Detroyet fans fear not, your Coach said: "We're a team in flux right now. But, we're going to be better. We'll be just fine.'' Shockingly, the reasons for Babock's optimism escape me.
The Wings cannot score, 1.33 G/G (28) and cannot keep the puck out of their net 3.67 GA/G (26). Special teams are a freaking disaster. 0-15 on the PP, which only occasionally looks dangerous. More often than not the PP is a life sucking momentum killer - - and the opponents PK has better chances (DET have allowed a short-hander). The PP is bad, but the PK has been equally awful. DET have allowed 11 GA, 6 on the opponents PP. The Wing have only allowed 4 Even-Strength and 1 SH goal (5 GA that go toward +/-).
Of course, our new whipping boy - Q, has had a hand in 4 of those. Someone tell me again why he remains on the 2nd "D" pair?
MIN are playing their first road game of the year. LGRW
SEASON RECORD:
DET: 3 GP, 1-2-0, 2 pts, (12 in Conf, 5 in Central), 5 GF, 11 GA, Last 10 1-2-0, LOST 1
MIN: 3 GP, 2-1-0, 4 pts, (7 in Conf, 2 in Northwest), 6GF, 5 GA, Last 10 2-1-0, LOST 1
DET home: 0-1
MIN road: 0-0
SEASON STATS (rank):
DET: 0.333 point% (22), 1.33 G/G (28), 3.67 GA/G (26), 0.50 5-5 F/A (26), 0.00 PP% (30), 57.1 PK% (29), 32.0 S/G (10), 33.7 SA/G (24), 53.0 FO% (8).
MIN: 0.667 point% (13), 2.00 G/G (23), 1.67 GA/G (5), 1.00 5-5 F/A (12), 15.4 PP% (21), 90.0 PK% (5), 32.3 S/G (7), 25.7 SA/G (3), 54.5 FO% (3).
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = -2.34
MIN = +0.33
PLAYER STATS:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 3 1 2 3 1 22:20
L Henrik Zetterberg 3 0 2 2 2 21:38
D Niklas Kronwall 3 0 2 2 3 24:48
R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 1 1 -1 13:22
D Ian White 3 1 0 1 0 20:32
C Johan Franzen 3 0 1 1 1 18:22
D Brian Lashoff 2 1 0 1 0 17:52
C Damien Brunner 3 1 0 1 0 18:51
R Daniel Cleary 3 0 0 0 -2 17:04
D Kent Huskins 1 0 0 0 0 15:16
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 0 0 0 17:26
R Jordin Tootoo 3 0 0 0 0 8:29
C Valtteri Filppula 3 0 0 0 -1 17:42
D Jonathan Ericsson 1 0 0 0 0 18:53
R Patrick Eaves 2 0 0 0 0 9:54
D Kyle Quincey 3 0 0 0 -4 19:31
L Drew Miller 3 0 0 0 -2 14:36
L Justin Abdelkader 3 0 0 0 -1 12:57
C Cory Emmerton 3 0 0 0 0 8:34
L Jan Mursak 1 0 0 0 0 2:34
D Brendan Smith 3 0 0 0 -2 18:02
C Gustav Nyquist 1 0 0 0 0 11:42
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jonas Gustavsson 1, 0-0-0, 3.16, 0.875
Jimmy Howard 3, 1-2-0, 3.64, 0.892
MIN Skaters:
L Dany Heatley 3 3 1 4 1 20:02
L Zach Parise 3 1 3 4 0 21:21
C Mikko Koivu 3 0 2 2 -1 20:42
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 3 1 1 2 2 15:19
C Kyle Brodziak 3 0 1 1 1 16:32
D Clayton Stoner 3 0 1 1 2 21:55
R Devin Setoguchi 3 0 1 1 0 14:52
R Cal Clutterbuck 3 0 1 1 1 13:59
D Jared Spurgeon 3 0 1 1 -3 21:48
C Mikael Granlund 3 1 0 1 1 15:25
C Matt Cullen 3 0 0 0 -1 15:53
C Zenon Konopka 3 0 0 0 -1 5:27
D Tom Gilbert 3 0 0 0 2 23:23
D Ryan Suter 3 0 0 0 -3 25:42
C Torrey Mitchell 3 0 0 0 -1 6:51
C Darroll Powe 3 0 0 0 0 9:28
D Justin Falk 3 0 0 0 0 12:31
D Nate Prosser 3 0 0 0 0 11:06
MIN Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Josh Harding 1, 1-0-0, 0.00, 1.000
Niklas Backstrom 2, 1-1-0, 2.52, 0.906
THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:
DET - HOT:
Pavel Datsyuk, Det (LW/C)
3 pts in last 2 GP
Henrik Zetterberg, Det (C/LW)
2 pts in last 2 GP
Niklas Kronwall, Det (D)
2 pts in last 2 GP
DET - NOT HOT:
Valtteri Filppula, Det (C/LW)
0 pts in last 3 GP
Dan Cleary, Det (LW/RW)
0 pts in last 3 GP
MIN - HOT:
Zach Parise, Min (LW)
4 pts in last 3 GP
Dany Heatley, Min (RW/LW)
4 pts in last 3 GP
MIN - NOT HOT:
Matt Cullen, Min (LW/C)
0 pts in last 3 GP
Injury Report:
DET:
Carlo Colaiacovo (D): Shoulder injury
Jonathan Ericsson (D): Shoulder injury
Jonas Gustavsson (G): Groin
Joey MacDonald (G): Bulging disc in lower back
Jan Mursak (RW/LW): Collarbone
Mikael Samuelsson (RW): Groin
Ian White (D): Leg injury
MIN:
Marco Scandella (D):
Groin, Injured reserve (IR)
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Bert, Eaves, and Yak expected to play. Z and Datsyuk split up. Thursday practice lines:
Franzen-Zetterberg-Brunner
Filppula-Datsyuk-Bertuzzi
Cleary-Helm-Eaves
Miller-Abdelkader-Tootoo
Kronwall-Lashoff
Quincey-Smith
Huskins-Kindl
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