The Red Wings come through late against the Dallas Stars

Going into the third period, the Red Wings were down by one. During a power play in the second period, Niklas Kronwall (Detroit) was late getting back on Defense which left Mike Ribeiro (Dallas) wide open for the put away in the lower right behind Osgood. The score didn't change until the middle of the third period.

It looked like the Red Wings were going to lose late in the third period still trailing when Henrik Zetterberg took it into the Dallas zone behind the net. He then back handed the puck through his and his defenders legs setting up Pavel Datsyuk with an easy tap into the lower corner.

This seemed to spark the Red Wings because they had several scoring opportunities within the next few minutes until they struck again. In the fifteenth minute, Zetterberg had an opportunity at the top of the slot and took a wrist shot which went past the screen into the upper corner of the net.

With about a minute left in the game, Dallas pulled their goalie to give them one last chance. A quick turnover by Dallas sent the Red Wings sprinting the other way. With thirty seconds left in the game, Schneider sealed the win with an empty-net goal.

Despite early struggles, Detroit seemed to play their game. Only down by one throughout the second period, the Red Wings stuck with it. With late opportunities the Red Wings were able to pull through. Tonight, they had difficulty putting the puck into the net because they had constant shots on Mike Smith (Dallas) throughout the third period. In the end, the Red Wings worked hard to get the win.