Phoenix Coyotes at Detroit Red Wings - Game 4 Preview - Team With No Doan
by Travis Hair on Apr 20, 2010 1:41 PM MST
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PrintWell it's official. No Shane Doan today for the Coyotes. After his spill into the boards following a trip over Jimmy Howard he'll get this game off at least. Vernon Fiddler will play in his place as he's finally healed up after the hard fall he took in game 2.
The Coyotes will have to come out early and set the tone just like they did in game 3. Sure, they don't need to score just seconds into the game (Though I'm not ruling it out), but with or without Captain Coyote in the lineup they have to go out and assert themselves. The new forward line of Wolski-LombardiStempniak should be a good one if they can break free of the Detroit defense. The Czech line, okay Petr Prucha, really asserted themselves on Sunday as well and we'll look for a resurgence there.
The biggest help to the Coyotes though has been the Red Wings. Between defensive miscues, bad line changes, and other tough breaks the Red Wings just didn't look like the Red Wings in game 3. Nicklas Lidstrom had an especially rough night being on the ice for 3 of the 4 goals against.
Starting Goalies
People were waiting for this version of Bryzgalov to show up. He had a couple goals against him, but none of the "That was a terrible goal he let in" variety. He got top shelfed for one and got a fluke pinball go up his leg and bounced through the pads. He's zeroed in.
Howard on the other hand got beat by some very nice plays. Though with the exception of the 4th goal they were more defensive lapses than him being totally outplayed. That pretty Prucha goal was more beating everyone than Howard being the weak link. He's still playing well and the Coyotes will have to keep the pace up to beat him.
Key Players
After being out for game two he'll have to step in to replace the now injured Shane Doan. He's scrappy and is almost just as good about getting into the heads of his opponents. Everyone is chirping at the guy. We'll see what he's able to do.
Two "goals" waived off last game. He's also a total dweeb. Check him hard!
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Let's just beat Detroit...
as a Flyers fan I don’t want to prove anything about subpar goaltending not enabling a deep playoff run ;-)
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 20, 2010 2:17 PM MST up reply actions
As a Leafs fan I would kill for subpar goaltending.
What Toskala provided was lower than abysmal.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 20, 2010 2:57 PM MST up reply actions
LETS TAKE THIS HOME
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 20, 2010 2:54 PM MST reply actions
I technically shouldn’t even be on the internet at work. but, I need to know what happens in this game. Sucks that the game is on so early. Argh. Yes, I am going to keep complaining about this.
Hope Doan is feeling better. Hope he can go in game 5.
Wings aer going to play hard in this one. Hope the Coyotes play their own game. Go Coyotes!
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