commentary,and analysis...

this was a very weird game:eight of first ten goals,by both teams,were scored within minutes,even seconds,of each other... in fact,it was a ping pong game on ice... for example,Detroit scored their first goals,within 48 seconds,to lead,2-1,but Ottawa tied game,at 2 all,one minute later... Ottawa then scored 2:32 later,to lead,3-2,after one period... midway through second period,Detroit scored two goals,to lead,4-3,within 13 seconds,but then Ottawa scored 28 seconds later,to tie game,at 4 all,going into third period... within first minute of third period,both teams scored,to knot game,at 5... the rest of the game,was Detroit defense,and the heroics of Johan Franzen,who scored the last two goals,for Detroit,and scored five goals,in game... he was first player,in NHL,to score five goals,since Marian Gaborik,of the Minnesota Wild,on December 20,2007(Gaborik now plays for the New York Rangers),and the first Red Wings' player,to do it,since Sergei Fedorov did it,in last week,of 1996,against the Washington Capitals....