LAST GAME
MTL 1 @ DET 4 (1/24/14)
1st Period: DET Zetterberg (Alfredsson, Kronwall) 12:27-PP
2nd Period: DET Sheahan 11:48-EV; MTL Gallagher (Desharnais, Subban) 12:56-PP; DET Kronwall (Nyquist, Ericsson) 16:29-EV
3rd Period: DET Nyquist (Zetterberg, Abdelkader) 18:41-EV
Shots: DET 26 (8-13-5); MTL 31 (13-9-9)
Goalies: DET Gustavsson (W, 30-31); MTL Price (L, 22-26)
PP: DET 1-6; MTL 1-4

THE MATCHUP
- Tonight marks the 27th all-time meeting between DET and FLA
- Tonight marks the 4th of 5 meetings this season between DET and FLA, 2nd of 2 in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. FLA: 17-3-5-3
- DET’s all-time home record vs. FLA: 6-2-3-1
- FLA’s 2-1 win on 12/7 vs. DET was its third-ever win at JLA, second in regulation
- DET acquired F Todd Bertuzzi from FLA for F Shawn Matthias and a 2nd round pick in 2007 (Nick Spaling)
- Stephen Weiss is FLA’s all-time leader in games played and assists, with 394 points (145-249-394) in 654 games with the team from 2001-13
- Mikael Samuelsson had 37 points (16-21-37) in 83 games with FLA in 2003-04 and 2011-12
- FLA F Shawn Matthias (2nd round, 47th overall, 2006) is 1 of 3 former DET draft picks on FLA’s roster, with F Tomas Fleischmann (2nd round, 63rd overall, 2002) and F Tomas Kopecky (2nd round, 38th overall, 2000)
- Daniel Alfredsson has 59 points (27-32-59) in 61 games vs. FLA
Detroit Red Wings: Media Notes- Pavel Datsyuk has 17 points (6-11-17) in 12 games vs. FLA
- Henrik Zetterberg has 8 points (2-6-8) in 9 games vs. FLA
- Todd Bertuzzi has 21 points (15-6-21) in 29 games vs. FLA
- Daniel Cleary has 7 goals in 15 games vs. FLA
- FLA F Tomas Kopecky had 53 points (22-31-53) in 183 games with DET from 2005-09
- FLA D Mike Weaver had 47 points (5-42-47) in 151 games with Michigan State from 1996-00
- FLA G Tim Thomas is from Flint, MI and played 36 games with the IHL Detroit Vipers in 1999-00 with a 10-21-3 record, a 3.56 GAA and .892 SV%
- The team’s AHL affiliates will also face off today, as the San Antonio Rampage will host the Grand Rapids Griffins at 5 p.m.

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
January 26, 1957 –Former Red Wings center and captain Dale McCourt born on this date in Falconbridge, Ontario. McCourt played 5 seasons for DET in his 532-game NHL career. He totaled 478 points (194-284-478) during his NHL career with DET, BUF and TOR.

DET TEAM AND PLAYER STATS
- DET has the best road record (14-7-3) and 4th-worst home record (9-11-7) in the Eastern Conference
- DET’s PP is 16th at home (18.4%) and 24th on the road (13.7%)
- DET ranks 7th in the NHL on the PK at 84.0%
- DET’s PK is 20th at home (80.6%) and 1st on the road (87.5%)
- DET ranks 29th in the NHL with a .667 winning percentage when leading after 2 periods (30th. NYI - .467)
- DET averages the 5th-fewest PIM/game at 9.2 (NJ, CAR, CHI and SJ are the only teams with fewer)
- DET has been on the PK for 31:28 longer than the PP, the 3rd-largest differential in the league (1. BOS at 43:26, 2. PHI at 37:50)
- Since Pavel Datsyuk has been out of the lineup (1/4), DET has fallen from 4th (313) in the league in takeaways to 14th (362)
- Datsyuk is still tied for 4th in the league with 50 takeaways (1. Marian Hossa, 57; 2. John Tavares , 52; 3. Andrej Sekera, 52)
- Niklas Kronwall is T11th among NHL defensemen with 31 points (6-25-31) in 48 games
- Jonas Gustavsson has the 2nd-fewest regulation losses (3) of any goalie with 15+ appearances behind CHI’s Antti Raanta (2)