The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan spoke with Red Wings forward Jonatan Berggren today, addressing Berggren’s no-goals statistic after having played in ten games:
It’s 10 games into the regular-season schedule and Berggren still has a zero in the goals column. As a matter of fact, Berggren only has one point, an assist, so he wouldn’t mind getting all the offense up and going.
“But that’s hockey,” Berggren said. “Sometimes you play real bad and have three points that night, but then you play real good and the puck doesn’t want to go in.”
Berggren is confident things will break here soon. He’s had some prime goal-scoring opportunities and, most of all, he’s also been creating offensive chances for linemates. If that continues, Berggren is confident the offense will happen.
“As long as offense (opportunities) are there, I’m not worried,” he said. “It will (happen) sooner or later. It’ll come. But of course, everybody wants to score a couple already.”
Not being waiver eligible anymore Berggren, 24, made the opening night roster and is getting his first real full-time opportunity in the lineup. He’s been up and down the lineup, had a role on the power play, and played a season-high 15 minutes, 43 seconds in Wednesday’s loss to Winnipeg. Though the goals aren’t there, Berggren ranks well within the Wings’ lineup in many of the underlying metrics.
“That’s a positive,” coach Derek Lalonde said. “That’s him creating.”
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