SEASON RECORD:

DET: 39 GP, 19-15-5, 43 pts, (8 in Conf, 3 in Central), 99 GF, 101 GA, Last 10 5-5-0, LOST 1

SJS: 39 GP, 20-12-7, 47 pts, (5 in Conf, 3 in Pacific), 98 GF, 98 GA, Last 10 7-2-1, LOST 1

DET HOME: 10-7-3 (19)

SJS ROAD: 6-11-2 (23)

TEAM STATISTICS:

DET: 0.551 point% (13), 2.49 G/G (21), 2.54 GA/G (14), 0.97 5-5 F/A (18), 18.1 PP% (15), 80.0 PK% (21), 29.5 S/G (14), 28.66 SA/G (13), 51.0 FO% (11)

SJS: 0.603 point% (9), 2.36 G/G (25), 2.41 GA/G (7), 0.91 5-5 F/A (21), 18.5 PP% (12), 86.9 PK% (4), 31.5 S/G (5), 28.9 SA/G (16), 53.4 FO% (2)

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = -0.05

SJS = +0.05

PLAYER STATS:

DET Skaters:

POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI

C Pavel Datsyuk 38 13 25 38 13 20:03
L Henrik Zetterberg 37 8 27 35 -3 20:26
D Niklas Kronwall 39 5 21 26 -9 24:08
C Johan Franzen 32 7 15 22 9 17:57
C Damien Brunner 35 11 11 22 -7 16:27
C Valtteri Filppula 32 7 7 14 -5 17:42
R Daniel Cleary 39 9 3 12 -9 16:26
D Jakub Kindl 32 3 8 11 13 18:17
D Jonathan Ericsson 36 2 8 10 0 21:15
L Justin Abdelkader 39 7 2 9 0 14:38
L Drew Miller 39 4 3 7 -7 14:09
C Joakim Andersson 29 3 4 7 3 11:32
C Tomas Tatar 18 4 3 7 2 11:22
R Patrick Eaves 28 1 5 6 -2 10:43
C Cory Emmerton 39 3 3 6 -3 10:45
R Jordin Tootoo 35 2 3 5 -1 9:14
D Brendan Smith 26 0 5 5 -1 18:48
C Gustav Nyquist 13 2 3 5 1 12:59
D Brian Lashoff 31 1 4 5 -10 17:47
D Ian White 25 2 2 4 5 19:35
R Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 15:31
D Kyle Quincey 28 1 1 2 6 19:19
R Mikael Samuelsson 4 0 1 1 -3 12:51
D Carlo Colaiacovo 4 0 0 0 -4 18:31
C Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 12:27
L Jan Mursak 2 0 0 0 0 5:38
C Riley Sheahan 1 0 0 0 0 6:47
D Danny Dekeyser 2 0 0 0 -1 16:04

DET Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Petr Mrazek 2, 1-1-0, 2.02, 0.922
Jimmy Howard 33, 16-12-4, 2.41, 0.917
Jonas Gustavsson 7, 2-2-1, 2.92, 0.879

SJS Skaters:

C Joe Thornton 39 7 28 35 4 18:32
C Logan Couture 39 15 13 28 1 18:07
C Patrick Marleau 39 16 10 26 -8 19:09
C Joe Pavelski 39 12 12 24 0 19:06
D Dan Boyle 37 7 11 18 1 23:05
L Raffi Torres 30 5 9 14 -1 13:04
D Brent Burns 21 6 8 14 -3 16:30
R Martin Havlat 32 5 8 13 3 15:47
C Scott Gomez 32 2 10 12 -8 13:50
C Tommy Wingels 33 4 7 11 -9 14:18
L TJ Galiardi 27 3 7 10 2 13:29
D Matt Irwin 30 5 4 9 -3 19:12
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic 39 3 4 7 1 21:01
D Brad Stuart 39 0 5 5 1 20:26
D Justin Braun 32 0 5 5 -7 18:22
C James Sheppard 30 1 3 4 -8 11:51
R Adam Burish 37 1 2 3 -6 10:19
L Tim Kennedy 12 2 0 2 -3 13:38
C Andrew Desjardins 33 1 1 2 -5 9:54
D Matt Tennyson 3 0 2 2 1 15:53
D Scott Hannan 29 0 1 1 -11 19:29
D Jason Demers 17 1 0 1 -5 18:48
R Matt Pelech 2 0 0 0 0 9:03
C Bracken Kearns 1 0 0 0 0 12:04
D Nick Petrecki 1 0 0 0 0 11:58

SJS Goalies:

Antti Niemi 35, 19-9-6, 2.20, 0.922
Thomas Greiss 5, 1-3-0, 2.64, 0.909
Alex Stalock 2, 0-0-1, 2.86, 0.846

THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:

DET - HOT:

Johan Franzen 4 pts in last 4 GP
Gustav Nyquist 3 pts in last 4 GP
Brendan Smith 2 pts in last 3 GP
Jimmy Howard 1-1-0, 1.46, .950 in last 2 GPI

DET - NOT HOT:

Ian White 0 pts in last 5 GP
Jakub Kindl 0 pts in last 6 GP
Jonas Gustavsson 1-1-0, 3.85, .844 in last 3 GPI

SJS - HOT:

Brent Burns 4 pts in last 4 GP
Raffi Torres 2 pts in last 2 GP
Justin Braun 2 pts in last 2 GP
T.J. Galiardi 3 pts in last 4 GP
Matt Tennyson 2 pts in last 3 GP

SJS - NOT HOT:

Martin Havlat 0 pts in last 3 GP
Patrick Marleau 0 pts in last 4 GP
Matt Irwin 0 pts in last 8 GP
Antti Niemi 0-1-1, 4.29, .867 in last 2 GPI

Injury Report:

DET:

Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Brunner, Damien Hip flexor sidelined indefinitely
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Pectoral Injuries sidelined indefinitely

SJS:

Hannan, Scott Upper body injury injured reserve
Kennedy, Tim Undisclosed day-to-day

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Brunner in, Wally down to 3 line:

Henrik Zetterberg-Pavel Datsyuk-Justin Abdelkader

Gustav Nyquist-Johan Franzen-Drew Miller

Daniel Cleary-Valtteri Filppula-Damien Brunner

Cory Emmerton-Joakim Andersson-Jordin Tootoo/Patrick Eaves

Babcock said he hadn't decided on his defensive lineup for Thursday. All nine defensemen practiced today:

Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson

Kyle Quincey-Brendan Smith

Danny DeKeyser/Brian Lashoff-Jakub Kindl

Carlo Colaiacovo-Ian White

Jimmy Howard (starting Thursday)