Even though no one seems to attack right for our Red Wings in the shootout, it’s such an arbitrary way to end an otherwise dominating effort by Detroit. It’s just too pussy, why else don’t they do it in the playoffs?
Riley Sheahan scored his seventh goal of the season to put us on the board in the first period. On a power play, Tomas Tatar had blasted a shot, then Pavel Datsyuk followed suit on the rebound, to no avail, so Sheahan hammered it home.
Florida would snarf two goals, then Gustav Nyquist tied the game before the end of one. Nobody scored the length of the second. And that’s also where it stood heading into overtime.
We looked a lot better in the extra five minutes, but it’s so goddamn quick, before you know it, it’s off to the penalty shots. Poor Jimmy Howard is 0-5 in shootouts – something just isn’t fair abound ending such meaningful points with a trivial contest.