commentary...

Red Wings looked dead,in game last night,until they scored a power play goal,in last minute,or so,in second period... their accurate passes were going awry,and the game was rather choppy in rhythm... the Blues were playing their game,and dictating the pace,and the Blues' goaltender were stopping everything shot at him,and the Blues' defenders were blocking everything else... however,Jimmy Howard was his usual very good self,but the Red Wings were shooting themselves in their skates,with penalties,giving up both goals,on the Blues' power play(which was last in NHL,in percentage),but unfortunately they have had a very good power play,against the Red Wings,this season...
the Red Wings scored,with 1:03 left,in the second period,when Nicklas Lidstrom scored on a perfect low shot,that hit the right goal post,and went in,from the 60 foot point(by the blue line),while on the power play,and the Red Wings scored twice in 56 seconds,midway through third period,when Pavel Datsyuk tipped a puck out of the air,over Brian Elliott's head and shoulders into the net,and then Niklas Kronwall shot one off,or near the left goal post,and into the twine,on a seeing eye shot... all three shots had to be perfect,to go into the net...
funny thing was that,besides their power play,the Blues stopped skating,and pushing the Red Wings,when up,2-0,and after the Red Wings scored twice,in third period,in very short order(56 seconds apart)they had no jump in their legs,and started to shoot at distance at Jimmy Howard,and with very few people in front of Howard,Howard played his usual solid game,and the Red Wings kept the Blues on the edges of their zone,and very few shots were threatening to Howard,and in the crease,in the third period... the Red Wings have won eleven straight games,at Joe Louis Arena...