Red Wings block 7 shots in 30 seconds, a breakdown
What Happened
The Detroit Red Wings find themselves trailing the Florida Panthers by one goal late in the third period. With their season on the line, the Red Wings' defense steps up in a big way, blocking an incredible seven shots in just 30 seconds. First, Red Wings defenseman Olli Maatta makes a nice play to knock the puck away from a Panthers player. The puck stays in the Detroit zone and the Panthers try to set up another scoring chance. Maatta bravely throws himself in front of the shot, taking the impact right on his left foot. He's clearly in pain, but fights through it to get back up and continue playing. The Panthers maintain possession, cycling the puck around the offensive zone. Veteran forward Filip Zadina makes a heads-up play, getting in front of the next shot and blocking it with his right leg. Zadina goes down to the ice, rolling around in obvious discomfort. "That dude takes one of the feet and he trips his teammate," the announcer observes, as Zadina's block causes a collision with another Red Wings player. Three blocked shots in quick succession have the Detroit bench fired up. The relentless Panthers keep the pressure on, firing another shot that Tyler Bertuzzi blocks with his stick. Unfortunately, the force of the impact shatters Bertuzzi's stick, leaving him unable to clear the puck from the zone. "Get it out of the zone, get it out of the zone," the announcer pleads, as the Panthers capitalize on the Red Wings' momentary vulnerability. Goaltender Ville Husso makes a save, but the rebound stays in play. Defenseman Jordan Oesterle steps up to block the follow-up attempt, the seventh Red Wings block in under 30 seconds. "Talk about a wild block party," the announcer exclaims. "Was it worth it? Did it matter? Did it lead to them tying the game?" Despite the Red Wings' valiant efforts, the Panthers eventually score in overtime to secure the victory. But the Detroit players' commitment to defense in that frantic sequence has the crowd buzzing. "That block party was a pretty good time," the announcer concludes, impressed by the Red Wings' determination to protect their net at all costs.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe red wings were down one goal to the
panthers in the third period and we got
ourselves a block party first a nice
little grab on the blade there and then
he does spin move and then he's just
waiting for help waiting for help
killing time waiting for help circling
around waiting for help killing time red
wings can't stop him puck's in the zone
at their feet back to the panthers
they're going to set it up and there's
your first block right to the left foot
gets him he's down at the top of the
zone he's hurting he's up he can't put
any weight in his left foot look at him
can't but anyway in the left foot but
trying gutting it out number 73 uh oh
here comes another shot bam that one
goes to the right leg or the right foot
and he's down on the ground and rolling
around oh no that dude takes one of the
feet and he trips his teammate and all
the red wings are on the ground three
block shots oh my god a fourth block
shot finally an open shot saved by the
goalie rebound banging around another
block shot get it out of the zone get it
out of the zone they can't get it out
it's back up to the point they're gonna
pass it around nice pass here cross ice
and now two guys first guy misses second
guy hits it hits the third guy's stick
block shot but it breaks his stick so he
can't get it out so now they got another
free shot they dump it in another save
and finally it ricochets all the way out
talk about a wild block party and was it
worth it did it matter did it lead to
them tying the game yes they dump it in
there and then it's in the corner and
you can see the math here there's five
panthers in shot and only two red wings
so this dude's like i'll just send it
where you guys ain't bam over there find
some open ice there you go back and
forth over there with the open ice and
now from the point just kind of a wrist
shot and that goes in but just throwing
it on that as dude's soviet union fan
and a yankee fan
drinking bud light
weirded me out but he's excited let's go
so gross disgusting this dude handles
the squid he's gonna clean up little
squid cleanup that's how you do it you
just put some more ice on the ice hits
one stick right there does it hit a
second before it hits the third
definitely it's two sticks might have
hit third if you're a goalie what the
hell you gonna do about that is the high
sticking i don't know
i don't know i don't know i'm a baseball
guy all right so then they go to ot and
the panthers score and they get the win
but that block party
pretty good time