The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on a Todd Bertuzzi goal with 38 seconds remaining in overtime to move within one point of the Hawks for first place in the Central Division. It is the second time in a week Detroit has got the best of Chicago in overtime.
The Hawks got off to a horrific start getting outshot 10-0 in the opening minutes of play but Corey Crawford shut the door to keep the Hawks in the game. But with Marcus Kruger off for hooking it was Tomas Holmstrom tipping an Ian White point shot to beat Crawford and give the Wings a 1-0 advantage. 3:14 later it was Brent Seabrook letting Todd Bertuzzi get behind him on a stretch pass from Pavel Datsyuk for a breakaway goal and a 2-0 Detroit lead. Crawford would keep the Wings off the board after that in a period that saw the Hawks outshot 21-4 and outplayed badly.
Things would even out a bit in the second period and at 14:54 Wings goalie Jimmy Howard would misplay the puck behind the net and Andrew Shaw banged it home for the Hawks when it came to him wide open in front of an empty net. The Wings outshot the Hawks 8-7 in the second period of play.
The third period was the opposite of the first with the Hawks totally taking it to the Wings outshooting them 16-5. But it was Jimmy Howard keeping the Wings in the game making save after save. But at 19:08 off a clean faceoff win by Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa took a shot from up high that Toews got a stick on in front to beat Jimmy Howard to tie the game at 2-2. After some anxious moments in the Hawks end in the closing seconds the game went to overtime. The Hawks were dominated in overtime and outshot 9-0. With 38 seconds to play Todd Bertuzzi found the back of the net for his second of the game and the Wings won 3-2.
Joel Quenneville can’t be happy with the effort from his team in this one as in the NHL you must play 60 minutes to win a game and the Hawks only showed up for about 25 minutes in this one. Rookies Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw continued to impress but the Hawks best players need to start being their best players. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane only registered 3 shots between them. Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith were a combined -3.
The Hawks fell to 26-13-6 on the year and 10-8-2 on the road with the loss. The Hawks will return home for a huge Western Conference game against the Pacific Division leading San Jose Sharks on Sunday night. The Hawks are 1-1-0 against the Sharks this season. Losing 1-0 at the Tank in November and winning 3-2 in overtime at the UC last month. In the last meeting Jamie McGinn and Justin Braun scored for the Sharks in regulation, and Marcus Kruger and Andrew Brunette scored for Chicago before Patrick Sharp won the game with just 34 seconds remaining in overtime. Ray Emery stopped 35 of 37 Sharks shot to earn the victory. Former Hawks net minder Anti Niemi made 31 saves in the loss. The Sharks are 10-4-3 on the road and will play in Columbus on Saturday night before heading to Chicago. The Hawks come in with a 16-5-4 United Center record. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau lead the Sharks with 35 points apiece. Logan Couture has a team high 18 goals. For the Hawks, Marian Hossa has a team high 47 points and Jonathan Toews leads Chicago with 23 goals.
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