2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Detroit Red Wings win 4-1 against Dallas Stars
The 46th game of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series saw the Detroit Red Wings play their 4th game as they were up against the Dallas Stars who played their overall 3rd game with the 1st at home. The match took
place this Wednesday at the American Airlines Centre, home of the Dallas Stars. There were around 18,500 fans that came to witness this exciting showdown as two giants of the NHL were up against each other.
1st Period
The Dallas Stars started the period well on top of their game as they came up with early shots on the Detroit Red Wings goal. The away team managed to convert one of their chances into goal when they netted the puck in the 2nd minute of the period.
The goal was scored by Brad Richards who came up with a splendid shot from 56 feet that went sweeping past the goalkeeper. Taking the lead, the home team were content on maintaining a good, tight and strong defence. They were successful in doing so as the
away team fired shots but all were from long range. The Detroit Red Wings, on the other hand, also combined well at the back and apart from the early shots on their goal; the Dallas Stars didn’t go much in the period.
As the 1st period ended, the Detroit Red Wings piled up 7 shots with no goals, whereas, the home team, Dallas Stars scored once out of the 3-goal attempts.
2nd Period
The 2nd period started on a high for the home team as they scored once again in the 1st minute much to the shock of the away team. The goal gave them a comfortable lead of 2 goals with the score 2-0 in favour of the Dallas Stars.
The goal was scored by Loui Eriksson through a wrist-off shot from 9 feet. The Dallas Stars didn’t let the Detroit Red Wings defence dictate the game this time, and they kept on pressing despite they left open spaces at the back.
With the determination, hard work and fan’s support they managed to score the 3rd goal in the 8th minute. The goal was scored by the Captain Brenden Morrow whose defected shot from 13 feet found the back of the net. With the score on
3-0, the Dallas Stars were still not done as yet and they continued to attack. Their countless attacks were so strong that the Detroit Red Wings were in their half for most of the period.
The Dallas Stars completed the dominating performance in the half by scoring once again in the 17th minute to take the score to 4-0. The goal came from a fabulous backhand from 15 feet from James Neal.
The period ended with the Detroit Red Wings stacking up 7 shots with no goals and the Dallas Stars scoring 3 goals out of the 8 goal attempts.
3rd Period
The last period of the match didn’t see much as the Dallas Stars had already sealed the win with the dominating first 2 periods of the match after scoring 4 goals. The winning team didn’t look to attack a lot and changed the roster with the comfortable lead
that they established.
The Dallas Stars concentrated on defence rather than the offence. The only goal that was scored in the period was in favour of the Detroit Red Wings which was no more than a consolation goal. The game ended with the Dallas Stars wining the match 4-1 after
putting up a dominating display of ice hockey.
The period saw the Detroit Red Wings score one goal out of the 12 goal attempts and the Dallas Stars coming up with 4 shots but no goals.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, while disappointed after his first regulation loss, was glad Mike Modano received his due, "I thought it was important," Babcock said. "He earned that over a lot of years and obviously this probably was a tough game for him
to play, no question about it. There were mixed emotions and I'm sure he would have liked his team to do better. But it's over with now and he can get on with being a Red Wing."
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