commentary...

earlier in the season,i ripped the Red Wings for lack of real team effort... last night,they suffered their sixth team shutout,and got beat 5-0... the real differences in the game were two-fold:at least three shots went off the iron of the goal,two crossbars,and a post(the shots off the iron,according to NHL rules,do not count,unfortunately),for the Red Wings,and the Flyers' goaltender Steve Mason,who has shut out the Red Wings four times,including last night,was spectacular in net... the Flyers did out-play the Red Wings(more team hustle and seemed quicker throughout the game),and got all the good bounces... have to give credit to them,and realize that a bounce or two the Red Wings' way,and the game would have been a closer game... i am not saying that the Red Wings would have won,but it would have been closer... one thing:Red Wings' goaltender Jonas Gustavsson really had a very bad game,period...