lordstanley

Penalty shot in OT! And Walman buries it and does the Gritty!

Nice fightback for at least a point.

Wings tend to have lousy 2nd periods and good 3rd periods. Including today. 3-3.

What a disaster. Wings show little on 7 straight powerplay minutes, then Hronek scores getting out of the box

What a waste of a 5 minute major. Best chance was the Canucks on a 2 on 1. Now another 2 minutes after a high sticking

And the Wings basically replaced his offensive production with Gostisbehere, who has 32 points in 49 games. Hronek had 36 in 51 before today.

Hronek assisted on the tying goal moments ago. Had been scoreless in past 9 games going into today.

I think it's time for DeBrincat to start scoring. 18g-25a-43 pts in 50 games, but front-loaded.

Game day! Finally. 10am Vancouver time, with the Wings hosting the Canucks.

Luck may have caused the Lions to lose all of the 17 point lead so suddenly in the 3rd quarter. But luck isn't what lost them the game. If the Lions are good enough to outscore the Niners by 17 points on the road in one half (imagine how angry Niners fans were at halftime for "coming out so unprepared for a huge game at home to be boatraced by an inferior opponent"), a desperate Niners team was good enough to outscore the Lions by 17 points over the course of a full half. The only real luck I see during the Niners comeback is the Aiyuk catch. The first 4th down drop, the Gibbs fumble, the second Reynolds drop, failing to down the punt at the 1, the 1st down throw into the endzone going through Jamo's hands, Purdy scrambling on 3rd and 4 with 5 minutes to go ... all that is down to skill/execution or lack of.

I really think the Wings have a shot at finishing ahead of the Leafs.that’s not just my considerable bias talking The Wings probably have had a better season to date.

Oilers going for what would be an NHL-record 17th straight win tonight. But trail Vegas 2-1 early in the 3rd.

No Wings game until Saturday?! C'mon, what a momentum killer. 2 week gap between NFL games, March Madness a month away, no spring training for baseball quite yet. This would have been a great week to fill the void with a bunch of NHL games.

I’ve never been a Joni Mitchell fan apart from Blue, but that’s an incredible song. It was played at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and also appears in Love Actually, so a couple of other places young people were exposed to it. Why did I think Tracy Chapman died last year?

RIP Wayne Kramer

NHL back to the Olympics for 2026 (Italy) and 2030 (France?). Good move. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/02/02/nhl-players-to-return-to-olympics-in-2026-and-2030/

Wouldn't it be something if the Wings were to not only make the playoffs but also edge out Tampa or Toronto for the 1st wildcard spot. That would put the Wings onto the Metro side of the playoff bracket. There are no scary teams in that division this year. The WIngs would be 3rd in the Metro right now, 5 points behind 1st place NYR and 3 points behind 2nd place Carolina.

Not at all. 3rd rounders are mostly junk. Look at the 2018 draft, 6 years out and only 5 of 32 picks have played more than 25 NHL games. Only 2 of 32 picks have more than 6 career NHL goals. It seems like NBA picks need to be in the top 10 of the 1st round, NHL picks have value into the first half of the 2nd round, NFL is good for all 7 rounds, and MLB is all over the place. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2018e.html

Remarkable what decent goaltending, like that from Lyon, gets you in the standings.

Exactly. He has been a mystery case all season and I think is a perfect candidate to be revitalized with a new team and city.

At least the "figure everything out' line and the rest of the quote in the article is just from Monday. If he had put out a new statement expressing that again a few days later, I'd start to worry that he was considering retirement. I'm assuming for now that he just feels mentally and physically beat up and needs to get away from football for a few months.

Until this season, the Lions had never played past January 12 of any year, except for Sept-Dec.

Blockbuster. Canucks gave up quite a bit. but apparently not regarded as a deep draft this year. They’re going for it.

That was one of the most lopsided overtimes one will ever see. Sens win it.

Ottawa has probably been the better team tonight, but Larkin comes through to tie it at 2. Seven minutes left in regulation.