commentary...

Edmonton did not play badly,but simply had no offensive punch,against the Red Wings,who scored in each period,and played superb defense... in fact,playing on front end of a back to back,it seemed almost like a practice out there... Edmonton is a very good young team,but,i guess,the fact that they played in Boston,last night did not help,but i swear that they had zero jump,and were beaten to every puck... their power play was just awful,or we smothered them all night,but i believe that it was just awful,and when your team goes down,1-0,midway in first period,and then your team just skated,and had a fight,and then just stopped playing hockey,after that moment... it seemed like the game was simply over,when Red Wings went up,2-0,in second period,because Edmonton did not have firepower to scare the Red Wings,on this night... the only suspense of the night was,if Jimmy Howard could get a shutout of the Oilers,in third period,after Red Wings went up,3-0,in third period,which he did,rather easily...
now for the Dallas Stars,who honestly are very bruising,and lead the Western Conference,with eleven wins,in sixteen games... the game that the Red Wings played last night must be much better,tonight(Saturday),because Dallas is smarting from a 3-1 loss,to Pittsburgh,in which they did not play well,and Dallas,and Detroit really do not like each other,and the Red Wings may only play Dallas four times,but the Red Wings may feel like they are owed a win,because Dallas has won some strange games,in some strange ways,recently(Mike Leggo,from 30+feet,in a shootout,anyone?,and a disallowed goal,in another game,that the NHL said that it should have been a goal that counted,and even a third game,that saw a phantom goaltender intrerference call,on Tomas Holmstrom,with a disallowed goal,that turned an 1-0 lead,into a 4-1 defeat)... do you think that i do not like Dallas? you are correct,and there better be great referees,in this game... i will accept defeat,but almost every game recently has been very strange,period...