Matinee at The Joe. As maddeningly inconsistent as this team is (see: Forrset Gump), one thing DET are good at is 5 on 5 hockey. The Wings 1.42 5-5 F/A is good for 7th in the league. It is the special teams (42jeff where is your photo shop?) that absolutely suck the life out of this team, 12.0% PP (26), 69.6% PK (29). Are you fuching kidding me? There is bad, awful, and a whole new level of ineptitude for DET's special teams.
On the otherhand, there is the OIL. Woeful at even-strength, 0.53 5-5 F/A (29); the Oilers thrive on their special teams play, 28.3% PP (4), 87.2% PK (7). If todays tilt is a special teams contest, you have to like the Oil's chances.
If the Wings do not fix their special teams - - well, let Jim Mora tell you. For as good as DET looked at STL the other day (and wasn't Mrazek a stud?), that game was not a special teams contest (STL had 1 PP goal on 3 chances, DET had no PP goals on one chance).
Who the hell knows which DET team will show up today. LGRW
SEASON RECORD:
DET: 10 GP, 5-4-1, 11 pts, (8 in Conf, 4 in Central), 28 GF, 29 GA, Last 10 5-4-1 WON 1
EDM: 10 GP, 4-3-3, 11 pts, (9 in Conf, 2 in Northwest), 24 GF, 27 GA, Last 10 4-3-3 OT 2
DET HOME: 3-2
EDM AWAY: 2-2-1
TEAM STATISTICS:
DET: 0.550 point% (14), 2.70 G/G (16), 2.90 GA/G (20), 1.42 5-5 F/A (7), 12.0 PP% (26), 69.6 PK% (29), 30.0 S/G (10), 28.4 SA/G (14), 53.7 FO% (3)
EDM: 0.550 point% (15), 2.30 G/G (22), 2.60 GA/G (14), 0.53 5-5 F/A (29), 28.3 PP% (4), 87.2 PK% (7), 27.6 S/G (22), 33.8 SA/G (29), 45.2 FO% (29).
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = -0.20
EDM = -0.30
PLAYER STATS:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 10 5 9 14 5 20:39
C Pavel Datsyuk 10 3 7 10 5 20:10
C Johan Franzen 10 3 6 9 3 18:31
D Niklas Kronwall 10 0 8 8 -3 24:53
C Valtteri Filppula 10 3 4 7 4 17:43
C Damien Brunner 10 5 2 7 2 17:52
D Jonathan Ericsson 7 1 3 4 2 21:13
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
C Cory Emmerton 10 1 1 2 2 8:38
L Drew Miller 10 0 2 2 -2 12:39
R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 1 1 -1 13:22
D Ian White 5 1 0 1 2 20:09
R Patrick Eaves 6 0 1 1 0 9:12
D Jakub Kindl 5 1 0 1 3 17:02
L Justin Abdelkader 10 0 1 1 -2 12:47
D Brendan Smith 8 0 1 1 4 17:16
D Brian Lashoff 6 1 0 1 -2 17:49
C Tomas Tatar 2 0 1 1 0 13:28
R Daniel Cleary 10 1 0 1 -2 16:11
R Jordin Tootoo 10 0 1 1 1 8:24
D Kent Huskins 7 0 0 0 -1 14:45
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 0 0 0 17:26
D Kyle Quincey 10 0 0 0 6 19:52 Turnstile leads the team in +/-?
L Jan Mursak 1 0 0 0 0 2:34
C Gustav Nyquist 1 0 0 0 0 11:42
C Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 12:27
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Petr Mrazek 1, 1-0-0, 1.00, 0.963
Jimmy Howard 9, 4-4-1, 3.07, 0.892
Jonas Gustavsson 1, 0-0-0, 3.16, 0.875
EDM Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Sam Gagner 10 3 8 11 -3 18:20
L Taylor Hall 10 2 8 10 3 20:28
R Nail Yakupov 10 5 3 8 -6 14:53
R Ales Hemsky 10 4 3 7 -4 16:21
C Jordan Eberle 10 3 4 7 0 21:12
D Justin Schultz 10 3 3 6 1 23:10
C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 9 0 5 5 1 21:16
D Ryan Whitney 9 0 3 3 -6 18:21
L Ryan Smyth 10 1 1 2 -3 15:33
C Shawn Horcoff 7 1 1 2 -2 15:20
D Ladislav Smid 10 0 1 1 -6 20:13
C Teemu Hartikainen 9 0 1 1 -2 10:17
C Anton Lander 4 0 1 1 -1 9:40
D Mark Fistric 5 0 1 1 0 13:29
C Lennart Petrell 10 1 0 1 -4 11:47
D Nick Schultz 10 0 0 0 -1 19:05
L Darcy Hordichuk 4 0 0 0 -1 2:02
D Corey Potter 6 0 0 0 -5 16:38
L Magnus Paajarvi 7 0 0 0 -4 10:58
D Jeff Petry 10 0 0 0 -4 21:40
C Eric Belanger 8 0 0 0 -1 13:08
L Ben Eager 1 0 0 0 0 6:18
R Mark Arcobello 1 0 0 0 0 18:15
EDM Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Yann Danis 1, 0-0-0, 0.00, 1.000
Devan Dubnyk 10, 4-3-3, 2.60, 0.923
THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:
DET - HOT:
Johan Franzen DET - 5 pts in last 4 GP
Jonathan Ericsson DET - 4 pts in last 4 GP
Valtteri Filppula DET - 7 pts in last 7 GP
Drew Miller DET - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Damien Brunner DET -7 pts in last 8 GP
Niklas Kronwall DET - 8 pts in last 9 GP
DET - NOT HOT:
Todd Bertuzzi DET - 0 pts in last 4 GP
Kyle Quincey DET - 0 pts in last 10 GP
Jimmy Howard DET - 0-2-0, 4.00, .843 in last 2 GPI
EDM - HOT:
Ales Hemsky EDM - 3 pts in last 2 GP
Nail Yakupov EDM - 6 pts in last 6 GP
Devan Dubnyk EDM - 2-1-3, 1.93, .943 in last 6 GPI
EDM - NOT HOT:
Jordan Eberle EDM - 0 pts in last 3 GP
Corey Potter EDM - 0 pts in last 4 GP
Jeff Petry EDM - 0 pts in last 10 GP
Injury Report:
DET:
Colaiacovo, Carlo Shoulder injury injured reserve
Gustavsson, Jonas Groin injured reserve
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
MacDonald, Joey Bulging disc in lower back injured reserve
Mursak, Jan Collarbone injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Groin injured reserve
Smith, Brendan Shoulder injury injured reserve
Bert-Uzi - trigger finger - - kidding, sore back
EDM:
Belanger, Eric Foot injury injured reserve
Eager, Ben Concussion injured reserve
Fistric, Mark Back injury day-to-day
Horcoff, Shawn Broken knuckle injured reserve
Jones, Ryan Eye injury injured reserve
Lander, Anton Foot injury injured reserve
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Shoulder injury day-to-day
Sutton, Andy Knee surgery injured reserve
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Friday practice news: Jimmy starting in net. Bert is out with a bad back, forward Joakim Andersson (6-2, 200) recalled from the Griffins.
Forward lines at practice:
Buckets-Magic-Wally
Mule-Z-Swiss
Tatar Tots-Gator-Eaves
Miller-Emmerton-22
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