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GDT - WC Quarterfinals, Game 6: Red Wings (3-2) host ‘Yotes (2-3) (2:00)
by Jeff OKWingnut on 04/25/10 at 10:55 AM ET
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Matinee at the Joe today. Wings have a chance to win this series, and Unce Mike does not want to go back to PHX: “You don’t want to give them any life whatsoever. They got a good team and good goaltending. We’d hate to tempt fate and have to come back (to Phoenix) and win three games on the road.’’ I say, Amen to that.
This is the Wings chance to deliver, Under Pressure. If there was ever a time DET’s playoff experience comes to the fore, it should be today. Game On(!), Bitches.
Eaves gets a goal today(!)
End of Regular Season Records:
DET: 82 GP, 44-24-14, 102 pts, (5 in Conf, 2 in Central), 229 GF, 216 GA, Last 10 8-1-1, Won 3
PHX: 82 GP, 50-25-7, 107 pts, (4 in Conf, 2 in Pacific), 225 GF, 202 GA, Last 10 5-3-2, OTL
DET at home: 25-10-6 (7th)
PHX on road: 19-14-8 (10th)
Regular Season, Head to Head:
22 OCT: DET at PHX, 2-3 OTL
14 DEC: PHX at DET, 3-2 W
2 JAN: DET at PHX, 4-1 W
26 JAN: PHX at DET, 4-5 OTL
Playoffs to Date:
14 APR: DET at PHX, 2-3 L
16 APR: DET at PHX 7-4 W
18 APR: PHX at DET 2-4 L
20 APR: PHX at DET 3-0 W
23 APR DET at PHX 4-1 W
Final Regular Sesaon Stats (rank):
DET: .622 point% (7), 2.72 G/G (14), 2.52 GA/G (7), 0.93 5-5 F/A (21), 19.2 PP% (9), 83.9 PK% (10), 33.4 S/G (2), 29.4 SA/G (9), 51.1 FO% (8).
PHX: .652 point% (4), 2.57 G/G (24), 2.39 GA/G (3), 1.15 5-5 F/A (5), 14.6 PP% (28), 84.5 PK% (6), 30.5 S/G (13), 29.6 SA/G (12), 50.0 FO% (14).
Playoff Stats (rank):
DET: .600 Win% (4), 3.60 G/G (4), 2.40 GA/G (3), 1.22 5-5 F/A (7), 21.7 PP% (7), 86.4 PK% (6), 34.8 S/G (4), 31.8 SA/G (9), 50.3 FO% (8).
PHX: .400 Win% (9), 2.40 G/G (10), 3.60 GA/G (13), 0.82 5-5 F/A (10), 13.6 PP% (11), 78.3 PK% (10), 31,8 S/G (8), 34.8 SA/G (13), 49.7 FO% (9).
Playoff Goal Differential/Game:
DET = + 1.20
PHX = -1.20
Regular Season Penalties:
DET PHX
329 Total 381
19 Major 33
309 Minor 340
723 Minutes 925
Playoff Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 5 6 2 8 5 19:09 2 in goals, 3 in points
C Pavel Datsyuk 5 3 2 5 1 17:51
C Valtteri Filppula 5 3 2 5 4 17:49
C Johan Franzen 5 1 4 5 3 18:10
R Todd Bertuzzi 5 0 4 4 3 17:18
L Tomas Holmstrom 5 2 2 4 2 13:05
D Brad Stuart 5 0 4 4 3 23:08
D Niklas Kronwall 5 0 4 4 0 24:06
D Nicklas Lidstrom 5 1 2 3 1 25:58
D Brian Rafalski 5 0 2 2 2 23:22
D Jonathan Ericsson 5 0 1 1 2 12:37
L Drew Miller 5 1 0 1 0 11:45
L Justin Abdelkader 4 1 0 1 1 7:21
C Kris Draper 5 0 0 0 0 7:51
R Dan Cleary 5 0 0 0 -1 14:46
D Andreas Lilja 5 0 0 0 0 10:39
C Jason Williams 1 0 0 0 0 9:29
R Patrick Eaves 5 0 0 0 -2 12:48
C Darren Helm 5 0 0 0 -4 13:53
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jimmy Howard 5, 3-2, 2.42, 0.925
PHX Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Matthew Lombardi 5 1 5 6 1 18:15
L Wojtek Wolski 5 3 1 4 0 17:42
D Derek Morris 5 1 2 3 -1 20:05
R Radim Vrbata 5 1 2 3 0 15:45
C Martin Hanzal 5 0 3 3 -1 18:50
D Keith Yandle 5 2 1 3 1 17:15
D Adrian Aucoin 5 0 2 2 1 21:35
R Shane Doan 3 1 1 2 0 13:21
R Petr Prucha 5 1 1 2 0 13:32
D Ed Jovanovski 5 1 0 1 -5 21:58
L Vernon Fiddler 4 0 1 1 -3 14:14
D Zbynek Michalek 5 0 1 1 -2 20:03
R Lee Stempniak 5 0 1 1 -4 14:16
D Sami Lepisto 5 1 0 1 -2 16:47
D Mathieu Schneider 1 0 0 0 0 16:33
C Robert Lang 2 0 0 0 0 8:17
L Taylor Pyatt 5 0 0 0 -3 12:57
C Petteri Nokelainen 5 0 0 0 -1 8:21
L Lauri Korpikoski 5 0 0 0 -2 15:10
C Daniel Winnik 5 0 0 0 -1 13:19
PHX Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ilya Bryzgalov 5, 2-3, 3.21, 0.907
Injury Report:
DET:
Kirk Maltby (RW/LW) Shoulder surgery (Early April)
PHX:
Shane Doan (LW/RW) Upper body injury (Day to day)
Kurt Sauer (D) Head injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
Scottie Upshall (LW/RW) Right knee injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Niklas Kronwall (D) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Brad Stuart (D) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 8 pts in last 4 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 5 pts in last 4 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (LW/RW) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Tomas Holmstrom (LW/RW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 2-0-0, 0.50, .983 in last 2 GPI
DET: Not Hot:
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP - - For all of the hard work he has been doing - - he is due.
PHX: Hot:
Matthew Lombardi (C/LW) 6 pts in last 5 GP - - This guy is killing us.
PHX: Not Hot:
Derek Morris (D) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Taylor Pyatt (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
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Hoping to change the mojo from the last game at the JLA after Game 2 in PHX (a 2-4 loss), DET had practice yesterday. Khan(!) was there with notepad:
“We dropped the ball last time we went home (a 4-2 loss in Game 3). It’s very important how we handle this and respond,’’ Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “You don’t want to give them any life whatsoever. They got a good team and good goaltending. We’d hate to tempt fate and have to come back (to Phoenix) and win three games on the road.’’
Babcock changed the routine Saturday, holding a short practice at a local rink (the Joe was unavailable) so players could get their legs moving, since there is no morning skate Sunday due to the 2 p.m. start.
Getting started on time is especially important in the first game back from a Western trip. The Red Wings, who’ve gotten excellent goaltending from Jimmy Howard the last two games (one goal against), will continue to rely on their role players for speed, physicality, strong defensive play and solid penalty-killing.
Babcock said the bottom six (the Kris Draper-Darren Helm-Patrick Eaves line and the Drew Miller-Justin Abdelkader-Dan Cleary line) were better than the top six through two periods in Friday’s 4-1 Game 5 victory.
“Sometimes when you’re a skilled guy and you’re in a series like this, where there’s no room, you get hard-headed about getting through the neutral zone,’’ Babcock said. “The guys that are working for a living, they don’t do that. They know they got to flip it in, that’s why they’re having more success. . . .
Helm, Eaves and Miller are key components to the penalty-killing units that have prevented the Coyotes from scoring on their last 19 power plays dating back to the third period of Game 1.
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Comments
Big game, bitches. Let’s get ready to
RUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR
Posted by monkey from lighting my nuts on fire on 04/25/10 at 11:07 AM ET
hope you got more of those rinkside pictures Jeff,makes GDT perfect,
thanks
Posted by edillac from isolation on 04/25/10 at 11:18 AM ET
win this one, bitches.
can’t wait for the sharks ...
Posted by german_wing from Toronto, Canada on 04/25/10 at 11:21 AM ET
The cart needs to stay behind the horse or a dose of whorish mouth shutter needs to be handed out here.
Posted by MOWingsfan19
Like monkey said, the “if” was silent. But yea, point taken.
Early morning stomach pains, check.
Can’t drink silly in the afternoon, check.
Hating NBC already, check.
Feelin’ alive bitches. I’m about to bench press some underaged hookers.
(Okie, there in an invisible thank you every time I see your GDT thread)
Posted by Osrt on 04/25/10 at 11:22 AM ET
Thanks Okie. Short and to the point.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/25/10 at 11:47 AM ET
Feelin’ alive bitches. I’m about to bench press some underaged hookers.
Posted by Osrt on 04/25/10 at 11:22 AM ET
What the Hell?
Whenever I get in this zone my daughter gets me to watch a movie named “she’s too young”.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 04/25/10 at 11:51 AM ET
Matinee, wtf. Not 12:30, not 3 pm…. But 2 pm. TWO pm. What the Hell sense does THAT make?
Thanks.Gary.Ass.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 04/25/10 at 11:54 AM ET
No word on Doan playing until game time I guess.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 04/25/10 at 11:56 AM ET
Great job Okie!
Red dawn out here .... it’s that kind of morning cause it was that kind of night.
Monkey, stop shouting.
ahhhhhhhhhh coffee…..............
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, preparing on 04/25/10 at 12:05 PM ET
Monkey, stop shouting.
right, right, keep it down, sure sure…
Posted by monkey from lighting my nuts on fire on 04/25/10 at 12:27 PM ET
Is that Bill Maher in the Homer jersey?
Hoping all this jibber about coming out better than Game 3 is more than just jabber.
Posted by pilgrim from the ice at the bottom of the world on 04/25/10 at 12:37 PM ET
Thanks Monkey…knew you would understand…two cups of coffee and life is improving.
The Great Un-Asked Question…...How’s come the Wings home games get the start times juggled and the late night, west coast, playing hockey at midnite on the body clock, games NEVER move?
Just axeing…................
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, preparing on 04/25/10 at 12:39 PM ET
There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.
Heyo lets go.
Posted by pilgrim from the ice at the bottom of the world on 04/25/10 at 12:39 PM ET
Let’s do this. This little one of mine hasn’t yet lived through a Red Wings loss (in three days here) and I see no reason to start today.
Posted by Stevis on 04/25/10 at 12:49 PM ET
Lunch with the inlaws; they better choose a resturaunt with some freaking tvs or else…
LGRW!
We need to come out strong. Skate to the throat and don’t stop pushing down until the dead dog carcass stops twitching.
Posted by kayl from Brewtown on 04/25/10 at 12:49 PM ET
Mornin bitches! Jimmy wil again think with his dipstick and a big win today!
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 04/25/10 at 12:50 PM ET
Every series started out 1-1, yet no series has gone to game 7 yet. We don’t want to be first, bitches. Close out this MoFo at home in 6.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 04/25/10 at 12:52 PM ET
Posted by Stevis on 04/25/10 at 12:49 PM ET
What a beautiful child. Looks like a big one too. A blessing indeed.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/25/10 at 12:52 PM ET
Looks like a big one too.
Indeed…9 lbs 10 oz. Daddy was about that size, so it’s clearly all my fault.
Just need the pediatrician to release us in time to get home for a 2:10 start. Getting kinda late for that….sonsabitches.
Posted by Stevis on 04/25/10 at 12:55 PM ET
Stevis you magnificent Bastard.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 04/25/10 at 12:56 PM ET
Let’s do this.This little one of mine hasn’t yet lived through a Red Wings loss (in three days here) and I see no reason to start today. Posted by Stevis on 04/25/10 at 12:49 PM ET
Congratulations on the new cute “little” one! Hoping Momma is doing good!
I agree - “Lets do this”!
LETS GO RED WINGS!!!
Posted by Little Redhead from the Engineer's chair on 04/25/10 at 12:59 PM ET
so it’s clearly all my fault.
Smartest man among the 19. Me likey.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/25/10 at 12:59 PM ET
Hey, Jeff. Excellent write up. Martin Hanzal is another guy putting the hurt on as well. That guy outworked everyone else on the Bettmans.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 04/25/10 at 01:39 PM ET
And Stevis. Best wishes, man. May every happiness find their way into your lives.
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 04/25/10 at 01:42 PM ET
we didnt go to OT friday… the hockey gods will make us pay…
Posted by pgoody on 04/25/10 at 01:56 PM ET
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