The Wings connect once on the PP, but ultimately fall 3-1 to the Coyotes. Red Wings also gave up a shorty and a PP goal of their own. As Bo Schembechler would say, "Special! Teams! Killed us!"Jump for the full recap:
Joey MacDonald deserved better, in my biased opinion. He didn't give up any bad goals, but other than that, there was no difference between him starting and Conklin starting in that the team played poor in front of him. Yet again the guys tried to win with one goal in front of the backup. Not going to happen.The Wings continue to lose to non-playoff teams. Montreal, Edmonton and now Phoenix. Losing to non-playoff teams isn't an issue in the playoffs, but getting home ice throughout is hard to do when you lose to trash teams. Detroit had a terrible time gaining control of the puck when dumping it in. Mike Smith is a pain to play against because he just sends it right back in your face. A few soft dumps into the corners would have helped. Or just let ...
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