commentary...

in first period,San Jose came out strong with a push,but Red Wings scored twice on first three shots they had,and i did notice,from about ten feet away,that Red Wings are first,to the puck,throughout most of the game... in San Jose's zone,they were running circles,and passing the puck,with very little resistance in neutral zone,and going through the zone,with crisp passes... the Red Wings did give up three goals,but one was in last three minutes(2:32,left in game),when Red Wings had firm control,of game... i stood up,and applauded when Sharks scored the last goal,out of respect for the Sharks... i was being a true hockey fan,just not being a Red Wings' fan,at that time... both teams' passing were spectacular,and all the goals were magnificent... happy that Red Wings won game,5-3,but i am extremely disappointed,in Sharks' effort... the Red Wings did jump off to a 2-0 lead,and 3-1,and finally,the backbreaker,at 19:49,of second period,to go up,4-2,after two periods... Sharks' goaltending was rather bad,rather soft,giving up five goals,in first fifty minutes of game... Red Wings went on a four-minute double minor(two penalties called on one player,at one time)power play,and basically played keep-away,basically running out the clock... they had five goals,at that time,and was playing defense,on offense,even though they wanted to score,they knew that they had game under control,knowing that Jimmy Howard had "the game" to stop the Sharks last night... the Sharks looked beat,after second period,and Antero Niittymaki,looked like a open door,most of the game... Henrik Zetterberg scored two goals(one goal was batted by his stick,into net),and had two assists,and Pavel Datsyuk,had one goal,and an assist... Dan Cleary,and Patrick Eaves,who scored the back-breaking fourth goal,also scored goals,for Red Wings... i hate fighting(or roughing),when teams are down late,by three,or more goals,because it shows lack of guts of the team... fighting has its place in hockey,and when you are down,by three or more goals,it is a mark of a desperate team,showing up too late to make a difference... i would have expected a fight earlier in game,to show team spunk,and would have respected it more than in last eight minutes,when team is down,5-2,like the Sharks were down at time... i had to get used to the pucks hitting the glass... by the third period,i enjoyed the sound,and i loved a couple of checks that actually shook the goal light,and the boards... i honestly thought that i was going to be showered with glass... just loved it....