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GDT - Game 20: Red Wings (9-7-3) at Kings (9-6-2) 10:00

02/27/2013 at 7:33am EST

After improbable back-to-back (convincing) wins over NSH (4-0) and VAN (8-3), DET are currently holding down the 8th spot in the West. The PP has finally found a pulse, Jimmy is on fire, and the Chinese Fire Drill in the "D" zone is becoming a rarity - - at least at JLA.

Of the Wings (9-7-3) 21 points, 15 were earned at home (7-4-1). DET are a meager 2-3-2 on the road. DET are at SJS tomorrow. In March, DET have 6 home games and 8 on the road. In April, 6 home and 7 road games. Altogether, DET play 17 road games and only 12 at the Joe. Frightening.

To make matters more interesting, Western Conference postions 4 - 11 are seperated by a mere 3 points. DET have got to start winning road games - - a road PP goal would help that cause.

LGRW

SEASON RECORD:

DET: 19 GP, 9-7-3, 21 pts, (8 in Conf, 4 in Central), 57 GF, 54 GA, Last 10 5-3-2 WON 2

LAK: 17 GP, 9-6-2, 20 pts, (10 in Conf, 5 in Pacific), 45 GF, 41 GA, Last 7-3-0 WON 4

DET ROAD: 2-3-2 (19)

LAK HOME: 4-1-1 (6)

TEAM STATISTICS:

DET: 0.553 point% (16), 2.95 G/G (5), 2.84 GA/G (18), 1.28 5-5 F/A (5), 16.5 PP% (20), 76.9 PK% (24), 29.1 S/G (14), 28.6 SA/G (15), 53.5 FO% (3)

LAK: 0.588 point% (11), 2.59 G/G (19), 2.35 GA/G (9), 1.20 5-5 F/A (9), 15.2 PP% (23), 80.8 PK% (17), 29.5 S/G (11), 25.0 SA/G (2), 51.3 FO% (9)

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = +0.11 First time all season (as I recall) that DET have had a positive average.

LAK = +0.24

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

L Henrik Zetterberg 19 6 19 25 3 20:50
C Pavel Datsyuk 18 8 14 22 9 20:14
D Niklas Kronwall 19 2 14 16 -4 23:49
C Damien Brunner 19 10 6 16 -2 17:05
C Valtteri Filppula 19 4 6 10 3 17:40
C Johan Franzen 12 3 6 9 4 18:23
D Jonathan Ericsson 16 2 6 8 4 21:03
R Daniel Cleary 19 5 2 7 -2 17:12
C Tomas Tatar 11 3 3 6 0 12:01
D Jakub Kindl 12 1 4 5 8 17:05
C Joakim Andersson 9 3 2 5 3 10:13
R Jordin Tootoo 19 2 2 4 2 9:05
L Drew Miller 19 2 2 4 -1 13:14
R Patrick Eaves 11 0 3 3 3 10:00
D Brian Lashoff 15 1 2 3 -4 18:54
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
D Ian White 14 1 1 2 -2 20:47
C Cory Emmerton 19 1 1 2 0 9:49
R Mikael Samuelsson 3 0 1 1 -2 14:07
L Justin Abdelkader 19 0 1 1 -5 13:26
D Brendan Smith 8 0 1 1 4 17:16
D Kent Huskins 11 0 0 0 -3 15:20
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 0 0 0 17:26
D Kyle Quincey 17 0 0 0 10 18:07
L Jan Mursak 2 0 0 0 0 5:38
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 17, 8-6-2, 2.88, 0.901
Jonas Gustavsson 2, 0-0-1, 2.65, 0.885

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

C Anze Kopitar 16 5 10 15 4 20:28
C Jeff Carter 17 10 2 12 2 18:12
C Mike Richards 17 4 8 12 -3 17:06
L Dustin Brown 17 6 4 10 -3 19:19
D Slava Voynov 17 3 6 9 12 21:48
D Drew Doughty 17 0 8 8 -6 26:43
L Kyle Clifford 17 2 6 8 2 11:22
R Justin Williams 17 1 7 8 7 16:14
C Jarret Stoll 17 3 2 5 4 16:10
D Rob Scuderi 17 1 3 4 1 23:44
C Trevor Lewis 17 2 2 4 7 13:52
D Davis Drewiske 17 1 3 4 5 14:15
L Dwight King 16 0 3 3 2 11:53
D Jake Muzzin 14 2 1 3 3 14:55
C Jordan Nolan 17 1 2 3 0 8:09
R Dustin Penner 10 1 2 3 -1 12:33
D Alec Martinez 11 1 1 2 0 18:55
C Colin Fraser 13 1 1 2 -1 9:10
D Matt Greene 1 0 1 1 -1 18:01
D Keaton Ellerby 17 0 1 1 1 15:27
R Brad Richardson 2 0 0 0 0 6:42

LAK Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Jonathan Bernier 4, 3-1-0, 1.80, 0.916
Jonathan Quick 14, 6-5-2, 2.42, 0.906

THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:

DET - HOT:

Niklas Kronwall - 6 pts in last 2 GP
Damien Brunner - 4 pts in last 2 GP
Dan Cleary - 4 pts in last 2 GP
Jonathan Ericsson - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Tomas Tatar - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jakub Kindl - 4 pts in last 5 GP
Jimmy Howard - 2-0-0, 1.50, .944 in last 2 GPI

DET - NOT HOT:

Ian White - 0 pts in last 7 G

LAK - HOT:

Dustin Brown - 3 pts in last 2 GP
Slava Voynov - 3 pts in last 2 GP
Jeff Carter - 4 pts in last 3 GP
Trevor Lewis - 4 pts in last 4 GP
Dwight King - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Justin Williams - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Dustin Penner - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jonathan Bernier - 3-0-0, 1.00, .952 in last 3 GPI
Jonathan Quick - 3-0-0, 1.33, .946 in last 3 GPI

LAK - NOT HOT:

No Players Listed

Injury Report:

DET:

Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Colaiacovo, Carlo Shoulder injury injured reserve
Franzen, Johan Hip flexor injured reserve
Gustavsson, Jonas Groin day-to-day
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Quincey, Kyle Ankle injury day-to-day
Samuelsson, Mikael Broken finger injured reserve
Smith, Brendan Shoulder injury injured reserve

Wally - - Time Out.

LAK:

Greene, Matt Back injury injured reserve
Martinez, Alec Upper body injury injured reserve
Mitchell, Willie Knee surgery injured reserve

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Tuesday Practice Report:

Mule in, Wally out. Turnstile and Smith - maybe:

Johan Franzen has taken Filppula's spot on the line with Henrik Zetterberg and Damien Brunner. Franzen is expected to return to the lineup Wednesday, after missing seven games with a sore hip flexor.

The other lines remain the same:

Justin Abdelkader-Pavel Datsyuk-Daniel Cleary
Tomas Tatar-Joakim Andersson-Patrick Eaves
Drew Miller-Cory Emmerton-Jordin Tootoo

Kyle Quincey is practicing, after missing the past two games with a sore left ankle. All nine defensemen are skating, including Brendan Smith and Carlo Colaiacovo, who are due back from shoulder injuries by Sunday, if not sooner.

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