commentary,and analysis...

simply put,Sharks outplayed Red Wings,most of the game,and never trailed in game,tied twice,but simply outplayed Red Wings... Devin Setoguchi had two goals,along with Ryan Clowe,and Joe Thornton,who had his 300th NHL goal,last night,to open up scoring,for the Sharks... Red Wings played rather soft around the net,hanging Howard out to dry on the two late goals,in both the first period,and second period,to give Sharks momentum into both the second,and third period... the game winning goal was simply a rocket up high on Howard,and was past him,basically before he could react,and i blame the Red Wings' defense,which was rather pathetic... it ruined a two goal night,for Danny Cleary,and a late power play goal,by Henrik Zetterberg... this is not the playoffs,so i am not so worried,since Red Wings had come into game on a five game winning streak... no team is going to win every game,but honestly,Sharks needed this game worse than the Red Wings,because you take a look at the Pacific Division,and all five teams,from first to last,have a chance to win the division,and Red Wings have,right now,a ten point lead,on Nashville,and a twelve point lead on the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks,and have won six more games than both of them(37 wins,to 31 wins,for Nashville,and Chicago,which,i believe is the first tiebreaker,for playoff seeding)... actually it is the second tiebreaker,minus games,won by shootout;first tiebreaker is number of games played,(superior points percentage,is what they call it)... right now,Chicago,and Nashville,are in deep trouble,just to make playoffs,because they are fighting a number of teams for playoff seeding,and even though the Sharks won last night,they are still in that scrum of teams,looking to make the playoffs,like the Red Wings were scrapping for the playoffs last year... i expect all three teams(Sharks,Blackhawks and/or Predators),to make playoffs this year,but that is why they play the games....