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GDT - Game #47: Red Wings at Stars (2:00)

by Jeff OKWingnut on 01/16/10 at 09:33 AM ET
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This is one of the games where the numbers may mislead you.  The Stars are coming off an 0-3 road trip.  Since January 1, the Stars are 1-6, and have scored 1.86 goals per game while allowing 4.0 goals per game.  However, Dallas are 9-2-2 in its last 13 home games.

The Red Wings actually scored two power-play goals Thursday night against Carolina. The Red Wings are now 4-for-50 (8.0 percent) in power-play opportunities in their last 15 games.  Henrik Zetterberg also ended a 13-game goal scoring drought with a goal in Thursday night’s game.  Calder Candidate, Jimmy Howard has a 1.81 GAA and .953 save percentage in his last six road games.

Last meeting of the year between these clubs, and DAL always play DET tough,the Stars are 5-2 against the Red Wings in the last two seasons.  DAL has blueline woes sporting a 3.08 ga/g (25), and 76.6% pk (27), and DET cannot score, 2.50 g/g (28), something has got to give in this matinee.

Standings:

DET:  46 GP,  24-16-6, 54 pts (9 in Conf, 3 in Central), 118 GF, 117 GA, Last 10 6-3-1, Streak Won 1

DAL:  47 GP, 19-17-11, 49 pts (11 in Conf, 5 in Southeast), 134 GF, 152 GA, Last 10 3-7-0, Streak Lost 3

Stats (rank):

DET:  .587 point% (12), 2.50 g/g (28), 2.48 ga/g (9),  0.92 5-5 f/a (20), 17.1 pp (20), 81.6 pk (16), 32.5 s/g (5), 29.5 sa/g (11), 52.3 fo% (4).

DAL:  .521 point% (20), 2.81 g/g (10), 3.08 ga/g (25), 0.91 5-5 f/a (23), 18.6 pp (14), 76.6 pk (27), 31.9 s/g (7), 30.3 sa/g (18), 47.7 fo% (27).

Goal Differential/Game:
DET = +0.02
DAL = -0.27

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 44 11 23 34 10 20:19
L Henrik Zetterberg 38 11 22 33 4 19:39
R Todd Bertuzzi 46 12 14 26 -3 16:54
D Nicklas Lidstrom 46 2 19 21 15 25:23
L Tomas Holmstrom 42 15 6 21 4 16:02
R Dan Cleary 34 9 10 19 -6 17:51
D Brian Rafalski 42 2 16 18 10 23:59
C Kris Draper 45 6 8 14 1 12:47
C Darren Helm 39 8 6 14 2 14:51
D Niklas Kronwall 21 5 8 13 3 21:18
C Valtteri Filppula 20 3 9 12 -6 17:39
R Patrick Eaves 35 5 7 12 1 14:09
D Jonathan Ericsson 32 3 7 10 -7 18:18
L Drew Miller 44 5 5 10 2 12:32
D Brad Stuart 46 2 7 9 -4 23:47
C Jason Williams 15 2 5 7 -5 15:38
L Ville Leino 39 4 3 7 -8 13:31
D Brett Lebda 43 1 5 6 -5 15:14
L Justin Abdelkader 43 3 3 6 -6 10:56
L Kirk Maltby 38 3 2 5 1 10:16
D Doug Janik 13 0 2 2 -3 13:28
D Derek Meech 30 1 1 2 -9 13:00
C Johan Franzen 3 1 1 2 0 18:41
L Brad May 32 0 1 1 -2 7:19
C Kris Newbury 4 1 0 1 1 8:41
C Mattias Ritola 5 0 0 0 0 11:41
D Jakub Kindl 3 0 0 0 -2 10:49

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jimmy Howard 30, 17-10-2, 2.17, .928
Chris Osgood 19,  7-6-4, 2.81, .897

DAL Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
C Brad Richards 45 13 40 53 -10 20:04
L Loui Eriksson 47 18 26 44 0 19:29
L James Neal 43 19 16 35 -2 17:53
C Mike Ribeiro 43 10 23 33 -5 19:29
D Stephane Robidas 47 10 19 29 0 24:32
L Brenden Morrow 46 14 13 27 -4 19:14
L Jamie Benn 47 8 13 21 -6 14:48
C Mike Modano 34 7 9 16 -1 14:08
C Steve Ott 41 10 6 16 -12 16:12
C Tom Wandell 47 4 8 12 0 13:44
R Jere Lehtinen 31 3 8 11 -6 14:51
D Matt Niskanen 43 1 8 9 -11 18:59
D Karlis Skrastins 45 2 6 8 -11 20:01
D Trevor Daley 42 1 7 8 -8 22:08
L Fabian Brunnstrom 24 1 6 7 -4 10:57
C Toby Petersen 43 5 1 6 1 10:18
D Mark Fistric 38 1 5 6 10 14:03
C Brian Sutherby 25 4 1 5 4 8:28
D Nicklas Grossman 41 0 4 4 5 19:20
R Krystofer Barch 36 0 2 2 -1 7:13
D Jeff Woywitka 20 0 2 2 -4 13:14
C Warren Peters 4 1 0 1 1 7:23
D Maxime Fortunus 8 0 0 0 -6 15:08
L Francis Wathier 2 0 0 0 0 6:12
C Aaron Gagnon 1 0 0 0 0 9:06
C Perttu Lindgren 1 0 0 0 0 8:33
D Ivan Vishnevskiy 2 0 0 0 -2 16:38

DAL Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Marty Turco 35, 14-13-8, 2.84,  .905
Alex Auld 15, 5-4-3, 3.03, .897

Injury Report:
DET:
Tomas Holmstrom (LW/RW) Broken foot (Late January)
Jason Williams (RW/C) Broken fibula (Mid-January)
Niklas Kronwall (D) Sprained left MCL (Sidelined indefinitely)
Andreas Lilja (D) Concussion (Sidelined indefinitely)
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Mid-February)

DAL:
Mike Ribeiro (C) Throat (Mid-February)
Niklas Grossman (D) Lower body injury (Day to day)

HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Drew Miller (W/C) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 3 pts in last 4 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 3-1-0, 1.72, .958 in last 4 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
Brad Stuart (D) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (LW/RW) 1 pts in last 5 GP
Chris Osgood (G) 0-1-0, 3.97, .870 in last 2 GPI

DAL: Hot:
Stephane Robidas (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Steve Ott (W/C) 3 pts in last 2 GP

DAL: Not Hot:
Brenden Morrow (LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Jamie Benn (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
James Neal (LW) 1 pts in last 7 GP
Alex Auld (G) 0-1-0, 3.45, .861 in last 2 GPI
Marty Turco (G) 0-2-0, 6.59, .787 in last 2 GPI

Khan(!) has a Mule sighting, the Friday practice lines, and Jimmy in net:

Jimmy Howard, who will make his 11th consecutive start in net, is 1-3 lifetime vs. Dallas, with a 2.28 goals-against average.

No changes to the line combinations or defense pairings in practice Friday:

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Zetterberg
Miller-Filppula-Cleary (Franzen, on IR, working in)
Draper-Helm-Eaves
May-Abdelkader-Maltby (Leino working in)

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Meech-Stuart
Lebda-Ericsson
Lilja (IR)

Howard
Osgood

Mike Heika, Dallas Morning News, thinks Auld may start between the pipes:

Alex Auld could get the start in goal. He last started Jan. 5 at New Jersey, a 4-0 loss. ... James Neal is expected to move back to the top line with Brad Richards

Heika also notes DAL struggles on the blueline:

Nicklas Grossman still is bothered by his injured knee, and Maxime Fortunus was sent back to the Texas Stars of the AHL on Friday, so Saturday will see another shuffle of the Stars defensive pairs as they seek the right mix among a group that has struggled mightily this year. 

With Grossman out, Mark Fistric has stepped forward for a couple of games and played beside Stephane Robidas, posting contests of 24 and 22 minutes. But last game, coaches decided to ride Matt Niskanen to 26:24 in ice time. It’s an interesting situation every night to see who is fitting with whom and what situations call for.

For the Stars, the opportunity for young players to grab big minutes has been present all season – in fact, maybe too present. A young group of defensemen who are paid the least in the NHL as a group have been exposed at times by top level teams who have obviously scouted the Stars and know that the easiest way to victory is to attack the back end with heavy pressure. It’s like putting a rookie cornerback out in football – the opposition can smell the blood.

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