Experienced Red Wings Exposing Young Lightning’s Shortcomings After Game 5 Win

April 25th, 2015 by Steve Macfarlane Leave a reply »



There's no substitute for what the Detroit Red Wings stars have in spades—playoff experience.

The Red Wings' new starting goaltender may be a rookie, but it’s the overall experience of the team that has made the playoffs an incredible 24 straight seasons that has pushed the young, talented and ultimately fragile-looking Tampa Bay Lightning to the brink in their first-round Eastern Conference matchup.

Freshman goalie Petr Mrazek was again impressive Saturday, posting his second shutout in three games with 28 saves against the Bolts in Tampa to give the Wings a 3-2 series lead following a 4-0 win. Half of those shots came in the third period as the Lightning made a desperate attempt to salvage the game.

The Bolts were able to do exactly that in Game 4 with a heroic effort from Tyler Johnson, who scored and set up a goal in the final five minutes to send the game to overtime, then potted the winner himself to tie the series.



Things went the other way Saturday, with Pavel Datsyuk—still a superstar at 36—giving the Wings a th ...

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