Recap in notes form, as I'm short on time.

• Jonathan Ericsson went down in the first period after a clean and accidental knee-on-knee hit by Shane Doan. As we Wings fans are such experts on injuries now, it's worth noting that he did not put any weight on his leg leaving the ice. We learned from the Niklas Kronwall injury, weight on the leg could be the difference between a sprain and a tear (aka one month and four). FSN also mentioned that it could be a bruise.
• As we've learned, Ericsson is a quick recovery. He left two other games early and missed a grand total of three games. And as I was reminded on Twitter, he recovered from an appendectomy in days. So maybe we're dealing with some kind of miracle Swede here.
• Names suggested on Twitter for a replacement: Aaron Ward, Chris Chelios, and Jakub Kindl. The correct answer is obvious -- it's gotta be Kindl. Kindl is NHL-ready, and no matter how serious Ericsson's injury is, the Wings have Kronwall coming back in the next few weeks. He's on a one-way contract for next season, two games isn't really going to be enough for him to be "overripe" like the Wings want. Ward is too pricey at the moment, at $2.5 million a year, maybe on re-entry. And Chelios? That might have been a joke, I'm not sure. The last thing we need right now is three defensemen (Chelios, Lebda, Meech) that Babcock is afraid to play at even strength. Remember that playoff game where he played seven minutes? Maybe if our PK was worse, but for now it seems to be ok. Sorry, Cheli.
• Kris freakin' Newbury. I wrote this pre-game: " If you thought Justin Abdelkader or Todd Bertuzzi took stupid penalties, wait until Newbury gets in the lineup" and I believe I was proved right on his first and third shift of the game. Somehow, in between those shift, he scored a goal. Well... how about that? Despite the eventful first period, I pray that Darren Helm can go on Thursday.
  
• Patrick Eaves was exceptional tonight. When they signed him, I watched all of his goals on NHL.com's highlights, because that's what I do. I'd say more than half of them were lasers from the slot, like that. I was wondering if he lost that shot or something, but it was back tonight on his goal and a few other times during the game.
• The Wings effort in the first and second period was unusually exceptional, but they were really clinging to that one-goal lead for most of the third. Considering how hot the Coyotes are right now, and how depleted the Wings are, I was a little surprised by the way all four lines took it to them.
  
• Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom.. and why not, Brian Rafalski. Who would have thought these would be the four that couldn't buy a goal at this point in the season? Datsyuk and Zetterberg were especially good for most of the game, but nothing's going in. They had an insane first period powerplay that I could not believe they didn't score on. You could just smell it.

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