The Wings take their horrendous 3-6-2 road record to EDM tonight trying to snap their current 0-2-1 skid; which has seen them fall out of playoff position. DET find themselves 9th in the WC, only 3 pts from 4th position, and only 5 pts from 15th.
It has been quite some time since the Wings were fighting just to try to get into the playoffs. There is much angst among the 19; lots of finger pointing at the front office, the coach(es), and the players. Something isn't working, and opinion ranges from coaching scheme, line combos, to the talent pool. But it all points to the one thing everyone agrees on, DET just aren't very good right now. The Wings are terrible on the road, scoring goals is a challenge, special teams are still a disaster, and mistakes regularly end up in DET's net.
Winning would help, alot; especially against the teams you should beat (I think). LGRW
SEASON RECORD:
DET: 27 GP, 12-10-5, 29 pts, (9 in Conf, 3 in Central), 70 GF, 71 GA, Last 10 5-3-2, LOST 1
EDM: 246GP, 10-11-5, 25 pts, (13 in Conf, 2 in Northwest), 64 GF, 76 GA, Last 10 4-4-2, WON 2
DET ROAD: 3-6-2 (24)
EDM HOME: 4-4-2 (26)
TEAM STATISTICS:
DET: 0.537 point% (18), 2.52 G/G (20), 2.56 GA/G (10), 1.15 5-5 F/A (9), 15.1 PP% (25), 78.4 PK% (25), 29.8 S/G (13), 28.1 SA/G (11), 51.9 FO% (6)
EDM: 0.481 point% (22), 2.38 G/G (24), 2.85 GA/G (21), 0.67 5-5 F/A (29), 23.1 PP% (7), 83.8 PK% (7), 28.0 S/G (20), 33.9 SA/G (30), 45.5 FO% (30)
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = -0.04
EDM = -0.47
PLAYER STATS:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 27 6 21 27 1 20:38
C Pavel Datsyuk 26 8 18 26 8 20:12
D Niklas Kronwall 27 4 15 19 -4 24:00
C Damien Brunner 27 10 9 19 -4 17:06
C Valtteri Filppula 20 5 6 11 2 17:35
C Johan Franzen 20 5 6 11 3 18:36
D Jonathan Ericsson 24 2 8 10 2 21:30
D Jakub Kindl 20 3 4 7 9 17:34
C Tomas Tatar 18 4 3 7 2 11:22
R Daniel Cleary 27 5 2 7 -4 16:57
R Patrick Eaves 19 1 5 6 4 10:18
C Joakim Andersson 17 3 3 6 5 10:26
L Drew Miller 27 2 3 5 -1 13:33
R Jordin Tootoo 26 2 2 4 2 9:25
D Brian Lashoff 22 1 3 4 -5 18:11
C Cory Emmerton 27 2 1 3 0 10:50
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
D Ian White 15 1 1 2 -1 20:29
D Kyle Quincey 25 1 1 2 8 19:07
L Justin Abdelkader 27 1 1 2 -3 14:17
R Mikael Samuelsson 3 0 1 1 -2 14:07
D Brendan Smith 16 0 1 1 4 18:16
C Gustav Nyquist 3 0 1 1 -1 12:18
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
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Petr Mrazek 2, 1-1-0, 2.02, 0.922
Jimmy Howard 22, 10-7-4, 2.46, 0.914
Jonas Gustavsson 5, 1-2-1, 2.85, 0.878
EDM Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Sam Gagner 26 10 15 25 -3 19:22
L Taylor Hall 23 5 18 23 -3 18:51
C Jordan Eberle 26 6 12 18 -8 19:51
R Ales Hemsky 25 8 8 16 -5 16:00
D Justin Schultz 26 5 10 15 -10 22:15
R Nail Yakupov 26 6 7 13 -11 14:10
C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 25 2 9 11 -6 19:48
L Ryan Smyth 25 2 6 8 -1 15:33
D Ryan Whitney 19 3 5 8 -6 18:07
L Magnus Paajarvi 21 5 2 7 3 12:35
D Jeff Petry 26 3 2 5 -4 21:33
C Shawn Horcoff 9 3 1 4 -1 15:46
C Lennart Petrell 20 1 3 4 -4 12:02
C Eric Belanger 21 0 3 3 0 15:06
D Nick Schultz 26 0 3 3 -12 19:09
C Teemu Hartikainen 17 1 2 3 -7 10:31
L Ben Eager 14 1 1 2 -4 9:39
D Ladislav Smid 26 0 2 2 -5 19:49
D Mark Fistric 13 0 2 2 4 15:51
R Mike Brown 17 1 1 2 1 6:31
L Ryan Jones 9 0 1 1 -3 15:08
C Anton Lander 4 0 1 1 -1 9:40
L Darcy Hordichuk 4 0 0 0 -1 2:02
D Corey Potter 16 0 0 0 -3 16:09
C Chris VandeVelde 11 0 0 0 -3 7:02
D Theo Peckham 4 0 0 0 -1 17:38
R Mark Arcobello 1 0 0 0 0 18:15
EDM Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Nikolai Khabibulin 5, 2-2-1, 2.11, 0.935
Devan Dubnyk 22, 7-9-4, 2.73, 0.919
Yann Danis 3, 1-0-0, 3.82, 0.881
THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:
DET - HOT:
Jimmy Howard 2-0-2, 0.96, .965 in last 4 GPI
DET - NOT HOT:
Niklas Kronwall 1 pts in last 4 GP
Jonathan Ericsson 0 pts in last 4 GP
Dan Cleary 0 pts in last 8 GP
Jonas Gustavsson 0-2-0, 4.00, .826 in last 2 GPI
EDM - HOT:
Taylor Hall 4 pts in last 2 GP
Magnus Paajarvi 3 pts in last 2 GP
Ryan Whitney 3 pts in last 2 GP
Ales Hemsky 3 pts in last 2 GP
Nick Schultz 2 pts in last 2 GP
Justin Schultz 2 pts in last 2 GP
Devan Dubnyk 1-0-0, 1.33, .958 in last 2 GPI
EDM - NOT HOT:
Jordan Eberle 1 pts in last 4 GP
Nail Yakupov 1 pts in last 6 GP
Corey Potter 0 pts in last 4 GP
Jeff Petry 0 pts in last 4 GP
Injury Report:
DET:
Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Colaiacovo, Carlo Shoulder injury injured reserve
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Broken finger injured reserve
EDM:
Belanger, Eric Groin injured reserve
Fistric, Mark Elbow injury injured reserve
Sutton, Andy Knee surgery injured reserve
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Khan, from yesterday practice:
Jimmy starting.
Babcock said there might be some lineup changes. He'll decide Friday. Options include putting Jordin Tootoo back in at forward – he was a healthy scratch for the first time this season on Wednesday – and putting White back in on defense.
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