The Wings downed the Sharks 3-0 on Saturday night, putting together a strong gameplan of keeping San Jose to the outside and counter-punching when appropriate. They were largely allowed to conserve energy in the 2nd night of a back-to-back thanks to a Gustav Nyquist goal to give them the lead early in the 2nd period.
In this episode of Key Play Breakdown, we’re going to look at how a real strong play with the puck sprung the Wings for an odd-man rush that gave a sniper the lane he needed to score what would become the game-winner.
The play starts as Tommy Wingels picks up a dumped-in puck in his own end and plays it over to Justin Braun to get away from the forecheck of Gustav Nyquist.