Sweet, Swede Redemption! Game 4 Recap Red Wings vs. Ducks.

Last time Damien Brunner was on the ice in front of the net, Getzlaf picked his pocket and scored in Game 3.  Last night, Damien Brunner was in the right spot at the right time and put home the OT game winner over Hiller's left pad to tie this series at 2 games a piece!!  What a moment for the SWEDE!!

"We used [Brunner] more sparingly tonight because other guys were playing heavier on the puck," Babcock said. "He's a guy that just flat-out scores, knows how to score. He's going to be a good Red Wing in time. He's going to learn how to play right, and how to play heavy. You don't have to be heavy to play heavy, but he'll figure all that stuff out."

This game had it all and the wings NEVER GAVE UP showing how resilient they can be!   Down 2-1 in the game and the series, Pavel Datsyuk got our wings right back in it with a top shelf lazer of a goal that sent Hiller's water bottle flying!  We possessed the puck, had great forechecking and blasted Hiller with 49 shots!  Our 3rd and 4th lines played fantastic and props to Babcock for being the brains behind creating that wonderful chemistry all night between Bertuzzi and the young guns.  

KRONWALLED:

The Wings had great play from so many players in Game 4 and I could name almost every player on the roster who had ice time, but their are a few that really stood out to me.  Bertuzzi TOI: 14:55 with 4 shots was superb! It's so nice to have a big bodied skater like Bertuzzi with such great hands to shovel the puck around the ice to the right teammates.  Eaves, probably had the best game of the season with 4 shots as well as great decision making.  Congrats to Brendan Smith finally getting on the board with his 1st Stanley Cup Playoff goal!  

Such a great win for the wings as they skated hard to every puck, really kept the ducks on their heels and we got the OT victory to send it back to Anaheim 2-2.  The Wings did have some defensive hiccups and we gave up wide open nets that Perry doesn't normally miss.  This game could've gone either way with the way our defense played and we need eliminate the mistakes in our on zone.  

You all know I love Howard and he is by far our best player on the ice.  With how bad our defense played at times, Howard was there to bail us out with his great goaltending.  Howard was amazing last night and showed how a hot goalie can keep a team in it! 

Game 3 and 4 were polar opposites but we are in good position to win this series.  It's a best of 3 series at this point and all the pressure is on the Ducks.  The longer the series goes, the better I like our chances!

LETS GO WINGS!!

Full game highlight of game 4:

http://redwings.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2012030164

FUNNY FAN MOMENT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BurDAlX77RU&sns=em