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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2592631" data-attributes="member: 2012">Well, I just cut and paste 'em, I don't write 'em. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> St. Louis and Lightning strike Red WingsAssociated Press9/19/2005 9:22:04 PMDETROIT (AP) - Many other NHL coaches will certainly echo Mike Babcock's thoughts about the league's new mandate against interference-type penalties.''We're going to have to learn the rules and how to play,'' he said after watching his Detroit Red Wings drop a 5-3 decision to the defending-Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the first exhibition game for both teams on Monday night.It featured 18 power plays and almost half of the contest (29 minutes, 26 seconds) was played with one of the teams holding a manpower advantage.Four of the eight goals came on the power play.''It seems there's going to be a lot of specialty teams,'' said Kris Draper, who scored two of Detroit's goals and assisted on the other. ''Basically, how are we going to adjust to it is what it comes down to.''Players with speed, skating ability and skill will have no problems making the adjustment. Draper is one of the NHL's fastest skaters.Tampa Bay is one of the league's most skilled teams and it showed on Monday night. Martin St. Louis had a goal and two assists, Fredrik Modin had two goals and an assist and Brad Richards had a goal and an assist.''It's going to free up a lot of opportunities to score,'' said Red Wings' goaltender Manny Legace, who played the first two periods. ''Guys are going to have to let guys go. You have to, or it's a penalty.''St. Louis broke a tie with a power-play goal 46 seconds into the third period. It was the first professional shot faced by goalie Jimmy Howard, who signed with Detroit after three seasons of college hockey at Maine.Just 1:16 later, Evgeny Artyukhin made it two goals on the first three shots against Howard.Draper scored his second goal with 1:34 left and Howard pulled for an extra skater.Modin's second goal came into an empty net with 3.3 seconds remaining.Nicklas Lidstrom scored a power-play goal for the Red Wings 3:11 into the game and Richards tied it at 5:57. Modin and Draper scored power-play goals in the second period.As all NHL exhibition games will this season, the contest featured a shootout. Another new rule is that games tied after regulation time and the five-minute overtime period will be decided by a shootout.The Lightning also won the shootout as St. Louis and Richard beat Howard and Jason Williams was the only Detroit player to beat John Grahame in the format.''I had it (the shootout) in the ''I'' (the now defunct International Hockey League). The fans liked it,'' said Legace. ''From a goaltender's standpoint, I don't like it.''</blockquote>

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