Video: Red Wings’ Valtteri Filppula nets sick diving backhand goal
Tweet The Detroit Red Wings were heavy underdogs coming into Chicago for game two in their second round series with the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were arguably the best team in the NHL for the regular season and had been rolling thus far in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, the Red Wings are no strangers to [...]
VIDEO: Filppula’s highlight reel goal helps notch series with Blackhawks at one-game a piece
Jimmy Howard made 19 saves as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday afternoon tying their best-of-seven series at one-game a piece.
Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith got some redemption after a tough first game scoring the game winner but the highlight goal came in the third period from Valtteri Filppula. The play itself started after the Wings were able...
Wings steal...no, DOMINATE Game 2
Mike Babcock said the Red Wings sat back and watched Game 1, doing about as much skating as I did in the 4-1 loss. In Game 2, they skated and they dominated the No. 1 Chicago Blackhawks, flipping (Filppula'ing?) the script and evening the series for Game 3 on Monday in Hockeytown.
The Blackhawks lit the lamp first in the first period after a Wings defensive breakdown, allowing...
Valtteri Filppula scores fantastic goal to seal game against Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula has had an up-and-down season this year, but this phenomenal goal showed off just how good he can be. Henrik Zetterberg dropped the puck off to him at the blue line and rather than Filppula overpass as he has done so often, he pulled the puck to his backhand and drove to the net. As he was going down he fired a backhand shot between...
The Talk After Game One
from Brian Savage of Mlive,
FoxSportsDetroit.com: Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula must play better for the Red Wings to have a chance against Chicago, writes Art Regner. "If Franzen and Filppula can't raise their level of play, the Wings have little chance against the talent-laden Blackhawks. Detroit must play (Pavel) Datsyuk and (Henrik) Zetterberg on separate...
Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks: Series Preview, Projections and Predictions
In the final Western Conference playoff meeting between two classic rivals, do the Detroit Red Wings or Chicago Blackhawks have the advantage?
Fresh off a remarkable late series rally against the Anaheim Ducks, the suddenly upstart Detroit Red Wings have shockingly moved on to the Western Conference Quarterfinals against their old rivals from Chicago.
The path to a Stanley Cup doesn’t...
Red Wings oust Ducks in Game 7 win thanks to this filthy no look assist by captain Henrik Zetterberg
Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg with the no look pass leads to a Valtteri Filppula backhand goal and a 3-1 lead over the Ducks.
The Red Wings head to Chicago.
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Red Wings finish off Ducks with 3-2 win in Game 7
Henrik Zetterberg took a few well-deserved deep breaths before he packed his bags in the Detroit Red Wings' dressing room.
After seven games, four overtimes, three trips to California, countless momentum swings and a few frantic minutes at the close of Game 7, the Red Wings finally finished off Anaheim.
Their captain scored an early goal and made a late mistake, but the Wings...
Wings knock Ducks out of playoffs
The Detroit Red Wings had firm control of Game 7 right up until Henrik Zetterberg accidentally shot the puck over the glass in the waning minutes.
While the captain sat in the box, the Anaheim Ducks scored on the power play to trim Detroit's lead to one goal.
Zetterberg worried he had unleashed another crazy finish in this wild series.
Instead, the Red Wings coolly wrapped...
Valtteri Filppula’s Goal the Game-Winner as Detroit Red Wings Eliminate Anaheim Ducks: Video
Valtteri Filppula had a somewhat quiet playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks. But when the Detroit Red Wings needed him the most, Filppula delivered.
The Wings’ forward assisted on Henrik Zetterberg’s early goal in Game 7, then tallied what would be the game-winning goal in the second period, backhanding one past Jonas Hiller. Filppula took a pretty pass from Danny Cleary...
Wings knock Ducks out of playoffs
Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula each had a goal and an
assist, and the Detroit Red Wings finished off the Anaheim Ducks
with a 3-2 victory in Game 7 on Sunday night.
Red Wings Advance to Semifinals in 3-2 Win!
Red Wings advance to the Semi-finals! They take the game 3-2 to win the series 4 games to 3. In this do-or-die game for both sides, the Red Wings couldn’t have asked for a better start. Just 1:49 into the game, Valtteri Filppula put a shot on Jonas Hiller that he stopped, and [...]
Red Wings 3, Ducks 2
Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula each had a goal and an assist, and the Detroit Red Wings finished off the Anaheim Ducks with a 3-2 victory in Game 7 on Sunday night.
Justin Abdelkader scored a short-handed goal and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves as the seventh-seeded Red Wings won three of the first-round series' final four games to oust the Ducks, who had the NHL's...
Red Wings advance to Round 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula each had a goal and an assist, and the Detroit Red Wings finished off the Anaheim Ducks with a 3-2 victory in Game 7 on Sunday night.
Justin Abdelkader scored a short-handed goal and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves as the seventh-seeded Red Wings won three of the first-round series' final four games to oust the Ducks...
Trying To Figure Out Filppula
from John Niyo of the Detroit News,
The Wings don't have many pending free agents on the roster, but they do have a few, and none more notable - or mystifying - than Valtteri Filppula, the 29-year-old Finnish center who has become a lightning rod for criticism this spring.
In this new-and-improved, salary cap-strapped NHL, where nearly every team insists its focus is...
Red Wings-Ducks Game 6 quick take: Wings out-score their mistakes
The Detroit Red Wings nearly did themselves in against the Ducks, thanks to some awful play by Valtteri Filppula, on uncalled trip by Corey Perry and some terrible mistakes by the Quincey-Smith pairing...
But Jimmy Howard was masterful, Henrik Zetterberg was clutch, the Wings got butts in front of Jonas Hiller, and 1:09 into OT, the Red Wings defeated the Ducks 4-3--despite blowing...
VIDEO: Gustav Nyquist's OT game winner
If you missed it late last night (and still haven't seen the highlight all day), here's Gustav Nyquist's OT game winner against the Anaheim Ducks, which evened the series at 1-1:
Valtteri Filppula's drag was remarkable -- Datsyukian even. He made Corey Perry drop to his knees and look like the chump that he is and then was able to make a backhanded pass...
Detroit Red Wings shock Anaheim Ducks in OT, even series
The Detroit Red Wings appeared to be cruising to evening up their series with the Anaheim Ducks. Then the Ducks seized momentum by scoring three unanswered goals to turn a 4-1 deficit into a 4-4 tie with 2:22 remaining in the third to send the Honda Center into a frenzy. That lasted until Gustav Nyquist took a feed from Valtteri Filppula, and fired a one-timer past Jonas...
Rapping Red Wings Series Reset: In Absence of Danny DeKeyser, Trio of Defenders Must Step Up
The Detroit Red Wings, despite pulling out a gutsy overtime win to even the series in Anaheim, suffered a potentially crushing loss on the blue line in the process.
Danny DeKeyser, a rookie defenseman who had managed to stabilize Detroit’s back end since March, went down with a broken thumb and is now out for the playoffs. Considering what DeKeyser had done for the Red Wings with...
VIDEO: Gustav Nyquist scores in OT to lift the Wings to a 5-4 win over Anaheim
After blowing a three goal lead in the third period, things were certainly looking down for the Wings who were hoping to tie the series up with the Ducks heading back to Detroit for Game 3.
However a power play and a fresh sheet of ice in overtime helped Valtteri Filppula find and open Gustav Nyquist who buried the shot behind Jonas Hiller giving the Wings a 5-4 win… a huge relief...
Sign Filppula?
In a paid subscription article, Craig Custance of ESPN had this to say about Valtteri Filppula.
Regardless of the frustrations he causes Red Wings fans at times, if Filppula goes to the open market, he'll get paid. No doubt about it. There aren't many centers hitting the market, and even fewer in his age range (29). Keep in mind that he's represented by the same...
Wings move into 7th place
The Detroit Red Wings are playing as though they have no intention of their long streak of playoff appearances ending this year.
Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists, and Detroit moved a step closer to its 22nd consecutive postseason berth with a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
The Red Wings, who moved into seventh place in the Western Conference, need...
Predators vs Red Wings Recap: 4.25.2013
Red Wings were down early and it looked for a short time that they would play down to their competition, but they found another gear in the second and took over after that.
More after the jump:
I liked every forward tonight. Maybe not Cleary, but I can forgive him because he tries. Yeah, Goose kept tripping guys and that was lame, but he worked his Swedish ass off and drew...
Filppula scores as Wings inch in on eighth spot
DETROIT This last week could determine not just whether the Red Wings' playoff streak lives, but also Valtteri Filppula's future with the team.
Filppula, 29, is an unrestricted free agent after this season and could easily command 5 million a season on the open market after making 3.5 million each of the past two seasons.
Filppula can be an enigmatic player. He has all...
Hopelessness In Hockey Town
Playoff hockey and Hockey Town go together like peanut butter and jelly. Detroit has missed the playoffs just once since 1991. Even more impressive is that they have gotten knocked out in the front round just three times since 1995. This year however, the Red Wings are feeling blue. Photo Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Currently they sit on the cusp of the playoffs, located in eighth...
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