Pistons and Wings played last night.

The Pistons rolled the Bucks last night to close out the series. They now move on to play the Nets on Monday. A little payback from last season. Tayshaun Prince was absolutely off the hook yesteday. So much so that I used the term “off the hook”. I was telling Kel last night how I want to get an authentic Prince jersey. Ironically, Joey called me this morning to tell me that he tiled Tayshauns house yesterday. He said he’s was cool, and when they go back to finish the job, he’ll see if he can score me an autograph. Good times.

Then there was the Wings game. What a game. Maltby scores 26 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead. That was no where near enough to get comfortable. Then the Wings go up 2-0, and it was easier to let out a little sigh of releif. Until of course, the Flames scored 2 goals in 18 seconds. All of a sudden, we have a new game. It was a total defensive breakdown on both goals. CuJo couldn’t do anything more. But he did make a save, in the third period, on a 2 on 1 that helped keep the game tied. It was a great play by Calgary. Fischer gave up the puck, and handed the Flames a 2 on 1. He sprawled to take the pass away, but Nieminen made a great play to get the puck to Donovan who tipped the puck towards the net. Cujo stacked teh pads, and absolutely robbed Donovan of a goal. Highlight reel material for sure.

Dandenault scored half way through the 3rd to put the Wings back up on top, and they ended up winning 4-2. But late in the third, with only 3 seconds left on the clock, Nieminen took a horrible penalty. He charged at CuJo, with no one else even close to him, and checked him back into his own net. He got a 5 minute major penalty and ejected from the game. Relevant? Nope. There was only 3 seconds left. I don’t see how the league can look at that replay and not see that it was blatant intent to injure. Nieminen should be suspended at the very least for the next game. We’ll see what the league does though, Calgary already has their top 3 defenseman sidelined. I wonder if the league will take Nieminen away also.