The Red Wings gain a solid win over the struggling Calgary Flames 4-2 tonight down at the JLA. Zetterberg and Lidstrom both netted their first goals of the season in the game on great plays from Pavel Datsyuk, who was going all "Magic Man" on the Flames tonight. Franzen kept his game winning ways going with a 3rd period goal that he banked off Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoffs' face and over his shoulder into the back of the net. Bertuzzi salted the game away roofing a wicked wrista over Kiprs' shoulder and is still leading the team in points. But the real story tonight was the outstanding play by Jim Howard who stopped 34-36 shots and basically kept his team in it for the first 20 minutes when the Flames were all over the Wings. Howie had about 5 highlight reel saves and looked especially solid in rebound control not giving Calgary any second chances that they could take advantage of. Howard looks like he is more comfortable with being this teams number 1 this year and looks like he has settled down in his crease and is seeing the puck and the rest of the ice very well now, which can only be a good thing. He is now 3-0-1 on the season with a .942 save% and a 1.69 goals against, good for top 10 in the NHL. Again the Wings came out a little flat tonight, now whether this was due to the time off between the Phoenix game and tonight or if it is a growing trend i guess we will have to wait and see. But i think we all know that Mike Babcock won't let that trend continue as long as he has something to say about it.
Goodnight from the greatest sports city in the world and welcome back Brandon Inge and congrats on your new 2 year deal with a club option for a 3rd
Drew in the D
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