Caught most of the 3rd. Wings rule. I love the hockey playoffs. It's 4 rounds of non-stop blood and guts mayhem.

Zetts is King!

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It wasn't full intensity hockey but red wing controlled the whole thing and won 3-1. Preds had 3 or so good chances: they cycled around dom's net but as long they were't able to send puck in front of net, their effort was pretty much wasted.

rafalski had some giveaways but D was good. Most shots by preds were covered or blocked.

It never looked like the game was in doubt. I have to admit, I had some recollections of the Wings games where they struggled to score and ended up losing on some fluky goal, but this team is different. Babcock has prepared this team to win 1-0 and 2-1 games, which they showed today. Way to go.

Beware of the To-To ...!

Red Wings got outplayed by Nashville in the 1st period, but lead 1-0 on goal by McCarty. Hasek was spectacular to keep puck out of the net.

I see them talking at the break about the Nashville (near) goal.

I thought the referee made the right call. It was literally too close to determine.

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The refs has lost this game for a bit. They should've been a bit stricter with the whistles on all the activities once the play has been stopped. Some of the calls actually really made me wonder - that goal that they disallowed for Nashville, then penalty on Hasek. They also allow Tootoo too much free physical play after the whistle.

Both teams get breaks on the offensive end, but the Wings are still leading by 1 after the 2nd period - 3-2. Refs need to stop all the Nashville's extra curricular activities after the whistle. They are allowing them to take runs at the Wings players once the play has been blown dead and to take shots at the Wings players after the whistle.

It's the playoffs, Mik. Things are supposed to get nasty.