Wings Lose A Close One In OT To The Wild

The Wings drop one to Minnesota in overtime tonight, losing 4-3. The Red Wings looked a little slow in the first half of the game tonight, but give the Wild full credit for pressing them and gaining a 2-0 lead mid way through the 2nd period. Darren Helm scored his first of the year with 30 seconds left in the 2nd making it a one goal game and giving the Wings life again. The Wings were all over Minnesota in the 3rd pushing them back in their defensive zone and drawing a penalty that Franzen scored on to tie the game up at 2. Then Patrick Eaves and the 4th line provided their 2nd goal of the night and the Wings 3rd, scoring to put them ahead in the late stages of the 3rd period. The Wild turned it up after the goal and found a way to score to send the game into overtime and then eventually would score to win it in the extra period. Wild goalie Jose Theodore was outstanding tonight recording 41 saves on the night while, to be honest Howie looked a little tired letting in 2 on his first 13 shots of the game and 4 over all. Jim Howard still looked very good at points of the game making big saves for his team but a soft goal in the 2nd and some bad rebounds hurt his team tonight. While its good for the Wings to get a point out of this game when they could easily not have i'm sure they are anything but satisfied with the outcome. But with one more game in this 6 game home stand they have gotten 9 points out of the available 10 with a chance to take 11 out of 12 when they play the struggling Flames on Sunday at 5pm down at the Joe.

Goodnight from the greatest sports city in the world and can someone get me in touch with the people who hired Matt Millen, seriously i need some job security like that.

Drew in the D