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Detroit Red Wings: Round 1 Game 2

Posted on March 31, 2013 at 10:25 AM.

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Season 1:Playoffs-Round 1- Game 1

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RED WINGS VS WILD

WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS

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Game 2

LATE GAME HEROICS LIFT DETROIT

The Wild looked to come out strong after dropping Game One 4-1, They did just the oposite as Detroit center Pavel Datsyuk scored on the first shot of game to make it 1-0. Devin Setoguchi however, tied it up with a booming one-timer just a minute and a half later. Minnesota gave up the next goal as Grabovski scored his 3rd goal in 2 games at the 11:32 mark. Detroit held that lead until the break and outshot Minnesota 13-9 in the opening period.

More of the same in the 2nd period as Mikhail Grabovski gave Detroit a 2 goal lead on a powerplay marker at 15:55. Five seconds later M. Koivu caught Detroit off footed as he danced through two defenders and sniped a shot over Howard's shoulder to bring the lead to 1. Elias restored the two goal lead at 13:06 with a Power Play marker, only to have Martin St. Louis second of the playoffs cut it back down to 1 three minutes later. 4-3 Detroit at the intermission.

Detroit struggled early in the 3rd as they took penalty after penalty. After killing off 3 straight man advantages for the wild Detroit found themselves in very delicate situation. Daniel Cleary took a checking from behind major penalty. Minnesota finished on their opportunity by scoring two goals to take a 5-4 lead. M. Koivu scored his second of the game and Parise scored his first of the series. With only 30 seconds left it looked like the Wild would tie the series, until with just 19 seconds left, Damien Brunner one-timed a shot over Niklas Backstrom's shoulder from a beautiful saucer pass by Pavel Datsyuk.
Then 17 seconds into Overtime Mikhail Grabovski intercepted a outlet pass and scored the game winner on a partial breakaway to notch his fifth of the series and 3rd of the night. Detroit Leads 2-0

Apr 18, 2013	1	2	3	OT	F
MIN (0-1-1)	1	2	2	0	5
DET (2-0-0)	2	2	1	1	6

Three Stars
	MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI - C - DET 3 Goals, 5 Shots, +4, Hit
	PAVEL DATSYUK - C - DET 1 Goal, 3 Assists, +4, 3 Shots
	MIKKO KOIVU - C - MIN 2 Goals, 3 Hits, 5 Shots

Team Stats Comparison
	MIN	DET
Shots on Goal	31	37
Hits	23	20
Faceoffs Won-Lost	38-48	48-38
Penalty Minutes	4	11
Power Plays Converted	2	2
Power Play Opportunities	4	2
Time on Attack	18:58	20:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
DET	1:15 PAVEL DATSYUK (1), (ZETTERBERG, WHITE)
MIN	3:04 DEVIN SETOGUCHI (1), (PARISE, GILBERT)
DET	8:28 MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI (3), (ZETTERBERG, DATSYUK)
SECOND PERIOD
DET	4:05 MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI (4), (DATSYUK)
MIN	4:10 MIKKO KOIVU (1), (HEATLEY, BOUCHARD)
DET	6:54 PATRIK ELIAS (2), (FRANZEN, WHITE)
MIN	9:59 MARTIN ST. LOUIS (2), (PARISE, BRODZIAK)
THIRD PERIOD
MIN	6:48 ZACH PARISE (1), (ST. LOUIS, GILBERT)
MIN	7:02 MIKKO KOUIVU (2), (ST. LOUIS.)
DET	19:42 DAMIEN BRUNNER (1), (DATSYUK)
OVERTIME
DET	00:17 MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI (5), (NONE)

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