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GDT - Game #19: Red Wings at Thrashers (7:00)
by Jeff OKWingnut on 11/24/10 at 09:51 AM ET
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After a 5-0-1 home-stand, game 19 finds DET (13-3-2) atop the Western Conference standings, ATL (9-9-3) are 9th in the East. DET leads the league in point percentage at .778% (believe it or not the BJ are second at.684%), and DET also lead the league in G/G at 3.67. The Wings PP, has gone top-shelf lately going 6-of-16 in the past three games; they have scored at least one power-play goal in 15 of 18 games.
Coach Babcock is being coy about his forward rotation: “We’ll look at that again.” “We’ve had a two-man rotation with Miller and Eaves (and) they’ve both played excellent. Maybe it’s time to go a little deeper.” And don’t look for Tyler to get up off the barroom floor anytime soon, especially after Scott Cullen has placed DET #1 in his Power Rankings, and taken note of Sparty: “One regulation loss in the last ten games and, living up to Assistant GM Jim Nill’s prediction at the end of last season, LW Justin Abdelkader is on his way to a breakout season with seven points in the last nine games.”
Tonight marks DET’s first game against an Eastern Conference opponent. Danny Cleary, who will be in the lineup tonight, said of the Thrashers: “We definitely don’t know a lot about them, except for standings and highlights.” I don’t either, other than their goalie is brilliant. The AJC certainly doesn’t give them much ink.
DET are 91-0 all time in game 19 of the schedule. They never, ever, lose game 19. Game On, Bitches(!) - - - and Happy Thanksgiving.
Division Standings:
GP W L OTL PTS Goal Differential
DET 18 13 3 2 28 +18
CBJ 19 13 6 0 26 +11
STL 19 11 5 3 25 +1
CHI 23 11 10 2 24 +4
NSH 19 9 7 3 21 -4
DET: 18 GP, 13-3-2, 28 pts, (1 in Conf, 1 in Central), 66 GF, 48 GA, Last 10 8-1-1, Won 1
ATL: 21 GP, 9-9-3, 21 pts, (9 in Conf, 3 in Southeast), 65 GF, 70 GA, Last 10 4-5-2, Won 2
Home/Away Record:
DET at home: 4-2-0 (21)
ATL on road: 5-5-1 (17)
Stats (rank):
DET: .778 point% (1), 3.67 G/G (1), 2.61 GA/G (9), 1.34 F/A (5), 21.7 PP% (9), 84.5 PK% (9), 33.5 S/G (3), 27.7 SA/G (3), 52.5 FO% (6).
ATL: .500 point% (21), 3.05 G/G (7), 3.24 GA/G (27), 0.84 5-5 F/A (22), 23.5 PP% (5), 78.4 PK% (25), 30.3 S/G (20), 35.4 SA/G (29), 49.2 FO% (20).
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = + 1.06
ATL = -0.19
Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 18 7 15 22 5 19:58
D Nicklas Lidstrom 18 3 17 20 3 24:19 Tied for 4th in Assists
L Henrik Zetterberg 18 7 13 20 5 19:37
R Todd Bertuzzi 18 3 12 15 11 15:50
R Danny Cleary 18 9 5 14 2 15:16
C Johan Franzen 17 9 4 13 1 16:19
L Tomas Holmstrom 18 6 4 10 0 14:49
D Brian Rafalski 8 0 10 10 6 19:37
D Brad Stuart 18 2 7 9 8 22:10
D Niklas Kronwall 18 4 5 9 5 23:07
C Valtteri Filppula 18 4 5 9 3 16:57
C Mike Modano 18 2 5 7 -2 13:24
L Justin Abdelkader 10 3 4 7 8 11:49
D Ruslan Salei 18 0 5 5 4 18:31
C Jiri Hudler 16 1 4 5 -5 0 12:34
R Patrick Eaves 14 3 2 5 2 10:58
C Darren Helm 18 1 4 5 4 11:36
L Drew Miller 14 1 2 3 -2 11:17
D Jonathan Ericsson 10 1 0 1 4 15:55
D Doug Janik 7 0 0 0 -2 13:13
D Jakub Kindl 11 0 0 0 -3 12:32
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jimmy Howard 14 11-1-2, 2.46, 0.911 Tied for 2nd in wins
Chris Osgood 4 2-2-0, 2.76, 0.893
ATL Skaters:
L Andrew Ladd 21 7 14 21 -1 18:57
R Dustin Byfuglien 21 7 12 19 0 21:31
D Tobias Enstrom 21 2 14 16 -2 25:01
R Niclas Bergfors 18 5 9 14 -1 15:02
L Evander Kane 21 8 6 14 -9 17:14
C Rich Peverley 21 3 9 12 -4 17:48
C Nik Antropov 20 6 5 11 -10 14:48
R Anthony Stewart 21 5 6 11 -1 15:33
C Alexander Burmistrov 21 3 5 8 4 14:29
R Bryan Little 15 3 4 7 2 16:24
L Freddy Modin 15 4 2 6 -6 11:11
D Johnny Oduya 21 0 6 6 -9 22:06
L Ben Eager 21 3 3 6 3 12:44
R Chris Thorburn 21 3 1 4 -1 14:42
C Jim Slater 16 2 1 3 -4 11:08
D Zach Bogosian 15 1 2 3 -8 22:15
L Eric Boulton 15 1 1 2 3 8:21
D Brent Sopel 20 1 1 2 3 16:19
D Ron Hainsey 21 0 1 1 0 16:26
D Noah Welch 2 0 0 0 -1 17:33
D Freddy Meyer 5 0 0 0 -2 17:09
L Nigel Dawes 6 0 0 0 -6 11:06
ATL Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ondrej Pavelec 11, 3-4-2, 1.93, 0.939 #2 in save%, 3rd in GAA
Peter Mannino 1, 0-0-0, 1.58, 0.938
Chris Mason 13, 6-5-1, 3.90, 0.897
HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Brian Rafalski (D) 7 pts in last 3 GP
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Niklas Kronwall (D) 7 pts in last 7 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 6 pts in last 3 GP
Justin Abdelkader (C/LW) 4 pts in last 3 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 18 pts in last 14 GP
Darren Helm (C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Drew Miller (W/C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Tomas Holmstrom (RW/LW) 4 pts in last 5 GP
DET: Not Hot:
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Jiri Hudler (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
ATL: Hot:
Dustin Byfuglien (D/W) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Johnny Oduya (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Andrew Ladd (LW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Nik Antropov (C/RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Evander Kane (LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Ben Eager (LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Alexander Burmistrov (C) 5 pts in last 6 GP
Ondrej Pavelec (G) 2-0-0, 0.49, .983 in last 2 GPI
ATL: Not Hot:
Ron Hainsey (D) 0 pts in last 12 GP
Anthony Stewart (RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Rich Peverley (C/RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Chris Mason (G) 0-1-0, 9.31, .765 in last 2 GPI
Injury Report:
DET:
Kris Draper (LW/C) Groin (Injured reserve)
Chris Osgood (G) Groin (Day to day)
ATL:
Fredrik Modin (LW/RW) Upper body injury (Day to day)
Andrew Kozek (LW/RW) Sports hernia (Injured reserve)
Patrice Cormier (C) Broken right foot (Injured reserve)
Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, USAToday:
NHL 2010-2011 through games of 2010 November 23 Tuesday
HOME ADVANTAGE= 0.29 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16
1 Detroit Red Wings = 4.90 13 5 3.85( 26) 2 1 | 5 4
23 Atlanta Thrashers = 3.69 9 12 4.01( 14) 2 6 | 4 8
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Wings Tuesday practice:
Here are the lines they practiced with, but Babcock said he put these together thinking Cleary might not play and that he might not use these in the game.
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom
Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi (Draper working in)
Abdelkader-Modano-Cleary (Hudler working in)
Miller-Helm-EavesLidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Rafalski
Kronwall-Salei
Kindl (likely scratch)Howard (starting)
MacDonald
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More for the Hudler debate:
” . . . [Filppula] has just three points (two goals, one assist) in the past 11 games.
“Fil’s a good two-way player. I think he’s better offensively than he’s shown, for sure,” Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. “I want him to continue to get to the net, want him to continue to shoot the puck and make plays. I want him to be harder on the puck all over.
“If he does those things, he’ll have more offense. So that’s the challenge for him.”
Filppula acknowledges he’s a little frustrated, saying, “just trying to do the right things and play the best I can. I hope the points start coming as well.”
He had six points in his first seven games (two goals, four assists) and clicked with linemates Johan Franzen and Todd Bertuzzi. After shuffling his lines frequently the past few games, Babcock had Filppula, Franzen and Bertuzzi together again during Tuesday’s practice.
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From the AJC:
* The Thrashers play their fourth of a six-game homestand having won two in a row.
* Dustin Byfuglien leads all NHL defensemen with seven goals and is tied for second with 19 points.
* The Thrashers’ power-play unit is fifth in the league at 23.5 percent (20-for-85). However, it is just 2-for-16 over the past six games.
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Comments
Thrashers rookie Burmistrov’s boyhood hero is Pavel Datsyuk. Here’s a story the Thrashers wrote up about him and this coming matchup from yesterday:
http://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=544306
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 11/24/10 at 11:27 AM ET
It’s too bad Modin is injured - I like seeing him and Z play against each other. Burmistrov is a real talent and I wish he were in the Detroit system, kinda like I wish they have Victor Hedman. It’s not that Detroit NEEDS either, but they would fit well with the traveling Hall of Fame preview show that is the Detroit Red Wings.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 11/24/10 at 11:31 AM ET
Sounds like a movie I bought on the streets from a vendor for like 2 dollars once….
Happy Thanks Giving,
Starring Jiri Hudler.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 11/24/10 at 11:44 AM ET
cRAP, WE HAVE TO PLAY THAT PARAGON OF DEFENSE AND FRANCHISE PLAYER, dUSTIN bYFUGLIEN. hOW WILL WE EVER SCORE?
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 11/24/10 at 11:45 AM ET
Funny how babcock challanges Filppula after messing with his game. I mean give the guy a break, he’s got a Hudler on his back. Look what happened to Modano and Cleary after they shook of this little anchor
Posted by Joe Z. from Austria on 11/24/10 at 11:51 AM ET
Big Buf is scoring but this is not a deep team we are facing. However, like every other wannabe in the NHL, they have something to prove and taking one from Big Red is their motivation.
I’ll be at the game and expect 2/3 of the fans will be adorned in Red and White. Go Wings !
Posted by joedaiceman on 11/24/10 at 12:12 PM ET
I’ll be at the game and expect 2/3 of the fans will be adorned in Red and White. Go Wings !
Posted by joedaiceman on 11/24/10 at 11:12 AM ET
I should be in the CNN Center until the gates open. Anyone coming tonight should be able to find me.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 11/24/10 at 12:31 PM ET
Great info Jeff.
They never, ever, lose game 19.
Swagger.
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, preparing on 11/24/10 at 12:45 PM ET
ESPN giving Pav AND TPH some love this week:
http://espn.go.com/nhl/trophytracker
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 11/24/10 at 01:15 PM ET
Hudler is the odd man out tonight. Babcock on Fan590 said he is adding him to the rotation of healthy scratches.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 11/24/10 at 01:51 PM ET
Awesome, Jeff. It’s another information-packed, fantastic GDT read. Your remark about the PP going top-shelf lately really stood out. Have a terrific Thanksgiving and thanks again for your continued and thorough efforts.
L.G.R.W.
Posted by pucked up on 11/24/10 at 01:58 PM ET
Thank you as always, Jeff. I’ll be watching on DVR tonight so no LB for me. You all have fun and best wishes to all for a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Let’s Go Red Wings!!!
Resistance is futile!
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 11/24/10 at 02:06 PM ET
Red Wings’ Mike Babcock scratches Jiri Hudler, says he must earn his job back
http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/11/jiri_hudler_is_healthy_scratch.html
so, sitting in the press box again eh? will the happy pimp ever see the panda again?
Posted by TheRealYooper from within sight of the edge of the Earth. on 11/24/10 at 02:24 PM ET
From that Atlanta article about Burmistrov:
In a game that will feature two of the most explosive offenses in the NHL, two of the league’s three highest scoring defenseman (Dustin Byfuglien and Nicklas Lidstrom) and a team on the rise versus one of the most storied franchise sin hockey history, the most interesting storyline just might be how high Burmistrov can raise his game to impress his favorite NHL player. Can he possibly top this downright Datsyukian goal from Friday night’s game versus Washington?
Explosive offense?
And apparently, Dats used to give an 8 year old Burmistrov sticks after games “routinely.” That’s pretty damn cool. Sounds like the kid has a great personality as well, just like his hero. Even better, his ultimate hero is Igor, which is why he wears #8.
Hudler for Burmistrov? 
Posted by Osrt on 11/24/10 at 04:06 PM ET
Atlanta would have made that trade a few years ago. I think we’re out of luck there now.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 11/24/10 at 04:16 PM ET
DET are 91-0 all time in game 19 of the schedule. They never, ever, lose game 19.
Yet another reason Jeff’s GDTs rules the Gore. Astonishing symmetry as well: 19 and 91. Year 1991 is when we started this odyssey of consecutive playoff appearances greatness.
Just don’t take the Thrashers for granted. I remember losing to the Isles 2-nil last year when everyone thought we should’ve taken that team to the woodshed.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 11/24/10 at 05:28 PM ET
DET are 91-0 all time in game 19 of the schedule. They never, ever, lose game 19.
No jinx. Thanks OKie. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 11/24/10 at 06:18 PM ET
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