"The Red Wings reached their limit Saturday night at HP Pavilion, losing their last game of the playoffs in a manner emblematic of their regular season. One of their top defensemen, Brad Stuart, played with a sprained MCL; one of their top role players, Patrick Eaves, was too hurt to play. After a season defined by injuries, the Wings were unable to patch together a second straight victory when they most needed it and fell, 2-1 to the Sharks five games into the second round. "It's been a different season with all the injuries that we've had to key players and being out of the playoffs most of the year and just sticking with it," captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "We got ourselves into the fifth spot in the playoffs and I thought we did play well in the first round. We took Phoenix to seven games and beat them on the road. "It's disappointing when you fall short the way we did in this series. We felt we had a chance to win this game, we just didn't get it done." The Wings haven't lost this early since being bumped in the first round in 2006. They went to the Western Conference finals in 2007, won the Stanley Cup in 2008, and lost in Game 7 in the finals last year." http://www.freep.com/article/201005...-Wings-season-ends-with-series-loss-to-Sharks
