commentary...

the game,against the Penguins,was a very tight defensive battle,with both teams scoring in both periods(Pittsburgh,at 19:55,of the first period),and Detroit scored in second period(16:01,by Pavel Datsyuk)... after a tight fought first two periods,and Pittsburgh without Sidney Crosby,and Chris LeTang,because of injury,Pittsburgh just ran out of gas(energy),and Johan Franzen scored for the Red Wings,at 5:15,of the third period,to go up,2-1,they clamped down,with Jimmy Howard stopped every shot,but one,all night... the real difference was Pittsburgh was missing a couple of people,who runs the defensive side of the team,and in the way,their offense runs on the turnovers,caused by a nasty,and smothering defense,and the Red Wings had Pavel Datsyuk,Johan Franzen,Danny Cleary(who scored last two goals-one an empty-net goal,in last five minutes,of game),and they also had Nicklas Lidstrom,who settled down the defense on the Penguins,in last two periods,and especially in last half of third period,when Pittsburgh did try to press the offense,which led to the major turnovers,in neutral zone,and the last two goals,by Dan Cleary... Red Wings are now one point,behind Chicago,with two games,in hand... the Red Wings may not be a glamour team(great name stars-all over the nation,and television),but they are a very gritty,hard team,like the city they are named for-Detroit,Michigan...