How did the Red Wings win their last game of the road trip?
Whoever wins the special-teams battle usually wins hockey games, as the Red Wings proved with their 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks Sunday night. Detroit had four power play opportunities in the contest, while Vancouver had seven. The Red Wings scored on three of their man advantages, and the Canucks scored on none. Needless to say, the Wings will be able to win a lot of hockey games when keeping the opposition from scoring on the PP. Goaltender Chris Osgood played his role of lead penalty killer well, making saves at all the right times and handling the traffic and scrums in front of his net during the Canucks’ comeback attempt. Osgood’s power play unit helped him out at the other end, with Mikael Samuelsson, Brian Rafalski, and Henrik Zetterberg all tallying goals on the advantage. Who was the star of the game for the Red Wings? Henrik Zetterberg was up to his usual self Sunday night, contributing on two of the three Detroit goals while taking care of business in the defensive
