Hudler and Cleary help Wings edge Canucks

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12/04/2008 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jiri Hudler and Daniel Cleary each scored a pair of goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-5 win over the Vancouver Canucks as the two teams put an early wrap on their season series from Joe Louis Arena.

Nicklas Lidstrom had a goal and two assists while Derek Meech notched his first NHL goal for the Red Wings, who have won three of their last four games and continue to lead the Central Division with 38 points.

Chris Osgood allowed five goals on 25 shots but was the beneficiary of some potent Detroit offense as the club improved to 2-0 on its four-game homestand.

Henrik Sedin had a goal and assist while Taylor Pyatt, Kyle Wellwood, Mason Raymond and Alex Burrows each found the back of the net for the Canucks, who had handed the Red Wings a pair of defeats earlier this year, posting a pair of overtime wins while losing the other meeting by just one goal.

Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo split his two starts versus Detroit this year, with Curtis Sanford getting the other win. Luongo, though, is currently on injured reserve due to a strained left groin, while Sanford left Monday's 3-2 loss to Columbus because of back spasms.

Sanford returned Thursday to allow six goals on 33 shots before being replaced by Cory Schneider early in the third. Schneider stopped all five shots he faced.

The Canucks have now lost the first three tests of their season-high seven- game road trip. Vancouver is 7-7-1 on the road this season and will play in Minnesota on Friday.

Meech skated around and behind the net to Sanford's left and stuffed in a wrap-around when the goaltender couldn't recover to give Detroit a 4-3 lead 3:23 into the third.

Just 50 seconds later, Marian Hossa fired a cross-ice pass from the right boards to a cutting Lidstrom, who skated in on net and beat Sanford five-hole to gain a quick two-goal lead.

The Wings kept applying pressure and capitalized on a power play less than two minutes later when Lidstrom's shot from the left point got caught up in some skates in front and Cleary chipped it in with a sweeping backhand to make it a 6-3 game and chase Sanford from the contest.

Daniel Sedin's slap shot from along the left boards handcuffed Osgood up around his neck and the rebound bounced into the slot where his brother Henrik snapped a shot into the net to cut the deficit to two at the 8:20 mark.

Kevin Bieksa let a rising shot go from the right point and Burrows tipped it past Osgood with 1:25 left but the Canucks took a penalty 11 seconds later and spent the remainder of the game in their own end.

Vancouver scored on its first shot of the game just 1:35 in as Pyatt took a feed from Shane O'Brien just inside the right circle and snapped off a quick shot that beat Osgood high and to the glove side.

Detroit had an answer, though, just past the five-minute mark as Valtteri Filppula picked up an errant Vancouver pass along the left boards and slipped the puck back into the slot for Tomas Kopecky, who dished off to Hudler at the left circle for the score into a wide open net with Sanford having already committed to Kopecky.

Hudler then made it a 2-1 game after taking a pass from Andreas Lilja at center ice -- splitting a pair of Canuck defenders -- before breaking in on Sanford and lifting a shot up and over the netminder's glove.

Sanford, however, was instrumental in keeping it a one-goal game, making several top-notch stops on a Red Wings 5-on-3 late in the frame.

Vancouver tied things up 1:32 into the second when Daniel Sedin sent a pass from behind the net and across the crease to Wellwood camped to Osgood's right for a shot that slipped past the goaltender on the short side 10 seconds into a power play.

Less than three minutes later Alexander Edler missed wide and to the left with a slap shot from the high slot but the carom off the boards came back out and to the right side where Raymond was able to bury the puck in the back of the net for a 3-2 Canucks lead.

The Wings evened the score, though, just after an expiring power-play chance with Lidstrom's slapper from the left point deflected in by Cleary 9:34 into the second period.

Game Notes

The Red Wings honored recent Hall of Fame inductee Igor Larionov prior to the game. A member of three Stanley Cup championship-winning teams (1997, '98, 2002), "The Professor" participated in a ceremonial puck dropping before the game...Detroit assigned defenseman Chris Chelios to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League earlier Thursday on a conditioning assignment. Chelios has yet to play a game this season as he suffered a fractured right tibia in an exhibition game at Montreal on September 30...The Red Wings are 7-2-2 at Joe Louis Arena this year...Brian Rafalski and Valtteri Filppula each registered a pair of assists for Detroit...O'Brien and Daniel Sedin each had two assists for Vancouver.

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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

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Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

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Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

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Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Odds

Will he or won't he?  Now that the Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach in Wade Phillips, the big question will be: Does Terrell Owens stay with the team.

Jerry Jones continues to suggest that Terrell Owens will remain with the team.

"I've said that he's back, he's here, he's under contract," Jones said. "In the interviews I've just been through (to hire a new coach), it was very clear to me how highly he's thought of and how much of an impact he had on our offensive success."

Just to be sure though, Terrell Owens cleared out his locker and removed his name plate.

Terrell Owens was among the Cowboys most productive players this past season, catching 85 passes for 1,180 yards and a league-best 13 touchdowns.

But T.O. is due a $3 million roster bonus in June, then a $5 million salary this season. Cutting him before then would save a lot of money and headaches.

Aside from the questions surrounding Terrell Owens, the oddsmakers at MySportsbook.com have concerns over starting quarterback Tony Romo's state of mind and whether he will remain a starting quarterback.  It is also not known how players will adjust to new head coach, Wade Phillips.

Here are the football odds as seen at MySportsbook.com and subject to change after February 10, 2007 if not locked in prior to that date.
Arizona Cardinals 60-1


Atlanta Falcons 50-1


Baltimore Ravens 15-1


Buffalo Bills 50-1


Carolina Panthers 18-1


Chicago Bears 10-1


Cincinnati Bengals 15-1


Cleveland Browns 100-1


Dallas Cowboys 15-1


Denver Broncos 15-1


Detroit Lions 100-1


Green Bay Packers 50-1


Houston Texans 100-1


Indianapolis Colts 6-1


Jacksonville Jaguars 30-1


Kansas City Chiefs 30-1


Miami Dolphins 40-1


Minnesota Vikings 75-1


New England Patriots 10-1


New Orleans Saints 18-1


New York Giants 20-1


New York Jets 30-1


Oakland Raiders 100-1


Philadelphia Eagles 18-1


Pittsburgh Steelers 10-1


Saint Louis Rams 60-1


San Diego Chargers 6-1


San Francisco 49ers 75-1


Seattle Seahawks 20-1


Tampa Bay Buccanneers 75-1


Tennessee Titans 40-1


Washington Redskins 50-1

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