Thursday, May 9, 2013

Detroit Red Wings vs. Anaheim Ducks Game 5 Recap

      Game 5 of the first round match-up between the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks took place Wednesday night in Anaheim.  The best of seven series was tied at two games apiece going into the contest.  The winner of the game would take a 3-2 lead and history says that 73% of the time the winner of game five will win the series, making this game very important.
      The first period saw the teams trade goal with Detroit opening the scoring on a powerplay goal by Johan Franzen, his third of the playoffs, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Damien Brunner at 5:28 of the period.  Anaheim tied the score with 2:19 left in the period on a goal by Kyle Palmieri, his second of the playoffs assisted by David Steckel.  The Ducks outshot the Wings 18-9, while Detroit was 1-2  and Anaheim was 0-2 on the powerplay in the period.
      The second period saw both teams score and had the Wings get a long powerplay.  Detroit scored first again with Mikael Samuelsson lighting the lamp assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk at 10:08.  The Ducks even the score with 32 seconds left in the period on a powerplay goal by Ryan Getzlaf, his third of the post season, assisted by Francois Beauchemin and Sheldon Souray.  The Wings outshot the Ducks 15-9 while the Ducks were 1-1 with the man advantage while detroit was 0-1 even though the had a long powerplay after Daniel Winnik was giving a major for boarding.
      The third period was scoreless with Anaheim getting five shots for a three period total of 33 and Detroit getting six for a total of 29 shots.  There were two penalties in the period with Brendan Smith and Matt Beleskey both going off for roughing at 16:53.
      The overtime did not last long with Nick Bonino scoring his third of the series assisted by Ben Lovejoy at 1:54 into the overtime period.  The Duck outshot the Wings for the game 34-31 while both teams were 1-3 on the powerplay.
      The series now shifts back to Detroit for Game Six on Friday, time to be announced, where Anaheim will try to close out the series with a victory.  If Detroit can come up victorious on Friday then the series will return to Anaheim for Game Seven on Sunday, time TBA.

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