Statement?

Dallas comes out on top of Detroit 3-1 in a hard fought, well played game. Dallas has proved all season they can compete with the big dogs, yet for some reason struggle against the lower level teams. Alex Auld dazzled us again, and proved he's much better at giving Marty Turco an ocassional day off than being an every day starter.


First Period
Mike Ribeiro "scored" to get us the lead. I use that loosely because it was yet another fluke-y goal, charging the side of the net and banking it off a defender. We'll take goals however we can get them, but ideally it'd be nice to eliminate the flukes and concentrate on establishing an attack, since there wont be an out of place defenseman every time you have the puck but there will always be shots.
Second Period
Matt Niskanen rifled one from the blue line off the post to give us the two goal lead. Henrik Zetterberg pulled it to one by evading Richards and flipping it top shelf over Auld.
Third Period
I'm quick to criticize refs, regardless of who the call goes against. This time Detroit got screwed, as Brad May shoved the puck clearly over the line in the corner between Auld's skate and the net, but the ruling was that the whistle was blown, killing the play. I'm really surprised that it was still dissallowed despite going under review. Might have been wrong, but I wont complain. Loui Eriksson gave us some inssurance and the 3-1 win late in the third.