GP	RECORD	HOME	ROAD	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	57	28-19-10	14-10-4	14-9-6	3-5-2	2.65	2.54	17.4	81.9	14.1	29.9	29.1	48.5
	53	31-13-9	17-4-6	14-9-3	8-2-0	2.91	2.40	25.9	83.6	8.4	29.6	27.2	53.1

DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight is the 18th all-time meeting between DET and WPG
- DET has played WPG/ATL fewer times than any other active opponent (2nd fewest is FLA at 31 GP)
- Tonight marks the 2nd of 2 meetings this season between DET and WPG; only meeting in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. WPG: 11-5-0-1
- DET’s all-time home record vs. WPG: 6-2-0-1
- DET won the 1st meeting of the season 4-3 on 11/20 in WPG (Tatar [2], Abdelkader and Franzen scored for DET; Byfuglien, Lowry and Perreault for WPG) - DET’s win on 11/20 was its 1st in the city of Winnipeg since 3/10/96 (5-2 W)
- Pavel Datsyuk has 15 points (6-9-15) in 12 games vs. WPG
- Henrik Zetterberg has 17 points (6-11-17) in 12 games vs. WPG
- Niklas Kronwall has 8 points (1-7-8) in 9 games vs. WPG
- Stephen Weiss has 30 points (10-20-30) in 53 games vs. WPG
- Danny DeKeyser scored his 1st NHL goal on 11/4/13 at WPG (Al Montoya)
- WPG’s top career scorers vs. DET: Andrew Ladd (8-7-15 in 21 GP), Michael Frolik (2-7-9 in 17 GP), Bryan Little (5-3-8 in 8 GP) and Drew Stafford (2-6-8 in 13 GP).
- WPG F Jim Slater is from Lapeer, MI and had 172 points (64-108-172) in 157 games with Michigan State from 2001-05
- WPG F Chris Thorburn had 33 points (11-22-33) in 27 games for the OHL’s Plymouth Whalers in 2002-03
- WPG D Mark Stuart played for the US National Development Team in Ann Arbor, MI from 2000-02
- WPG D Jacob Trouba is from Rochester, MI and has played for Detroit Compuware (2009-10), the US National Development Team
(2010-12) and the Michigan Wolverines (2012-13)
- WPG head coach Paul Maurice was the GM/head coach of the Detroit Jr. Red Wings from 1993-95

VALENTINE’S DAY

Detroit is 18-13-5 all-time on Valentine’s Day, with wins in seven of their last nine games on Feb. 14 (7-2-0). The team’s last two Valentine’s Day games game against the Dallas Stars, both resulting in 3-1 wins (most recently in 2012 at home, and prior to that in 2007 with a 3-1 road win). The Red Wings were not always successful on this day, going winless in their first seven Valentine’s Day games (0-4-3). Detroit’s first Valentine’s Day game was a 1-1 tie against the New York Americans in 1929, and they earned their first win over the Chicago Blackhawks (2-1) in 1941.

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY

Feb. 14, 2012 – Detroit’s 3-1 win over Dallas establishes a new NHL record for consecutive home wins, earning their 21st in a row.
Feb. 14, 1974 – The Red Wings trade Ace Bailey, Ted Harris and Bill Collins to St. Louis in exchange for Bryan Watson, Jean Hamel and Chris Evans.

WINNIPEG JETS

GAME PREVIEW

As of Feb. 13, both of the Winnipeg Jets (28-19-10) and Detroit Red Wings (31-13-9) held the fifth-best record in their respective conferences. Where their place in the standings differs is Detroit finds themselves three points back of the Atlantic Division leader, while the Jets trail the Central’s top team – the Nashville Predators – by 14 points. Winnipeg lost 3-1 to Nashville in the first game of their current two-game road trip that ends in Detroit on Saturday. The Jets saw Detroit once before this season on Nov. 20 when the visiting Red Wings won 4-3 in regulation at MTS Centre. Mathieu Perreault led the Jets with two points (1G, 1A) in the contest, while Detroit’s Tomas Tatr (2G) & Justin Abdelkader (1G, 1A) also had multipoint games.
TEAM NOTES

Rarely seen opponent

The Jets will be spending Valentine’s Day in Detroit with a bunch of virtual strangers. That said because the Jets have faced the Red Wings fewer than any other NHL team since the start of the 2011-12 season. The Jets and Red Wings have clashed four times in four seasons, with each team earning two wins between them. The two teams that the Jets have faced the fewest times are the Columbus Blue Jackets (5) & Detroit Red Wings (4), which is because they are the teams that changed conferences, along with Winnipeg, during the NHL realignment in 2013.

Eating up the East

The Jets have a record of 13-6-4 versus the opposite conference this season. Among Western Conference teams, Winnipeg is third in points against the East with 30. Only the St. Louis Blues (34) & Vancouver Canucks (31) have more points against the Eastern Conference. The Jets have earned a record of 6-3-1 against the Red Wings’ Atlantic Division this season. Detroit has a record of 7-0-1 against the Central Division.

JET-RED WING CONNECTIONS

Red Wing Darren Helm claims St. Andrews, MB as his hometown…
Jet Jim Slater and Red Wing Drew Miller were Michigan State Spartans together for two seasons from 2003-2005…
Detroit’s Stephen Weiss is formerly a longtime Florida Panther and teammate of Winnipeg’s Michael Frolik. Both were Panthers over three seasons, from 2008-09 through 2010-11…
Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson was briefly property of the Winnipeg Jets, when he was traded from Toronto on June 22/12 before going unsigned…
Red Wings’ assistant Tony Granato spent time with two members of the Jets’ coaching staff during his playing career, with assistant Charlie Huddy on the LA Kings (1991-95) goalie coach Wade Flaherty with the San Jose Sharks (1996-97)…

BY THE NUMBERS

Dustin Byfuglien (2G, 3A) is on a three-game points streak…
Andrew Ladd leads the Jets in assists (27) & points (45)…
Bryan Little leads the Jets in goals (21) and shooting % (18.8%)…
Both of Little’s shootout goals this season have stood as the game-deciding goal…
The Jets are second in the NHL with seven shorthanded goals (7)… Michael Frolik is tied for third in the NHL in SHG (3)…
Chris Thorburn became the franchise leader in penalty minutes (650 PIM) on Feb. 8 vs. COL (5-3 W)…
Michael Hutchinson is tied for fourth in the NHL in SV% (.925) and is sixth in GAA (2.18)…
Hutchinson has stopped all seven shootout attempts he’s faced in his career…
Dustin Byfuglien leads the Jets and ranks fifth in the NHL in penalty minutes (107)...
Byfuglien played in his second NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 25 in Columbus…
Byfuglien earned NHL ‘First Star’ honours for the Week ending Jan. 18… 3G, 3A in 4GP over the week…
The Jets have scored four goals in a period three times this season: Oct. 9 at ARI (6-2 W), Jan. 13 vs. FLA (8-2 W) & Feb. 8 vs. COL (5-3 W)…
Paul Maurice earned his 500th win as an NHL head coach on Jan. 13 vs. FLA (8-2)… He became the second-youngest NHL head coach (47) to earn 500 NHL wins, with Scotty Bowman (45) the youngest…
The Jets have a record of 8-10 in games that go to OT/shootout…
The Jets are 4-6 in games decided during OT… The Jets are 4-4 in shootouts…
Bryan Little scored a hat trick on Dec. 5 vs. COL (6-2 W), ending a franchise drought of 286 games without a hat trick…
Mathieu Perreault scored the Jets’ second hat trick of the 2014-15 season on Jan. 13/15 and tied a franchise record with four goals in the game…
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Jets set a new franchise record shutout streak of 169:44 that stretched over four games from Oct. 30-Nov. 4…