Put it on the board! Red Wings 3, Oilers 1

It's Abby's world and we are just living in it.

Another solid road win in western Canada.
Another solid effort from top to bottom.
Another kick ass performance from the third line.

Let's get to the bullet points...

• James Jimmah Tiberius Howard III. Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages, the Detroit Red Wings have themselves a goaltender.  Now you must be thinking, 'Jeff, we know Jimmy is goodm' But loyal readers of BSI, enjoy what we are seeing from Jimmah right now. He is continuing to blossom into an elite NHL goalie. If his play continues, we need the TPL store to start printing some Jimmah for President Heisman Vezina Hart t-shirts.
• The third line is clicking. Modano looks like he's 34 out there. Cleary is back to his not trying to be too fancy and skilled and just grinding and mucking it up in the corners and going to the net self.  Abby has been shot out of a cannon and is showing no signs of slowing down. I hope 2010-11 is known as The Evolution of Abby: the story of a young Michigander (Michiganian?  Michiganite?) who began in Muskegon, went on to East Lansing, Grand Rapids, and finally Detroit, started as a 4th line grinder, and evolved into a solid, tough, physical young scorer in the NHL.
• The four minute power play in the first period was damn good...except they didn't score.  I loved the chances.  I loved the puck movement.  Now just put the puck in the back of the net.
• Nikoali Hasekbulin made a unreal save on Hank.
• Clean hit on Pavel...but I was glad to see Big Rig step up and defend his teammate.  
• Franzen in the fourth line with Helm and Eaves for a few shifts.  Not sure if this was just because the lines got juggled because of PKs or PPs, or Babcock wanted Hudler to play with more offensively skilled guys, or the Mule was demoted for poor play.  Regardless, it was interesting to see.  Every now and then I like to see guys like Helm and Eaves play with more skilled guys.  I'm curious what they could do.  Hustle (Helm/Eaves) + Skill (Franzen/Datsyuk) = Goals? 

Let's Go Red Wings.