commentary...

for two teams who do not like one another,last night's game between the Detroit Red Wings,and the San Jose Sharks,the game itself was very clean,and rather penalty-free,which was a surprise to me... the first two periods were defensive in nature,with absolutely no scoring,and some great defense on both sides of the ice... the third period started the same way,with Logan Couture,for the Sharks,scoring on a beautiful shot just over the left leg pad,and off the glove,in behind Jonas Gustavsson,and then 1:32 later,Patrick Eaves deflected a shot by Niklas Kronwall,past Sharks' goaltender Antti Niemi... there were only three penalties called in the game,one on Jordan Tootoo,for the Red Wings,and two on Doug Murray,and Patrick Marleau,for the Sharks,who ran over the Red Wings' goaltender;all three happened in the first two periods,and even Marleau's penalty,was not that bad,because Marleau did try to leap over Gustavsson,it did appear that way to me... the Red Wings have won two shootouts,and both winning goals have been scored by Damien Brunner... note:the Red Wings have lost four games,in overtime,twice within the first forty four seconds,of overtime... i honestly believe that the Red Wings' overall defense has improved,but they are 0-33,on the power play,on the road,this season,which does suck,big time...