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GDT - Game 23: Red Wings (10-8-4) host Avalanche (8-8-4) 7:30

03/05/2013 at 9:02am EST

At the moment, DET are 10th in the Conference, but only 1 point out of playoff position; that's the good news. There are a couple bits of bad news. To date the Wings have played 4 more games at the JLA than on the road - - that means a road heavy schedule to wind-up the season. DET are not very good on the road 3-4-2. The other bit of bad news - - right now there are 7 teams within 2 points of each other fighting for playoff berths (GP/PTS):

4. PHX 22 25
5. LAK 20 24
6. SJS 20 24
7. STL 21 24
8. MIN 21 24
9. DAL 22 24
10. DET 22 24
11. NSH 23 23

This is a game DET should win; especially if they are a playoff contender. Is it too early to call it a must-win?

LGRW

SEASON RECORD:

DET: 22 GP, 10-8-4, 24 pts, (10 in Conf, 3 in Central), 61 GF, 59 GA, Last 10 3-4-3 OT 1

COL: 20 GP, 8-8-4, 20 pts, (13 in Conf, 4 in Northwest), 50 GF, 60 GA, Last 4-2-4 OT 1

DET HOME: 7-4-2 (16)

COL ROAD: 2-6-3 (28)

TEAM STATISTICS:

DET: 0.545 point% (18), 2.68 G/G (17), 2.64 GA/G (13), 1.29 5-5 F/A (4), 15.2 PP% (21), 77.3 PK% (24), 29.6 S/G (12), 28.7 SA/G (16), 52.8 FO% (5)

COL: 0.500 point% (22), 2.45 G/G (24), 2.95 GA/G (23), 1.06 5-5 F/A (14), 12.5 PP% (29), 77.3 PK% (25), 28.8 S/G (17), 32.0 SA/G (27), 49.7 FO% (19)

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = +0.04

COL = -0.50

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

L Henrik Zetterberg 22 6 19 25 3 21:01
C Pavel Datsyuk 21 8 14 22 8 20:09
D Niklas Kronwall 22 2 15 17 -4 24:04
C Damien Brunner 22 10 6 16 -2 17:16
C Valtteri Filppula 19 4 6 10 3 17:40
D Jonathan Ericsson 19 2 7 9 4 21:19
C Johan Franzen 15 3 6 9 4 18:33
C Tomas Tatar 14 4 3 7 2 11:44
R Daniel Cleary 22 5 2 7 -3 17:11
C Joakim Andersson 12 3 3 6 5 10:20
R Patrick Eaves 14 1 4 5 5 10:06
D Jakub Kindl 15 1 4 5 9 17:19
R Jordin Tootoo 22 2 2 4 2 9:26
L Drew Miller 22 2 2 4 -1 13:25
D Brian Lashoff 18 1 2 3 -4 18:34
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
D Ian White 14 1 1 2 -2 20:47
C Cory Emmerton 22 1 1 2 0 10:18
R Mikael Samuelsson 3 0 1 1 -2 14:07
D Kyle Quincey 20 1 0 1 11 18:35
L Justin Abdelkader 22 0 1 1 -6 13:43
D Brendan Smith 11 0 1 1 4 17:57
D Kent Huskins 11 0 0 0 -3 15:20
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 0 0 0 17:26
C Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 12:27
L Jan Mursak 2 0 0 0 0 5:38
C Gustav Nyquist 2 0 0 0 -1 12:22

DET Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Petr Mrazek 2, 1-1-0, 2.02, 0.922
Jimmy Howard 19, 8-7-3, 2.72, 0.907
Jonas Gustavsson 3, 1-0-1, 1.80, 0.923

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

C Matt Duchene 19 7 12 19 4 21:22
R PA Parenteau 20 9 9 18 4 19:07
C Paul Stastny 20 5 7 12 -5 20:21
L Jamie McGinn 20 3 9 12 -3 18:20
C John Mitchell 19 6 4 10 7 16:38
R Milan Hejduk 20 3 6 9 -1 13:17
R David Jones 18 3 4 7 -8 18:15
D Jan Hejda 19 0 6 6 6 20:08
D Tyson Barrie 13 1 5 6 -3 21:06
L Cody McLeod 20 3 2 5 3 12:20
L Gabriel Landeskog 9 2 3 5 6 18:55
R Chuck Kobasew 18 2 2 4 2 11:32
D Ryan O'Byrne 20 1 3 4 0 19:16
R Aaron Palushaj 7 2 2 4 2 12:15
D Ryan Wilson 8 0 3 3 6 19:17
C Mark Olver 18 2 1 3 -4 9:37
D Shane O'Brien 9 0 2 2 4 16:07
D Matt Hunwick 16 0 2 2 3 21:08
D Greg Zanon 20 0 1 1 -9 18:33
L Patrick Bordeleau 20 0 1 1 -2 5:08
R Steve Downie 2 0 1 1 1 8:53
D Erik Johnson 11 0 1 1 1 21:07
L David Van Der Gulik 2 0 0 0 0 7:45
C Brad Malone 1 0 0 0 0 11:32
C Ryan O'Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 15:52
D Stefan Elliott 4 0 0 0 -2 16:42
C Michael Sgarbossa 6 0 0 0 -3 10:21

COL Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Jean-Sebastien Giguere 4, 2-0-1, 2.87, 0.912

Semyon Varlamov 17, 6-8-3, 2.79, 0.910

THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:

DET - HOT:

Patrick Eaves - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jonathan Ericsson - 3 pts in last 4 GP
Jonas Gustavsson - 1-0-1, 1.58, .932 in last 2 GPI
Jimmy Howard - 0-1-1, 1.45, .952 in last 2 GPI

DET - NOT HOT:

Johan Franzen - 0 pts in last 3 GP
Dan Cleary - 0 pts in last 3 GP
Damien Brunner - 0 pts in last 3 GP

COL - HOT:

Gabriel Landeskog - 3 pts in last 2 GP
PA Parenteau - 3 pts in last 2 GP
David Jones - 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jan Hejda - 3 pts in last 3 GP
Ryan O'Byrne - 3 pts in last 4 GP

COL - NOT HOT:

Jamie McGinn - 1 pts in last 6 GP
John Mitchell - 0 pts in last 3 GP
Milan Hejduk - 0 pts in last 3 GP

Injury Report:

DET:

Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Colaiacovo, Carlo Shoulder injury injured reserve
Filppula, Valtteri Left shoulder injury day-to-day
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Broken finger injured reserve

COL:

Downie, Steve Knee injury injured reserve
Johnson, Erik Head injury injured reserve
Wilson, Ryan Ankle injury injured reserve

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Monday practice lines, Jimmy in net:

Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Damien Brunner

Justin Abdelkader-Pavel Datsyuk-Daniel Cleary

Tomas Tatar-Joakim Andersson-Patrick Eaves

Drew Miller-Cory Emmerton-Jordin Tootoo

Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson

Kyle Quincey-Brendan Smith

Brian Lashoff-Jakub Kindl

Jimmy Howard (starting)

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