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Abel to Yzerman

GDT - Game 18: Red Wings (7-7-3) host Predators (8-5-5) 7:00

02/23/2013 at 8:33am EST

The Wings are 0-3-2 in their last five games. During that stretch they’ve scored just one power play goal and have blown two-goal leads three times. DET's special teams may take the prize for oxymoron of the year; the PP is beyond pathetic at 12.8% (28). The PK is just as bad, or worse, at 75.7% (25). Assuming, on average, DET are assessed 4 minors a game (I don't know what the actual average is), it is almost certain 1 goal for the opposition. Both are guaranteed momentum killers.

Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game.

LGRW

SEASON RECORD:

DET: 17 GP, 7-7-3, 17 pts, (10 in Conf, 4 in Central), 45 GF, 51 GA, Last 10 3-5-2 LOST 1

NSH: 18 GP, 8-5-5, 21 pts, (4 in Conf, 2 in Central), 39 GF, 39 GA, Last 10 5-3-2 LOST 1

DET HOME: 5-4-1

NSH ROAD: 4-3-2

TEAM STATISTICS:

DET: 0.500 point% (21), 2.59 G/G (18), 3.00 GA/G (21), 1.12 5-5 F/A (12), 12.8 PP% (28), 75.7 PK% (25), 29.2 S/G (14), 28.8 SA/G (16), 53.7 FO% (2)

NSH: 0.583 point% (12), 2.06 G/G (30), 1.94 GA/G (3), 1.04 5-5 F/A (15), 14.8 PP% (22), 85.5 PK% (6), 23.7 S/G (30), 27.2 SA/G (6), 50.5 FO% (14)

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = -0.41
NSH = +0.12

PLAYER STATS:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI

L Henrik Zetterberg 16 5 16 21 1 21:00
C Pavel Datsyuk 15 8 10 18 8 20:13
C Damien Brunner 16 7 4 11 -3 17:26
D Niklas Kronwall 16 1 9 10 -9 24:00
C Johan Franzen 12 3 6 9 4 18:23
C Valtteri Filppula 16 3 5 8 3 17:46
D Jonathan Ericsson 13 2 4 6 0 21:07
D Jakub Kindl 10 1 3 4 6 16:44
C Tomas Tatar 8 2 2 4 -2 12:03
R Daniel Cleary 16 2 1 3 -3 16:58
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
R Jordin Tootoo 16 1 2 3 2 8:55
L Drew Miller 16 1 2 3 -2 13:10
D Ian White 11 1 1 2 1 20:12
R Patrick Eaves 9 0 2 2 0 9:34
C Cory Emmerton 16 1 1 2 1 9:26
C Joakim Andersson 6 1 1 2 -2 9:44
D Brian Lashoff 12 1 1 2 -6 18:38
R Mikael Samuelsson 3 0 1 1 -2 14:07
L Justin Abdelkader 16 0 1 1 -6 12:59
D Brendan Smith 8 0 1 1 4 17:16
D Kent Huskins 8 0 0 0 -1 14:46
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 0 0 0 17:26
D Kyle Quincey 16 0 0 0 8 18:52
L Jan Mursak 1 0 0 0 0 2:34
C Gustav Nyquist 2 0 0 0 -1 12:22
C Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 12:27

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Petr Mrazek 2, 1-1-0, 2.02, 0.922
Jimmy Howard 14, 6-5-2, 3.08, 0.897
Jonas Gustavsson 2, 0-0-1, 2.65, 0.885

NSH Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI

C Colin Wilson 18 5 9 14 0 17:12
R Martin Erat 17 3 7 10 -2 18:53
C Mike Fisher 18 3 4 7 2 20:38
D Shea Weber 18 3 4 7 2 26:14
L Sergei Kostitsyn 18 2 5 7 6 16:35
C David Legwand 18 3 3 6 4 17:56
D Ryan Ellis 18 2 4 6 4 16:02
L Gabriel Bourque 16 4 2 6 5 15:31
D Kevin Klein 18 1 4 5 2 20:05
R Brandon Yip 16 2 3 5 1 13:31
R Patric Hornqvist 8 1 4 5 0 15:48
D Jonathon Blum 10 1 4 5 2 14:25
C Nick Spaling 18 3 1 4 -4 15:46
C Paul Gaustad 13 1 2 3 0 14:07
D Roman Josi 18 1 2 3 2 22:13
C Craig Smith 18 1 2 3 -4 12:48
L Rich Clune 17 1 0 1 1 7:00
R Matt Halischuk 13 0 1 1 -2 11:02
D Scott Hannan 18 0 1 1 -6 20:56
D Hal Gill 14 0 0 0 0 13:20
R Brian McGrattan 2 0 0 0 0 6:17

NSH Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Pekka Rinne 16, 7-4-4, 1.63, 0.936
Chris Mason, 1-1-1, 3.42, 0.888

THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:

DET - HOT:

Dan Cleary - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jakub Kindl - 3 pts in last 3 GP
Damien Brunner - 12 pts in last 15 GP
Brian Lashoff - 2 pts in last 3 GP

DET - NOT HOT:

Valtteri Filppula - 1 pts in last 4 GP
Ian White - 0 pts in last 5 GP
Niklas Kronwall - 0 pts in last 5 GP
Kyle Quincey - 0 pts in last 17 GP
Jimmy Howard - 0-1-0, 4.23, .839 in last 2 GPI

NSH - HOT:

Colin Wilson - 4 pts in last 3 GP
Shea Weber - 4 pts in last 3 GP
Sergei Kostitsyn - 4 pts in last 4 GP
Jonathon Blum - 3 pts in last 3 GP
Pekka Rinne - 7-2-1, 1.13, .956 in last 11 GPI

NSH - NOT HOT:

Ryan Ellis - 0 pts in last 4 GP
Kevin Klein - 0 pts in last 8 GP
Chris Mason - 0-1-1, 4.95, .840 in last 2 GPI

Injury Report:

DET:

Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Colaiacovo, Carlo Shoulder injury injured reserve
Franzen, Johan Hip flexor injured reserve
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Broken finger injured reserve
Smith, Brendan Shoulder injury injured reserve

NSH:

Gaustad, Paul Upper body injury day-to-day

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Turnstile and Moose out. Kindl in.

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