3:30 PM EST reply actions

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