OT: Red Wings @ Blackhawks Game 7 Open Thread
The top-seeded Blackhawks have battled back from a 3-1 series defecit to force a decisive game 7 in Chicago. This has been a great back-and-forth series, and is a fitting way to end the in-conference rivalry between these two great Original Six franchises.
Zetterberg and Datsyuk have come up huge when it has mattered most for the Wings, both this season and in years past. Jimmy has been phenomenal in net this year, and he may have what it takes to steal this game in Quick-like fashion. Toews seems to have found his game a little bit in the last few games (when he is not whining), and Crawford has been solid in net despite 1 bad goal. This should be a nerve-racking affair.
8:00 p.m. ET - NBCSN, CBC
I'm heading off to the United Center shortly, and I'm hoping it will get quiet in there real quickly.
LET'S GO RED WINGS
Good job, PK!
Couple inches lower on Bickell next time.
Crawford is looking really shaky. Need more shots from anywhere and guys to the net.
Hawks are getting great offensive pressure. I'll be happy if we're still tied at 0 at the end of the 1st.
D'oh, back on the PK.
Lol that's a penalty?
PK looks good I suppose. Otherwise the offense is so-so tonight.
Pucker factor rising.
End of 1st 0-0; 15 seconds PP for Chicago to start the 2nd.
Nyquist stood out to me and looks fresh, he's been getting TO's and ramping up the pressure quickly in Chicago's end. I'm not sure he's had a shfit without making a positive impact.
any news on Fil ?
Out for the game.
EDIT: Well, that's the vibe I'm getting from @RedWingsFeed, apparently no status update from the Red Wings themselves though.
That's the rumor ... but this is not a diagnosis
Shaw was hanging out near the Detroit bench and got into a tussle. Looked like he might have slew footed Filp and they are saying it looks like an ankle injury
I just watched that clip in the link. "Good no-call"?! WTF! He's hanging out at our bench interfering with Zetterberg trying to make a change. Then he does Filppula dirty.
Didn't you get the memo ... it is old-time good hockey when Chicago does it. I still was thinking about the Franzen cross check from behind in front of the net two games ago when Shaw drew an interference that period.
shaw gave him a dirty slew foot ... but it looked pretty innocuous. Shaw is like a petulent child out there
Some dumb shit in front of the Wings bench. Originally I was thinking the best call would be coincidental minors or maybe a misconduct (no call on it and it didn't look like the right call to penalize either team, at the time at least), but there's a photo out there that appears to show Filppula being slew-footed. Not cool if so, obviously.
Shaw was being a dick and blocking the door to the bench. When Filipula tried to move him, he took him down. Shaw is a fucking douchebag and I hope he gets crabs. Sorry not sorry.
We need a 4 goal cushion going in to the 3rd, so, let's be on with that.
signed Maple Leafs Fan
A F'ing Men
Fuck they score 1-0 Hawks
Shit, bad change, they score.
Damn.
Goddamnit.
someone has to tell babcock to inspire us to play better starting the period
Wings must of has a nice nap between periods... COME ON!
Fuck the blackhawks
Datsyuk and Zetterberg will pick up minutes here in the second half of this game. We limited their PT at the start of game 7 against the Ducks too. Need some chances once this happens.
Are the Hawks fans really chanting Howard's name? He's let in 1 goal you bandwagon fans
can't those open pucks find one of our scorers
Offense getting good but not great looks.
I thought Emmerton had a great look, but shot it right into Crawford.
Touché, good point.
If someone feeds Shaw a stick, I'm OK with that.