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GDT - Game #59: Red Wings at Blues (8:00)

by Jeff OKWingnut on 02/09/10 at 09:43 AM ET
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STL are coming off a 5-3 loss last night to the Av’s.  Chris Mason’s boxscore was ugly, surrendering 5 GA on 15 shots, before getting pulled in the 2nd. Conklin stopped all 18 shots in relief.  Per the St. Louis Post -Dispatch:  Colorado’s three-goal second period chased Mason from the game and sent the Avalanche on their way to a 5-2 victory over the Blues, “who looked lethargic considering their playoff lives are on the line.”

DET fans must be pondering the same based on the Wings play of late.  3-5-2, is just unfathomable - - all while getting healthier. Playoffs?  Are you kidding me.  I just hope we can win another game.

Kronwall and Eaves are out.  Homer is questionable, and Mule is in.  Jimmy Howard will start for the 21st time in the last 23 games.  Asked why, coach Mike Babcock said with startling clarity, “Because I think it’s the right decision.’’  I’d have to agree, the Wings are rapidly approaching the point of no return; every game matters.  So says Holland:  “If we play .500 hockey the rest of the way, we’re not going to make it. We have to have some stretches where we go 8-2, 7-3. We just haven’t found ways to win games, and now we’ve got a huge week here with three games before the Olympic break.”

Standings:

DET:  58 GP,  27-21-10, 64 pts (9 in Conf, 3 in Central), 150 GF, 156 GA, Last 10 3-5-2, Streak Lost 2

STL:  59 GP, 25-25-9, 59 pts (13 in Conf, 4 in Central), 151 GF, 166 GA, Last 10 3-5-2, Streak Lost 3

DET on road:  12-13-6
STL at home:  9-16-5 ? ? ? STL are true Road Warriors, compare:16-9-4

Stats (rank):

DET:  .552 point% (14), 2.52 g/g (24), 2.59 ga/g (10),  0.89 5-5 f/a (23), 17.9 pp (16), 81.9 pk (14), 32.7 s/g (3), 30.2 sa/g (17), 51.4 fo% (8).

STL:  .500 point% (24), 2.49 g/g (25), 2.75 ga/g (16), 0.91 5-5 f/a (22), 16.8 pp (24), 85.1 pk (6), 28.7 s/g (24), 30.2 sa/g (16), 48.6 fo% (23).

Goal Differential/Game:
DET = -0.07
STL = -0.26

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 56 15 31 46 13 20:27
L Henrik Zetterberg 50 16 29 45 6 20:02
D Nicklas Lidstrom 58 6 27 33 21 25:33
R Todd Bertuzzi 58 15 17 32 -7 17:11
R Dan Cleary 46 12 15 27 -4 17:48
D Brian Rafalski 54 4 23 27 16 24:27
L Tomas Holmstrom 45 15 8 23 5 15:44
C Valtteri Filppula 32 5 16 21 -7 17:34
C Kris Draper 57 6 11 17 -1 12:37
R Patrick Eaves 47 9 7 16 -1 14:12
C Darren Helm 51 8 8 16 -3 15:05
L Drew Miller 56 7 7 14 3 12:45
D Niklas Kronwall 26 5 8 13 1 21:13
D Brad Stuart 58 2 9 11 -15 23:42
D Jonathan Ericsson 43 3 7 10 -16 17:41
C Jason Williams 20 3 5 8 -7 14:36
D Brett Lebda 54 1 5 6 -7 15:13
L Justin Abdelkader 50 3 3 6 -11 10:35
L Kirk Maltby 49 3 2 5 -1 10:05
D Derek Meech 39 2 3 5 -11 13:14
D Doug Janik 13 0 2 2 -3 13:28
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 18 0 2 2 1 9:51
C Johan Franzen 3 1 1 2 0 18:41
L Brad May 39 0 1 1 -5 7:06
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 40, 20-13-6, 2.31, 0.926  
Chris Osgood 21,  7-8-4, 2.94, 0.891

STL Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
C Andy McDonald 56 17 18 35 -10 18:09
R Brad Boyes 59 10 25 35 -1 17:08
C TJ Oshie 55 11 22 33 -5 18:08
R David Backes 56 13 19 32 -3 17:58
L David Perron 59 15 17 32 -11 16:02
C Keith Tkachuk 54 12 16 28 -2 14:09
C Alexander Steen 45 14 13 27 -4 15:33
L Paul Kariya 53 10 16 26 -7 17:10
D Erik Johnson 57 5 21 26 1 21:20
C Jay McClement 59 8 13 21 -6 16:45
D Carlo Colaiacovo 45 4 12 16 -4 17:41
C Patrik Berglund 52 8 8 16 -7 12:58
D Roman Polak 59 3 11 14 2 20:05
D Barret Jackman 48 2 11 13 3 22:53
D Eric Brewer 36 6 5 11 -12 21:31
R BJ Crombeen 56 4 7 11 -3 13:27
D Darryl Sydor 39 0 8 8 -2 17:20
L Brad Winchester 50 2 4 6 3 9:18
D Mike Weaver 54 0 4 4 0 17:00
D Tyson Strachan 7 0 2 2 3 13:28
D Alex Pietrangelo 9 1 1 2 -9 16:34
C Yan Stastny 4 1 0 1 1 9:29
C Lars Eller 5 1 0 1 1 10:10
C Derek Armstrong 5 0 0 0 -2 7:31
R Cam Janssen 36 0 0 0 -4 4:42
L DJ King 3 0 0 0 -1 2:49
D Jonas Junland 1 0 0 0 -2 14:00

STL Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ty Conklin 19, 8-8-1,  2.61 0.921
Chris Mason 42, 17-17-8,  2.58,  0.909

Injury Report:
DET:
Niklas Kronwall (D) Left knee injury (Day to day)
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Mid-February)

STL:
No Injured Players

HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Brian Rafalski (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 9 pts in last 7 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 6 pts in last 5 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 5 pts in last 6 GP

DET: Not Hot:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Jason Williams (W/C) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 0-2-0, 3.57, .877 in last 2 GPI
Chris Osgood (G) 0-2-0, 4.40, .814 in last 3 GPI

STL: Hot:
T.J. Oshie (RW/C) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Alexander Steen (W/C) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Ty Conklin (G) 1-2-0, 2.00, .940 in last 4 GPI

STL: Not Hot:
Keith Tkachuk (LW/C) 0 pts in last 6 GP
Brad Boyes (RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Andy McDonald (C/LW) 0 pts in last 4 GP
David Perron (RW/LW) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Chris Mason (G) 0-2-0, 4.92, .844 in last 2 GPI

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Khan(!) has the practice lines:

Here are the lines they skated with in practice, though coach Mike Babcock said this isn’t necessarily what he’ll do in the game. And it won’t be, if Holmstrom plays:

Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Franzen
Bertuzzi-Filppula-Cleary
Draper-Helm-May
Maltby-Miller-Williams

Jimmy Howard will start in goal.

Also, newly acquired defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen cleared waivers and was assigned to Grand Rapids (AHL).

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