Red Wings January 2026 Game Threads

[lordstanley]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

and now a 5-3...

Including a double minor. Wings will be lucky to get to OT.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Pathetic. We've had two shots on goal this entire period. 

[lordstanley]

Damn, if Ghost could have at least waited another 20 seconds before tying it.

[buddha]

come on larkin.  another turnover at the blueline leads to a carolina break.

[buddha]

detroit's on the pp but carolina looks more likely to score.  i'm just hopong they can get a loser point.

[lordstanley]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

detroit's on the pp but carolina looks more likely to score.  i'm just hopong they can get a loser point.

TWO shorthanded goals in the same period would have been embarrassing. 

[buddha]

btw, before we trade a piece of the future for a rental or mild upgrade, remember this third period.  this team cant compete with the real contenders when they turn it up.

[gehringer_2]

WTF was Raymond doing there 

[buddha]

and they win it!

this team loves overtime.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Ok, I'll take it. We didn't deserve to win after the 1st period of play. But what a goal to cap the game off and win one for Sergei on his night. 

[buddha]

wow.  what a horrible missed call!

guess what carolina?  makes up for that bull**** call on raymond earlier!

[lordstanley]

Cry, Canes, cry.

[gehringer_2]

Ghost didn't get the call because he dove as soon as he felt Cat's stick - you can see the way his weight was distributed he was helping push himself forward to go down.

[lordstanley]

Even Paul Woods acknowledges that the ref needs to visit the eye doctor after missing the cross check.

 

 

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Even Paul Woods acknowledges that the ref needs to visit the eye doctor after missing the cross check.

 

 

the ref didn't miss it, he was right there looking straight at it. He decided not to call it.

Sucks to give up a point to Carolina after leading by 3 but at least they got the 2.

Edited 20 hours ago by gehringer_2

[sagnam]

They owed us for the Raymond penalty and for the linesman getting in the way of that outlet pass in OT.

But the Wings are passive in all aspects on defense while teams like the Canes can put  pressure on an offense. Don’t think we can expect to be successful in a long series playing bunched up in front of our net.

[gehringer_2]

10 minutes ago, sagnam said:

They owed us for the Raymond penalty and for the linesman getting in the way of that outlet pass in OT.

But the Wings are passive in all aspects on defense while teams like the Canes can put  pressure on an offense. Don’t think we can expect to be successful in a long series playing bunched up in front of our net.

Funny thing is on the opening Canes' penalty I was going to post about how aggressively the Canes attacked the Wing's powerplay, which I would like to see the Wings do more, but of course then they gave up the PP goal so it didn't actually work out for them. 🤷‍♂️

I don't know how much of that late/leading passivity is McLellan's idea of game management or if they just don't execute what he actually has in mind, but their late/leading play is leaving a lot to be desired.

I also wish we had a quicker player to use in the penalty kill than Rasmussen.

Edited 20 hours ago by gehringer_2

[buddha]

tomorrow against boston feels like a schedule loss.  day after sergei's retirement and back to back big games against carolina and montreal.

[slothfacekilla]

Gostisbehere went down so easily, that's the risk you take when you try to sell a call when you're defending the front of the net.

[lordstanley]

Leafs are now in playoff position after knocking off the Avs in Denver. 

[lordstanley]

 

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, buddha said:

tomorrow against boston feels like a schedule loss.  day after sergei's retirement and back to back big games against carolina and montreal.

lIf we can believe that figures here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/comments/1imymae/deep_dive_on_backtoback_games_in_nhl_is_rest_day/

That's a pretty substantial differential. 

 

[buddha]

9 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Leafs are now in playoff position after knocking off the Avs in Denver. 

gross

[Shinzaki]

Would not have thought it were possible for me to think this way a year ago, but they need to resign Chiarot

[gehringer_2]

11 hours ago, buddha said:

tomorrow against boston feels like a schedule loss.  day after sergei's retirement and back to back big games against carolina and montreal.

even with the OT, McLellan managed to keep all the forwards' TOI under 20min, but Simon and Seider were at 26 and 28.