Flames/Red Wings post game
by Kent Wilson on Mar 24, 2009 10:08 AM PDT
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Print- Osgood must have bet on the Flames. Or he's terrible. Which is more comforting for Wings fans?
- Nice to be on the other end of a bad goaltending performance for a change. The truth of the matter is though, the Flames lose this game if Conklin (or almost anyone else for that matter) starts. They were outplayed pretty handily at ES last night. That's the 2nd straight night Jarome Iginla has been in the red in terms of possession - on home ice no less, which is not very encouraging. And pairing Phaneuf with Vandermeer for most of the evening didn't work at all.
- Another issue was how inattentive to match-ups Keenan got after the score was 3-0. He started rolling 4 lines with almost total disregard with what Babcock was doing and it resulted in a number of Datsyuk vs. Peters shifts in the second period (and 2 goals against). That's not something that should happen on home ice, excepting maybe an icing call here or there.
- Kudos to the Flames Langkow and Conroy lines who not only made the most of their chances, but were the least "under water" trios by the corsi measure.
- David Moss lead Flames forwards in ice time (20+ minutes). Yay!
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It’s amazing how the eyes deceive (or maybe it was watching it on tape delay near midnight). However, other than the fact the Datsyuk is a monster (best player in the league for my money, and not someone you match against 4th liners) and Kipper let in a couple of goals I wish he wouldn’t (both 3rd period goals), I didn’t think Detroit was that great. In fact, I thought the Flames were the better of the two teams last night – Detroit carried the play more in the 3rd period, but I didn’t think they generated much in scoring chances (other than Datsyuk). I understand the numbers say otherwise, and Osgood was very poor, but I give full measure to the Flames for that one.
I kinda had the same feeling myself watching the game. Keep in mind, however, that corsi is strictly ES and the Flames had way more PP opportunities than the Red Wings, which would likely shift the overarching perception of the game.
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