The Red Wings will head into 2019 off a loss where they blew a three-goal lead and will have all of the first of the year to watch a boring outdoor game while thinking about how they let it slip away. However, since I don’t have FIlip Hronek to blame this loss on entirely, I’m going to go with a positive breakdown and show you the first goal of the game because it features several of my favorite things:
- A player with a critically-important play that doesn’t get credited on the scoresheet (TWO, even!