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GDT - Game #57: Red Wings at Ducks (10:00)
by Jeff OKWingnut on 02/03/10 at 10:05 AM ET
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Apparently this years edition of the Detroit Red Wings is indeed man enough answer the bell. Amazing game last night against the #1 team in the league, especially after DET dug themselves into a two goal deficit in the first ten minutes. All of which prompted Babcock to ponder aloud: “Our structure was way better. If you can do it against good teams why can’t you do it every night? That’s what we’ve got to talk about. Hopefully we’re on the path to getting better.”
On the glass half-empty side of last nights game, Kronwall sits tonight: “He got slew-footed early in the game,” Babcock said. “He left the game (in the third period) and that’s not a good sign. He won’t play (tonight against Anaheim).” Big E(rror) may get out of the doghouse early.
Huge game tonight for ANA (6-4 in last ten), who sit in 11th place, 5 points from 8th. ANA are coming off a 3-0 at FLA Monday. Hopefully, DET can keep the train rolling.
Standings:
DET: 56 GP, 27-19-10, 64 pts (8 in Conf, 3 in Central), 146 GF, 149 GA, Last 10 3-3-4, Streak Won 1
ANA: 56 GP, 26-23-7, 59 pts (11 in Conf, 5 in Pacific), 155 GF, 172 GA, Last 10 6-4-0, Streak Won 2
DET on road: 12-11-6
ANA at home: 16-8-2
Stats (rank):
DET: .571 point% (13), 2.54 g/g (26), 2.55 ga/g (10), 0.94 5-5 f/a (23), 18.1 pp (19), 81.4 pk (17), 32.6 s/g (5), 30.2 sa/g (18), 51.5 fo% (5).
ANA: .527 point% (17), 2.70 g/g (2), 3.00 ga/g (3), 0.96 5-5 f/a (3), 19.2 pp (4), 80.6 pk (1), 29.1 s/g (6), 32.8 sa/g (21), 48.0 fo% (1).
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = -0.01
ANA = -0.30
Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 54 14 30 44 12 20:22
L Henrik Zetterberg 48 14 29 43 6 19:54
D Nicklas Lidstrom 56 6 26 32 19 25:29
R Todd Bertuzzi 56 15 16 31 -6 17:09
R Dan Cleary 44 12 14 26 -1 17:47
D Brian Rafalski 52 4 20 24 14 24:21
L Tomas Holmstrom 43 15 8 23 5 16:00
C Valtteri Filppula 30 4 16 20 -3 17:39
C Kris Draper 55 6 11 17 -1 12:39
R Patrick Eaves 45 9 7 16 -1 14:21
C Darren Helm 49 8 8 16 -1 15:05
L Drew Miller 54 7 7 14 5 12:51
D Niklas Kronwall 26 5 8 13 1 21:13
D Brad Stuart 56 2 9 11 -9 23:43
D Jonathan Ericsson 41 3 7 10 -12 17:46
C Jason Williams 18 3 5 8 -6 14:45
L Ville Leino 42 4 3 7 -10 13:12
D Brett Lebda 52 1 5 6 -7 15:12
L Justin Abdelkader 50 3 3 6 -11 10:35
L Kirk Maltby 48 3 2 5 0 10:03
D Derek Meech 37 2 3 5 -9 13:28
D Doug Janik 13 0 2 2 -3 13:28
C Johan Franzen 3 1 1 2 0 18:41
L Brad May 38 0 1 1 -5 7:10
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 38, 20-11-6, 2.25, 0.928 - - - Jimmy’s 0.928 is good for 4th in the league.
Chris Osgood 21, 7-8-4, 2.94, 0.891
ANA Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Ryan Getzlaf 52 14 38 52 0 22:08
R Corey Perry 56 20 31 51 -1 21:26
R Bobby Ryan 56 24 19 43 4 18:40
D Scott Niedermayer 56 5 26 31 -16 26:19
C Saku Koivu 47 10 19 29 7 18:06
L Jason Blake 57 10 16 26 -4 15:48
R Teemu Selanne 31 17 7 24 -5 16:38
D James Wisniewski 51 3 21 24 0 24:13
D Ryan Whitney 56 3 20 23 -9 24:38
R Dan Sexton 28 9 9 18 -1 13:56
C Todd Marchant 56 7 9 16 -13 15:55
R Joffrey Lupul 23 10 4 14 3 15:57
C Petteri Nokelainen 48 4 6 10 -4 12:57
R Evgeny Artyukhin 37 4 5 9 0 9:04
D Sheldon Brookbank 40 0 9 9 10 13:38
L Matt Beleskey 34 5 4 9 -7 14:12
D Nick Boynton 42 1 6 7 1 16:45
R Mike Brown 54 6 1 7 3 8:41
D Steve Eminger 40 2 4 6 -4 17:30
C Kyle Chipchura 48 3 2 5 -15 11:27
R Troy Bodie 18 2 1 3 -5 11:26
C Ryan Carter 25 1 2 3 0 9:30
L Kyle Calder 14 0 2 2 -7 14:07
D Brendan Mikkelson 22 0 2 2 -5 14:55
D Brett Festerling 24 0 2 2 0 13:59
R George Parros 41 1 0 1 1 5:37
D Luca Sbisa 8 0 0 0 -1 12:37
C MacGregor Sharp 8 0 0 0 0 4:09
ANA Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jonas Hiller 40, 22-15-2, 2.68, 0.918
Vesa Toskala 26, 7-12-3, 3.66, 0.874
Injury Report:
DET:
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Mid-February)
ANA:
Joffrey Lupul (RW/LW) Leg injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Brad Stuart (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 7 pts in last 5 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 4 pts in last 3 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 4 pts in last 3 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 1-0-1, 1.44, .963 in last 2 GPI
DET: Not Hot:
Niklas Kronwall (D) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Brian Rafalski (D) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (LW/RW) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Chris Osgood (G) 0-2-0, 4.40, .814 in last 3 GPI
ANA: Hot:
James Wisniewski (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Ryan Getzlaf (C) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Jonas Hiller (G) 2-0-0, 0.48, .984 in last 2 GPI
ANA: Not Hot:
Scott Niedermayer (D) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Saku Koivu (C) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Bobby Ryan (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
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Amazing game last night against the #1 team in the league. Unfortunately, I feel asleep midway through the 2nd period. Khan(!) did not, and has the scoop from Babcock:
“Our team did a good job back-checking, our structure was way better,’’ Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “If you can do it against good teams, why can’t you do it every night?’’ . . .
“I thought we stuck with it,’’ Babcock said. “Our good players were good, our specialty teams were very good and we found a way to score enough goals to win.
“Our guys, (Henrik) Zetterberg, (Pavel) Datsyuk and Bertuzzi, playing head to head against (Joe) Thornton’s line (with Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley) had a real good night.’’ . . .
“The key was we got through the neutral zone,’’ Babcock said. “Sometimes, we’re stubborn that way, we don’t want to just make the D turn around and we force plays instead of just going in and getting on their D and creating things in the offensive zone. I thought we had good physical play in that area.’’
. . . Meech was on the power play because defenseman Niklas Kronwall did not play in the third period, after tweaking his left knee in the first period.
It is the same knee Kronwall injured Nov. 21, causing him to miss nearly 10 weeks. He appeared to reaggravate the injury in Sunday’s loss in Pittsburgh.
Babcock said Kronwall will not play Wednesday night at Anaheim.
Helene St James, Freep.com, notes that Babcock hasn’t decided who is in net tonight:
Niklas Kronwall left early after hurting an ankle and tweaking his left knee. He’s only five games into a comeback after being out 30 games because of a sprained left MCL.
Babcock said Kronwall won’t play tonight at Anaheim. Babcock said he hadn’t decided whether Jimmy Howard, who made 32 saves, would be in net against the Ducks, too.
McCosky, DetNews.com, has a good take from McClellan:
“They hunted us down pretty good,” he said. “Their forecheck was real good. There was a point in the game where they decided they were going to get in behind us and they really came after us.”
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Not much in the LATimes about tonights game:
Record vs. Red Wings: 1-1-1.
Update: Teemu Selanne returned from a broken jaw Monday and scored a goal, his 17th in only 31 games in an injury-marred season. Ducks defenseman Nick Boynton cleared waivers Tuesday and remains with the team. Detroit, hampered by injuries this season after consecutive appearances in the Stanley Cup finals, is one of the teams the Ducks are chasing for the final Western Conference playoff spot.
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Comments
Okie, just curious: where do you take the “Hot/Not” from? Why is James hot only in the last 2 games? One (me) could say he’s hot since December (.935), or January (.938), or the last 3 games (124/129).
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 10:18 AM ET
Zetterberg should always be under HOT…because he’s, well…ya know…
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 02/03/10 at 10:28 AM ET
Does anyone have a video of this alleged slew foot? It seems apparent to me that Kronwall really probably twisted a knee, ankle, or groin when his right skate decided to explode.
This guy can’t catch a break. I just said on the main page that I almost wish it had been a dirty play like a slew foot, because at least then it wouldn’t be so far from the realm of the absurd…
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 02/03/10 at 11:12 AM ET
It seems apparent to me that Kronwall really probably twisted a knee, ankle, or groin when his right skate decided to explode.
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson’s ice cream truck on 02/03/10 at 11:12 AM ET
That’s exactly what I thought.
Moving on, Meech played well last night, and Lebda wasn’t bad, so it should be interesting to see how Ericsson responds to being back in the lineup.
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 02/03/10 at 11:14 AM ET
Moving on, Meech played well last night, and Lebda wasn’t bad, so it should be interesting to see how Ericsson responds to being back in the lineup.
Define “interesting”.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 11:22 AM ET
Define “interesting”
Well, we should be able to analyze the patterns in the pools of vomit like some sick and twisted Rorschach test.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 02/03/10 at 11:26 AM ET
Does anyone have a video of this alleged slew foot? It seems apparent to me that Kronwall really probably twisted a knee, ankle, or groin when his right skate decided to explode.
Yeah a video/screenshot was posted of it on page 13 of last night’s live blog…looks pretty gruesome, but he played after that, so it can’t be thaaaaat bad…right?
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 02/03/10 at 11:32 AM ET
but he played after that, so it can’t be thaaaaat bad…right?
So did Franzen when his knee exploded, and I think he even scored a goal.
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 02/03/10 at 11:37 AM ET
Does anyone have a video of this alleged slew foot? It seems apparent to me that Kronwall really probably twisted a knee, ankle, or groin when his right skate decided to explode.
This was when Buckets scored. If you watch the NHL.com highlights video, follow Kronner as he was trailing the play.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 02/03/10 at 12:21 PM ET
Off topic - Just grabbed this pic of Chief off FaceBook with this caption,
“Wondering, where the hell did I put that piece of paper… “
I think he’s missing us ...
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 02/03/10 at 12:31 PM ET
Okie, just curious: where do you take the “Hot/Not” from? Why is James hot only in the last 2 games? One (me) could say he’s hot since December (.935), or January (.938), or the last 3 games (124/129).
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 10:18 AM ET
I can’t get used to calling him James. :-( Agree with the Hot/Not business though.
Posted by Believe from Saginaw on 02/03/10 at 12:46 PM ET
Off topic - Just grabbed this pic of Chief off FaceBook with this caption,
Stoner, I know exactly when that picture was taken. It was last night, Chief could only find a feed w/ the awful SJ announcers, SJ had just taken a 2-0 lead. Chief was thinking “I swapped shifts for a graveyard shift so I could watch this $hit?”
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 12:48 PM ET
I want to go to the game tonight but I don’t want to be a gamewrecker. Poultry have had a couple of days off and the Wings are on the back end of a B2B with travel involved. I think I’ll watch at home.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 12:50 PM ET
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Surfing a mudslide in rainy SoCal on 02/03/10 at 12:48 PM ET
HAHAHAHa
... gotta feel for him.
All the more he deserves a salute and “thanks” for his service.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 02/03/10 at 12:52 PM ET
I can’t get used to calling him James
Understandable. It’s just something I have, I recap his game on the way I call him. James is good, Jim is normal, Jimmy is bad. Dude is 25.
I do that because I would never vote for “Billy” Clinton. (or Bill, but that’s because of geography)
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 12:59 PM ET
Herm a/k/a T-Bone, the Hot/Not comes from the TSN Gameday previews.
The Hot/Not is generally worthless with regard to the Wings, most of the “19” know who is playing well and who isn’t. Although they are good for following multigame point streaks.
I like the Hot/Not for the opponent, gives an indicator who is playing well.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 02/03/10 at 01:20 PM ET
DownGoesBrown (link in right column), famous for its email parodies, has another one today: Lil’ Gary’s Gmail account.
RIM Support For the last time - We don’t know why your Blackberry keeps displaying that obscene message.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 01:56 PM ET
Oops. I wasn’t trying to post the pick only a link. I didn’t put any img tags on it. Paul, I’m sorry about that and feel free to delete that post.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 02:00 PM ET
Load up the 10 gauge, get out the calls and place the dekes, we are about to drop some ducks tonight!!
Keep the momentum up from last night and we should be good to go on another smackdown fest, I just hope we come out swinging from the puck drop. Last night was a little scary for half of the first period.
Posted by JB from Davison on 02/03/10 at 02:12 PM ET
want to go to the game tonight but I don’t want to be a gamewrecker. Poultry have had a couple of days off and the Wings are on the back end of a B2B with travel involved. I think I’ll watch at home.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich
Go to the game,
The fact that it is the first home game after a 6 game road trip far outweighs the 2nd of a B2B.
Ducks have had only 1 day off since playing in FLA..
Best guess:
They come up flat, negating the Wings errors due to mental fatigue.
My main concern is surviving with no injuries.
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team +/-
Det -21
ANA -58
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Coffee tastes better out of the H2H mug.
Very surprised that it arrived already.
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Treat yourself….enjoy the game
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 02:35 PM ET
Gramps, how are CafePress products? I’m thinking of ordering something, my lady wants a shirt and I’ll get some magnets to give at the blog.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 02:44 PM ET
Helene St. James has some good news, and some bad:
The news so far on defenseman Niklas Kronwall, who tweaked his left leg Tuesday at San Jose, is that he definitely won’t play tonight, when the Detroit Red Wings take on Anaheim. . .
Jonathan Ericsson, who was benched Tuesday, will be back in the lineup tonight. Holland said Jimmy Howard will get the start in goal.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 02/03/10 at 02:52 PM ET
Jimmy Howard will get the start in goal.
Let’s hope Huckleberry season lasts through June. I’d hate for our Huckleberry to get over ripe and rot in April or May.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 02:59 PM ET
Gramps, how are CafePress products? I’m thinking of ordering something, my lady wants a shirt and I’ll get some magnets to give at the blog.
Posted by Guilherme
The mug (made in China) seems about medium weight,
The H2H logo is under the glazing which appears flawless.
I don’t do dishwasher, so how it would survive that is a mystery.
Jen commented on the magnets, she had samples, and said
they were very nice.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 02:59 PM ET
The mug (made in China) seems about medium weight,
The H2H logo is under the glazing which appears flawless.
Just noticed the glazing on the inside is very thin, and not smooth to the touch….They must have reglazed the outside and rim only.
I’ve run across this before, and it requires a brillo pad to keep the inside stain (and mold) free.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 03:24 PM ET
I’d hate for our Huckleberry to get over ripe and rot in April or May.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich
After what happened toChicago’s Niemi in VAN on the 2nd of a B2B, I don’t think it is a good decision. Mental fatigue effects goalie’s more than skaters. If Jimmy appears slow or comatose tonight, perhaps overplaying the puck….
I hope I’m wrong…
ANA started their backup in the 2nd of a B2B on 1/19, and Hiller had to finish the game….
I guess it can go both ways…
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 03:37 PM ET
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich
Freakin’ awesome; thanks for sharing.
I’ve run across this before, and it requires a brillo pad to keep the inside stain (and mold) free.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd
It’s like I have a real grandpa and everything o_O
Posted by Osrt on 02/03/10 at 03:56 PM ET
Khan(!) says May in for Maltby tonight, against the ‘Ucks, maybe not a bad idea:
Jimmy Howard will start in goal tonight against the Ducks.It’ll be the third time this season he has started on back-to-back nights. He is 1-1 in those games, defeating Vancouver 3-1 on Nov. 12 when Chris Osgood had the flu and losing to Chicago 4-3 in a shootout on Jan. 17.
The only change up front sees Brad May replacing Kirk Maltby.
This is the Ducks’ first game back home following a six-game road trip (3-3).
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 02/03/10 at 04:17 PM ET
You know what I love about the Sharks? They are such heartless bastards they’ll never be a real threat.
Posted by DetroitHockey on 02/03/10 at 01:08 AM ET
I was thinking the same thing throughout the game last night.
Well time to move on. Not sure aboat the B2B for Jimmah, but he’s done it before. Haven’t looked at sked to see when next game is.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 02/03/10 at 04:32 PM ET
Haven’t looked at sked to see when next game is.
Saturday, 4:00 Eastern, against L.A.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 02/03/10 at 04:38 PM ET
Just visited the NHL.com home page. “Tuesdays Best” is filled with beautiful saves, short handers, and snipes. The “best” Wings highlight? Kronwall flopping around because of his missing skate blade.
Sure. Don’t put that beautiful pass from Rafalski to Eaves in the “best” highlights. Nope, Flip to Buckets wasn’t quite good enough. I guess Jr. is the best in the NHL at skating with one blade.
Fuchin joke. Gary. Ass.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 02/03/10 at 04:41 PM ET
My countdown to 94 points, a totally bogus and arbitrary objective. A couple of weeks ago I said I was only comfortable with a minimum of 98.
I will keep updating this for at least one more game before I forget about it. Gotta stay above the Mendoza line. Great start last night.
I don’t know why people say we have too much time on our hands.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 02/03/10 at 04:44 PM ET
Aw, man, Bitchcock got fired. Damn, I loved WFiBL’s pshops of Bitchcock with cheezburgers
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 04:49 PM ET
Yikes, I wish I’d been right about when Junior tweaked his knee, because the actual tweakage looks much worse. That’s pretty much how Williams broke his Filppula.
Not really sure how I feel about May in for Maltby. Possibly a bit gassy.
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 02/03/10 at 04:52 PM ET
The “best” Wings highlight? Kronwall flopping around because of his missing skate blade.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Earth. on 02/03/10 at 04:41 PM ET
That’s Redonk. I seriously thought he had had his dome smashed and was going straight up Andreas Lilja. Really happy that was “just a blade” but the skate folded back under his knee gives me the creeps to look at it.
Rafalski’s always heads up see down the ice style is a real plus for us, no matter the occasional defensive fart.
Even Zetterberg coughed one up to give away the first goal but he and Dats looked good the rest of the way.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 02/03/10 at 04:52 PM ET
way to confuse me with that graph( right word?)RWBill, I am 5 years out of college, almost broke my brain just to know what I already know, we need more wins tnan losses, and some of those losses must come in OT
Posted by edillac from isolation on 02/03/10 at 04:56 PM ET
Don’t know if anybody’s seen this yet…but it’s pretty dang funny
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/2/3/1291125/ever-wondered-what-gary-bettmans-e
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 02/03/10 at 05:18 PM ET
My countdown to 94 points, a totally bogus and arbitrary objective. A couple of weeks ago I said I was only comfortable with a minimum of 98.
Bill, I did some number crunching back on December 4th, almost exactly 2 months ago.
Since the Lockout, here are the point totals of the 8th seeded playoff team in each conference:
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...............East….....West
2009…....93…..........91
2008…....94…..........91
2007…....92…..........96
2006…....92…..........95
Average..93…..........94 rounded up the next whole point.
That is an average of 1.134 points-per-game (ppg) in the East and 1.146 ppg in the West. Through 27 games, the Wings have averaged 1.111 ppg.
There are 34 games before the Olympic break. The Wings need to average 1.176ppg over that stretch (40 points in 34 games) to be at the average ppg for 8th place in the West. And the 8th place average does not guarantee a playoff spot.
The Wings were in 10th place when I wrote that. Now, through 56 games the Wings are averaging 1.143 ppg (season), are in 8th place and have a razor thin 2 point cushion over the 9th place team. The surge in the standings is equal parts Wings’ wins in December and Calgary’s Collapse.
I don’t think 94 points is going to be enough. Can you give us a graph to 98? There are 36 games remaining and 34 points to gather.
Anaheim is 6-4-0 in their last 10 while the Kings are an amazing 9-1-0 and are riding a 7 game winning streak.
<cliche>We need the Wings that showed up last night in SJ to show up tonight and Saturday afternoon.</cliche>
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 05:29 PM ET
In the 29 games since December 4th, the Wings garnered 34 points, or 1.172 ppg. That’s almost the 1.176 ppg I calculated it would take to be in 8th by the Olympic break. The Wings have definitely improved since the woeful months of October and November, but without Calgary falling apart, they would still be on the outside looking in.
Now, at least, there are no more teams to leapfrog. Whether the Wings make or miss the playoffs is entirely withing their control and not dependent of the failure of other teams
We desperately need a winning streak and I hope and pray it started last night.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 05:45 PM ET
Here are the pregame notes from the Orange County Register. 5-3-1 on the back end of B2B’s is pretty impressive.
How they match up
Ducks How they match up Red Wings*
2.70 Goals per game 2.61
3.00 Goals-against avg. 2.66
19.2% Power play 17.6%
80.6% Penalty killing 81.2%
Outlook
Detroit had suffered losses in seven of nine games entering Tuesday’s game at San Jose, but four of those losses came in overtime or a shootout to help it secure at least a point to stay in the thick of the playoff race … The Red Wings have won two of the first three meetings this season, with G Jimmy Howard in net for all three games … Detroit is 5-3-1 in the second of back-to-back games this season … C Henrik Zetterberg has three goals and four assists against the Ducks this season … Detroit entered Tuesday’s game ranked 26th in the NHL in five-on-five scoring.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 06:00 PM ET
My countdown to 94 points, a totally bogus and arbitrary objective. A couple of weeks ago I said I was only comfortable with a minimum of 98.
50 wins and 110 points or bust my friend. Anything less would be uncivilized.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 02/03/10 at 06:51 PM ET
Don’t know if anybody’s seen this yet…but it’s pretty dang funny
That’s like déjà vu all over again.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 02/03/10 at 06:53 PM ET
Herm, you’re one lucky son of a bitch. You know that, right?
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 02/03/10 at 06:55 PM ET
Ode to Hitch. With dreams of corn dogs and burgers dancing in his head.
Until we see you back in the Romper Room. We’‘ll miss you Captain.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 02/03/10 at 07:00 PM ET
Ode to Hitch. With dreams of corn dogs and burgers dancing in his head. Until we see you back in the Romper Room. We’’ll miss you
Sniff, sniff. That brought tears to me eyes, WFiBL.
I love the irony of the corn dog pic, since it looks like he was giving it a BJ.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 02/03/10 at 07:07 PM ET
Detroit is 5-3-1 in the second of back-to-back games this season …
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich
Just to put a wheelbarrow full of coal at the end of that rainbow…
Anaheim is 7-2 in 1st home games after a road trip,
one of those victories was against Detroit January 5.
The Wings outshot the Ducks 39-34,
Hiller kind of stole the game 4-1, including an ENG.
There were 16 minor penalties,
No PPG,
Saku Koivu opened the scoring in the 1st with an unassisted SHG
Referees
St Laurant
Watson
The Red Wings didn’t have Henrik Zetterberg or Dan Cleary
“We weren’t prepared to play, for whatever reason,” Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. “It was our worst game in a while. We let ourselves down here. I don’t think you can even find out how good you can be unless you play as hard as you’re capable of playing, and we didn’t do that tonight. Too many turnovers and poor execution, especially early.”
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 07:15 PM ET
Gramps, how are CafePress products? I’m thinking of ordering something, my lady wants a shirt and I’ll get some magnets to give at the blog.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 02/03/10 at 02:44 PM ET
Herm, I have ordered some shirts through CafePress before - the graphics were sharp and the color didn’t bleed more than expected (I usually toss a color catcher sheet in with my laundry when I do bright colors and generally wash in cold water to limit bleeding and shrinking). Same kind of quality you would expect in an department store, not cheap flimsy stuff that falls apart the first time you wash it.
I think you would be happy with it. As for the sizing, I always size up because I need a little more room than most women, so I usually ignore sizing charts.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/03/10 at 07:27 PM ET
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How is your back?
Your slapshot may be required for the playoffs.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 02/03/10 at 07:32 PM ET
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Well done Okie.
Be interesting to see how the boys perform tonight. IF last night was the cliche “statement” kind of game we need to keep the train at full steam ahead.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 02/03/10 at 10:09 AM ET