The Detroit Red Wings fell into bad habits and found themselves paying for earned breaks on Friday, dropping a 3-2 decision to Chicago…And the Wings’ lack of discipline came to bite ‘em in the ass, repeatedly, but the Wings didn’t seem to be willing or able to learn from their mistakes, nor curry favor with the referees.
Don’t get me wrong—the Wings were terribly, terribly inefficient, choosing to chase the puck and chase a Hawks team out puck-possessing the masters of the craft instead of answering the Hawks’ play with more of the same. But after Nicklas Lidstrom hooked Marian Hossa on a breakaway and got away with it, the officiating crew seemed intent upon repaying their kindness, and the Wings were quite happy to indulge them. Lidstrom was then called for a penalty shot infraction against (on which Howard whiffed, big time, on Jonathan Toews’ shot) and then a 2-minute penalty on Toews…
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