DETROIT -- The stumble Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves took during

in Nashville figures to be on the hockey bloopers reel for years to come.

His teammates and coaches got a chuckle out of it. So did Eaves, and that's what coach Mike Babcock liked to see.

“The best part for me, and the message to kids right there was when he was laying on the ice smiling,'' Babcock said. "That’s what life’s about. You get out there, you give it all you got. Sometimes it doesn’t work out. You get up, you have a smile on your face and you get ready to do it again.''

Babcock admitted his kids found it quite amusing.

“My kids wanted me to rewind it and show it to them. I had no trouble doing it,'' Babcock said. "I was at bowling yesterday for my youngest girl’s team hockey party, so I was working on the game, so they made me rewind it like about 20 times.''

As he made his move on goaltender Pekka Rinne, Eaves stumbled and fell, failing to get a shot off and sliding into the corner.

"He toe-picked on the one foot and then he toe-picked on the second foot,'' Babcock said. "He had 'em, he pump-(faked) him good. He might have a torn ego, but he’ll be all right.''

Eaves took it all in stride.

“What happened was pretty awesome and funny, great reaction from both benches and I think it made everyone in the arena laugh, too, and I was laughing,'' Eaves said. "I’m sure I’ll see it again and again.

"We ended up winning. Fortunately, it didn’t knock Howie (Jimmy Howard) off his focus too much.’’

Said teammate Derek Meech: “The refs were laughing, the coaches were laughing. I was trying to keep it in. I looked over and saw a few of the boys chucking, so it was pretty funny.’’