Updated "Clipped" Wings

 DARREN HELM (Groin injury)

 TODD BERTUZZI (Back)
           JIMMY HOWARD (Lower-body injury)

 JOHAN FRANZEN (groin injury)

   

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Dazzling Loss

Heading into their matchup Tuesday night with divisional rivals, the Nashville Predators, The Redwings once again had been clipped with severe injuries. These include F Todd Bertuzzi, F Johan Franzen, F Darren Helm and several other key defenseman. The Redwings showed heart though going into overtime on the road at Nashville in a 4-3 overtime loss.

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Goaltender Jimmy Howard got injured halfway through the 2nd period, which forced backup goaltender Jonas Gustuvvsen into action. He stopped 19/21 shots which gave Detroit a chance. F Pavel Datsyuk a potential "goal of the year" with 6 minutes remaining to tie the game 3-3. A minute into overtime, Captain Shea Weber scored the winner for Nashville which is a heart breaking loss for Detroit despite their tremendous effort regarding their injuries. 

Detroit needs to get their injured players back as soon as possible as their is no time to waste in the shortened 48-game season. F Johan Franzen, F Todd Bertuzzi, F Darren Helm, and G Jimmy Howard are the key clipped Redwings that need to recover quickly in order to have a chance at playoff contention. 

Beating the KINGS in Style

The Detroit Redwings hosted the defending Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings Monday at the Joe Louis Arena. The Los Angeles had lost 4 straight games prior to the showdown, so they were a desperate group seeking 2 valuable points. On the other hand, the Detroit Redwings had won 3 straight coming into the game beating some playoff bound teams in the St.Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, and Minnesota Wild. This game was filled with action and a rare scene seeing Redwings' star forward, Pavel Datsyuk get CRUSHED by Kings Defenceman, Drew Doughty.

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Being a Redwings fan, this was the first time I've ever seen him get that hard in his career. Knowing Datsyuk's toughness though, he was able to shake it off and come right back minutes later and score a beauty top shelf goal on G Jonathan Quick.

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The game was tied 2-2 in the last minute by the Los Angeles Kings, but with just 4.5 seconds left, the Redwings managed to squeak one by Jonathan Quick to hand the Kings a TOUGH heartbreaking loss after such a hard fought battle. In doing this, The Redwings continue to answer the expert critics who predicted that the Wings would fail to make the playoffs for the 1st time in 22 years. Winning 4 straight games is huge for the hockey club and hopefully they can continue their dominance when they host the St.Louis Blues Wednesday night on the NBC network. Puck drop will be at 7:30 pm.