Leafs @ Wings - Mar. 13th, 7:30pm - SN, Fan 590

[TML fan]

Bernier has been annoyingly sharp tonight.

In fairness, the Red Wings played last night.

 

[herman]

Bernier has been annoyingly sharp tonight.

In fairness, the Red Wings played last night.

Zing!

 

[dappleganger]

The Leafs are playing well defensively. I can't remember the last time I typed that.

 

[herman]

Soshnikov with the great check on Zetterberg.

 

[herman]

Lol. Grabner.

 

[McGarnagle]

Lol. Grabner.

No idea what he was thinking there. That's novice hockey basics.

 

[Kin]

Bad for the tank, good for the Pittsburgh pick.

Every single forward on the team played between 12 and 18 minutes.

 

[herman]

Lol. Grabner.

No idea what he was thinking there. That's novice hockey basics.

He was going for the net, but did not account for his momentum carrying the puck away from the target. Super tired = hard to think.

 

[herman]

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[Bullfrog]

He's no Dylan Larkin, but he's a fine skater. 

 

[ZBBM]

He's no Dylan Larkin

Who could ever even hope to be?

 

[herman]

He's no Dylan Larkin

Who could ever even hope to be?

Dylan Larkin is the Vitruvian hockey player, of proportion and skill that none can hope to attain. Nylander only beat him because of Larkin's exceeding humility.

 

[Bender]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

 

[Highlander]

whats the winning s__t?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

I didn't watch the game, but is "stifling" the right word here? They were outshot 38-27 and Detroit had 58% of the shot attempts at even-strength. Seems like one Bernier just stole, no?

 

[herman]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

I didn't watch the game, but is "stifling" the right word here? They were outshot 38-27 and Detroit had 58% of the shot attempts at even-strength. Seems like one Bernier just stole, no?

The Leafs stifled the neutral zone most of the night (hard gap closure), but Detroit's talented team broke through enough times for some quality chances. Bernier did indeed stand tall(er than usual), but a lot of the shots on were the D giving him fairly clean looks and minimizing scramble opportunities.

It was a pretty back and forth night for both teams on the second game of a back-to-back, but the Leafs clearly had a speed advantage for more of the game thanks to the rest they got against Ottawa.

 

[L K]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

I didn't watch the game, but is "stifling" the right word here? They were outshot 38-27 and Detroit had 58% of the shot attempts at even-strength. Seems like one Bernier just stole, no?

It was boring hockey.  I was surprised to see Detroit have that many shots.  The Leafs really slowed them down in the neutral zone and they weren't getting a lot of crisp cross ice passes.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

I didn't watch the game, but is "stifling" the right word here? They were outshot 38-27 and Detroit had 58% of the shot attempts at even-strength. Seems like one Bernier just stole, no?

They gamed their Corsi.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

He's no Dylan Larkin

Who could ever even hope to be?

Even Dylan Larkin isn't as good as Dylan Larkin.

 

[Bender]

The Leafs played a real stifling game against the Wings. Great to see. You can't lose them all!

I didn't watch the game, but is "stifling" the right word here? They were outshot 38-27 and Detroit had 58% of the shot attempts at even-strength. Seems like one Bernier just stole, no?

It was boring hockey.  I was surprised to see Detroit have that many shots.  The Leafs really slowed them down in the neutral zone and they weren't getting a lot of crisp cross ice passes.

Yeah, I mean it's not like we had a good offensive game, and our defensive game looked bad based on shots but I really felt we weren't giving them a whole lot of time and space. Bernier obviously had a solid game but IMO they weren't really quality shots and I feel like the Leafs really shut Detroit down from getting good chances in the last ten minutes of the third. I didn't think they were ever in much real danger of losing the game from that point on, which is rare of me to say!