LOGIN | REGISTER | RSS FEEDS

Abel to Yzerman

GDT - Game #37: Red Wings host Blackhawks (7:30)

by Jeff OKWingnut on 12/23/09 at 08:08 AM ET
Comments (0)

It happened last night by virtue of the Canucks 4-1 win over Bubba, and all indications are that it may happen again and again this season; the Wings are on the outside of the playoff chase looking up at the standings.  But, Lil’ Gary may have given DET a small Christmas present by scheduling CHI a game with SJS last night, which CHI lost 3-2 (Huet in net).  With the win, SJS now lead the West.

After having won 4 straight, the Wings have now lost 2 in a row.  From all I’ve read, DET looked good at DAL; I can’t say, I didn’t see it.  Unfortunately, I did watch the tilt Sunday at CHI, and it was pretty clear to me that DET were badly outplayed.  They may have been gassed from the game in DAL the day before, and the roster may be filled with Griff’s; all true.  But the long and the short of it is this Captain Obvious statement:  The Wings must start taking more points from Conference opponents, especially Division opponents; or it could be their shortest season in 18 years.

GDT Lite today - - I’ve gotta meet St Nick, several times.  Merry Christmas bitches(!), enjoy this gift. 

Standings:

DET:  36 GP,  18-13-5, 41 pts (9 in Conf, 3 in Central - 6 pts behind NSH, 8 pts behind CHI), 98 GF, 96 GA, Last 10 5-4-1, Streak Lost 2

CHI:  35 GP, 23-9-3, 49 pts (2 in Conf, 1 in Central), 105 GF, 74 GA, Last 10 7-3-0, Streak Lost 1

Stats (rank):

DET:  .569 point% (15), 2.64 g/g (21), 2.58 ga/g (10),  0.88 5-5 f/a (23), 18.6 pp (15), 81.3 pk (15), 33.2 s/g (3), 28.1 sa/g (8), 52.1 fo% (5).

CHI:  .700 point% (2), 2.89 g/g (8), 2.03 ga/g (1), 1.25 5-5 f/a (5), 18.5 pp (17), 86.4 pk (2), 33.4 s/g (2), 24.1 sa/g (1), 53.8 fo% (2).

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 34 10 22 32 5 19:51
C Pavel Datsyuk 34 8 20 28 6 20:24
R Todd Bertuzzi 36 10 11 21 -4 16:36
L Tomas Holmstrom 36 13 6 19 1 16:03
R Dan Cleary 30 7 9 16 -8 18:22
D Brian Rafalski 33 2 12 14 6 23:53
D Nicklas Lidstrom 36 1 12 13 8 25:01
D Niklas Kronwall 21 5 8 13 3 21:18
C Kris Draper 35 6 6 12 4 12:40
D Jonathan Ericsson 31 3 7 10 -7 18:24
R Patrick Eaves 26 4 6 10 6 13:43
D Brad Stuart 36 2 6 8 -4 23:26
C Darren Helm 29 3 5 8 -1 14:34
C Jason Williams 15 2 5 7 -5 15:38
L Drew Miller 34 4 3 7 3 0 11:57
C Valtteri Filppula 11 2 4 6 -6 17:32
D Brett Lebda 33 1 5 6 -4 14:36
L Justin Abdelkader 33 3 3 6 -4 10:45
L Ville Leino 33 3 3 6 -8 14:10
L Kirk Maltby 28 3 2 5 1 9:59
C Johan Franzen 3 1 1 2 0 18:41
L Brad May 25 0 1 1 -3 7:21
D Derek Meech 20 1 0 1 -3 11:41
C Kris Newbury 4 1 0 1 1 8:41
D Doug Janik 4 0 0 0 -1 14:10
D Jakub Kindl 2 0 0 0 -2 12:59

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jimmy Howard 20, 11-7-1, 2.36, .916
Chris Osgood 18,  7-6-4, 2.72, .901

CHI Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- 
R Patrick Kane 35 11 25 36 11 19:03
D Duncan Keith 35 6 23 29 7 26:53
R Patrick Sharp 35 10 16 26 10 18:24
C Jonathan Toews 29 10 13 23 15 19:32
R Kris Versteeg 34 10 10 20 7 17:12
D Brian Campbell 35 3 16 19 13 23:18
D Brent Seabrook 33 3 13 16 10 23:49
R Troy Brouwer 35 8 7 15 4 15:58
R Dustin Byfuglien 35 10 3 13 -1 16:23
R Marian Hossa 13 6 6 12 4 20:05
D Cam Barker 33 4 8 12 2 13:43
L Andrew Ladd 35 5 7 12 7 13:23
C John Madden 35 5 6 11 -2 16:14
D Niklas Hjalmarsson 34 1 6 7 13 19:55
C Dave Bolland 13 2 4 6 3 19:23
D Brent Sopel 34 1 4 5 -1 13:47
R Tomas Kopecky 33 1 2 3 -8 9:30
L Ben Eager 19 2 1 3 2 7:58
C Colin Fraser 35 0 3 3 -3 9:13
D Jordan Hendry 13 0 3 3 3 8:24
R Jack Skille 5 1 1 2 -2 7:22
L Bryan Bickell 9 1 0 1 3 8:44
C Jake Dowell 2 0 0 0 0 6:18

CHI Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Antti Niemi 9, 7-1-1,  1.76, .927
Cristobal Huet 27,  16-8-2,  2.05, .913

Injury Report:
DET:
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) Shoulder injury (Mid-January)
Jason Williams (RW/C) Broken fibula (Mid-January)
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) Separated left shoulder (Early January)
Niklas Kronwall (D) Sprained left MCL (Sidelined indefinitely)
Andreas Lilja (D) Concussion (Sidelined indefinitely)
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) Broken right wrist (Late December)
Jonathan Ericsson (D) Left knee injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Mid-February)

CHI:
Adam Burish (C/RW) Knee surgery (Sidelined indefinitely)
Ben Eager (LW) Upper body injury (Day to day)
Cam Barker (D) Lower body injury (Day to day)
David Bolland (C) Back surgery (Sidelined indefinitely)

HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (LW/RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Drew Miller (W/C) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 4-2-0, 1.67, .939 in last 6 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
No Cold Players  I didn’t say it, this is all on TSN.

CHI: Hot:
Duncan Keith (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Brian Campbell (D) 3 pts in last 4 GP
Patrick Kane (RW/LW) 6 pts in last 4 GP
Jonathan Toews (C) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Marian Hossa (RW) 10 pts in last 10 GP  UGH(!)
Kris Versteeg (W/C) 3 pts in last 4 GP
Cristobal Huet (G) 2-1-0, 1.01, .951 in last 3 GPI
Antti Niemi (G) 4-0-0, 1.21, .955 in last 4 GPI

CHI: Not Hot:
Brent Sopel (D) 0 pts in last 4 GP

The HighLander makes his first appearance in the GDT, and brings some cheerful news:

Filppula said that he’s not playing in Wednesday’s game against Chicago, but is scheduled to return to the lineup Dec. 26, if he doesn’t have any setbacks. Mattias Ritola hasn’t played center since his days of youth hockey, so the line combinations for Wednesday are still up in the air.

“I’ve got one more day to figure that out,” said coach Mike Babcock.

Also of note ... Jimmy Howard gets the start in net, Wednesday. . .

Here are the lines they’re working out of ...

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Draper-Helm-Eaves
Leino-Abdelkader-Miller
May-Filppula-Maltby (Ritola working in)

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Lebda-Stuart
Meech-Janik
Lilja

Howard
Osgood

The defensemen are rotating partners.

Mike Kiley, Blachhawks Confidential, Chicago Tribune, had notes from last nights CHI loss to SJS, and suggests that Antti Niemi will get the start in net tonight for CHI. 

I’ll try to get more updates later today.

Filed in: | Abel to Yzerman | Permalink
 

Comments

Be the first to comment.

Add a Comment

Please limit embedded image or media size to 575 pixels wide.

Add your own avatar by joining Kukla's Korner, or logging in and uploading one in your member control panel.

Captchas bug you? Join KK or log in and you won't have to bother.

Most Recent Blog Posts

About Abel to Yzerman

Welcome to Abel to Yzerman, a Red Wing blog since 1977.  No other site on the internet has better-researched, fact-laden and better prepared discussions than A2Y.  Re-phrase: we do little research, find facts and stats highly overrated and claim little to no preparation.  There are 19 readers of A2Y. No more, no less. All of them, except maybe one, are juvenile in nature.  Reminding them of that in the comment section will only encourage them to prove that. Your suggestions and critiques are welcome: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Get the top online sports betting bonuses available to sports betters!