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So far it feels like the Lions are the better team.

Lol, Branch, you are supposed to drop that one, catch the other one.

That drive was a beautiful work of art.

The Wings are incapable of playing with a lead. A 2-1 edge for the Wings after 2 is flipped to a 3-2 deficit with 7 minutes to go.

Lousy sequence where Raymond hobbled off and then the Devils tied it seconds later. 1-1 after 1. Michael Hutchison in net for the Wings.

Kane is hot. Gives the Wings the 1st period 1-0 lead in Jersey.

Look at the 5th and 6th Philly goals at 5:55 mark and 6:35 mark. NHL goalies need to stop both of those.

Game recap for those who missed it: "Wings tied the game with under 5 minutes to go in regulation then converted twice in the shootout for a stirring comeback victory over the Metropolitan division's 2nd place team". Sounds good, right?

6-6. Win or lose, this team was a hot mess right now.

5-4 midway theough 3rd. Hope not a bad omen that I’m about to run into Safeway for groceries, just like what I was doing during the SJ 4-0 to 4-4 game. If I was a better fan, I’d probably starve myself for the food or team rather than tempt fate like this. I might get some pushback from my wife and daughter though.

5-3 after 2. Half the lead gone, and a full period left to possibly blow the rest.

We will just have to accept a regular hat trick. 5-1 Wings after 1 Edit: I’m wrong, Ghost not Kane for the 5th goal

4-1 now. Surely 4 goals will be plenty. Ha.

Wings off to a badly-needed quick start. 3-1 lead. We know the Wings are more than capable of coughing up a lot of goals though.

OMG I TURNED IT OFF WHEN IT WAS 30-7 IN THE 4TH QUARTER AND I WAKE UP TO FIND OUT THE RAMS ALMOST CHOKED IT AWAY!!! LET IT BE A 1-SCORE GAME AND THEN HAD TO HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE AT HOME AGAINST A MEDIOCRE SAINTS TEAM. HOW PATHETIC WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTING FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT. A GOOD TEAM WOULD HAVE NEVER LET UP INSTEAD OF LETTING THE SAINTS BACK IN IT. A WIN IS A WIN BUT THIS IS FREAKIN' UGLY. NO WAY DO I SEE THEM BEATING NYG NEXT WEEK. THE RAMS ARE TOAST.

It is a fact, not a rumor, that Josina Anderson writes sentences awkwardly.

I figured this was as good a thread as any to put this in. This is a bummer. I loved Ken Calvert’s voice, listened to him so much in the ‘80s

7 losses in 8 games, 3 points. Terrible. I really thought the Wings played through 25 games, almost 1/3 of a season, was more sustainable. They were getting depth scoring, had a strong goal differential, winning games in regulation. Sure, the Larkin injury was dirty, the Compher injury at same time was less than ideal timing, and then you add the Perron suspension and a bunch of games crammed into a tight timeline. But still, this stretch can change the whole season.

The Wings must lead the league in giving up 5 goals a game.

Kane makes it 4-2. Will this be another time when we come back from a big deficit but still fall short?

Wings desperately need to stop the bleeding, but are trailing 2-1 to Winnipeg midway through.

Wings after 31 games: 2023-2024: 15-12-4=34 points. 5th in Atlantic. 11th in East. 1 point behind final Wild Card spot. 2022-2023: 13-11-7=33 points. 6th in Atlantic. 12th in East. 5 points behind final Wild Card spot. 2021-2023: 15-13-3=33 points. 4th in Atlantic. 8th in East. Held final Wild Card spot.

I'm taking a knee if Minnesota has no timeouts left. Barring some strange stuff happening to SF, the Lions are not going to get the #1 seed. For #2 and #3, the difference in opponents between #6 and #7 is not yet known and probably not meaningfully better or worse. So it's really about homefield for the 2nd weekend of playoff games. That's not a big enough carrot to risk losing the division and a 1st round home game and dropping to the #6 seed. I'd rather sew up the division and then hope Philly unexpectedly drops a game so that the Lions get #2 after all.

Dream scenario: - Lions win next 3 to get #2 seed. Behind SF #1, ahead of Philly #3, Dallas #5. - Lions, at home, win wildcard game against Rams or Hawks or Vikings or whomever - Lions, at home, beat Philly in conference semi. Dallas upsets SF in the other semi. - Lions, at home, beat Dallas to advance to Super Bowl - Lions beat Browns or Bills, two teams with their own history of heartbreak, to win Super Bowl