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Wings Have To Player Tighter Defensively
by Paul on 10/13/09 at 11:04 AM ET
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from Larry Wigge of NHL.com,
Osgood’s first game at “The Joe” since June 12 was a 32-save effort, holding off the potent Alex Ovechkin-led Washington Capitals in a 3-2 victory for Detroit.
“I said to Ozzie, ‘I don’t know if you played one game that well in the first half last year.’ So that’s a real good sign for us,” Wing coach Mike Babcock said.
“Everyone is determined to play tighter from the start this season, not just me,” Osgood said.
Babcock had reason to have his game face in midseason form after losing forwards Marian Hossa, Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson to free agency as well as two opening-season losses to rival St. Louis in Sweden.
Babcock is stressing a more aggressive penalty-killing unit—not only to be better at smoldering opponent’s power plays, but also improving on the paltry six shorthanded goals the multi-talented Red Wings had last season. The Red Wings were particularly embarrassed by ranking 25th on the penalty kill last season. That won’t happen again.
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