NHL Games to watch 2/6/12

There's only one game to really watch tonight, unless you wanna see if James Reimer will continue his shutout streak, then go watch the Oilers play the Maple Leafs

Detroit Red Wings vs Phoenix Coyotes
This is probably the only game where both teams are jockeying for playoff position. The Red Wings come in with a huge goaltending problem now that Jimmy Howard will miss the next two weeks and the Coyotes have a chance to get within two points of the 8th and final playoff spot out in the West. The Red Wings aren't even going to their back-up, they're going to their call-up Joey MacDonald. The Coyotes will counter with Mike Smith who will be looking for his first win against Detroit this season. This is the final match-up between the two teams and the Coyotes would like to end it on a high note.

Analyzing the Red Wings - Coyotes series

So, the first series that ended was on 4/20. (Insert joke here) Anyways, the Red Wings swept the Yotes 4-0 and just from analyzing the series, there were a lot of things coming in that was in the favor of the Red Wings, but most importantly, the one thing that would've kept the Coyotes in the series didn't show up. You'll see what I mean.

Looking back at Wednesday's Playoff Games...

So last night had some crazy games, double overtimes, a team got swept, there were some high-scoring games and oh yeah, Ryan Miller came to play! While I didn't catch the games, I can tell you why each team won. It's just a numbers game.