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GDT - Game 42: Red Wings (19-15-7) at Predators (15-19-8) 7:30

04/14/2013 at 9:32am EDT

DET have fallen off the back of the POS, and today are in the running for a lottery ball. The Wings main problem this season is their inablilty to score more than 3 a game; their 2.46 G/G is 10th worst in the league.

Of course NSH thinks 2.46 to be a downright gaudy number, they are dead-last in scoring at a woeful 2.29 G/G. The Predators hit the ice tonight riding a 5 game losing streak. But, Wing-Killer Pekka Rinne is on-fire: 1-4-2, 1.85, .942 in last 7 GPI, stopping everything in sight and losing.

Time to win or go home.

SEASON RECORD:

DET: 41 GP, 19-15-7, 45 pts, (9 in Conf, 3 in Central), 103 GF, 107 GA, Last 10 4-4-2, OT 2

NSH: 42 GP, 15-19-8, 38 pts, (13 in Conf, 5 in Central), 98 GF, 115 GA, Last 10 2-6-2, Lost 5

DET ROAD: 9-8-3 (12)

NSH HOME: 10-7-4 (20)

TEAM STATISTICS:

DET: 0.549 point% (17), 2.46 G/G (20), 2.51 GA/G (13), 0.97 5-5 F/A (18), 18.4 PP% (14), 80.3 PK% (20), 29.5 S/G (14), 28.6 SA/G (14), 50.5 FO% (14)

NSH: 0.452 point% (24), 2.29 G/G (30), 2.60 GA/G (17), 0.94 5-5 F/A (19), 17.6 PP% (18), 77.4 PK% (27), 25.8 S/G (30), 27.3 SA/G (7), 50.6 FO% (13)

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = -0.05

NSH = -0.31

PLAYER STATS:

DET Skaters:

POS Player GP G A PTS +/- ATOI

C Pavel Datsyuk 40 13 26 39 13 20:07
L Henrik Zetterberg 39 8 28 36 -4 20:35
D Niklas Kronwall 41 5 21 26 -10 24:19
C Johan Franzen 34 8 16 24 8 18:02
C Damien Brunner 37 11 11 22 -7 16:07
C Valtteri Filppula 34 7 7 14 -6 17:50
D Jakub Kindl 34 4 9 13 12 18:19
R Daniel Cleary 41 9 3 12 -10 16:30
D Jonathan Ericsson 38 2 8 10 0 21:23
L Justin Abdelkader 41 8 2 10 1 14:40
L Drew Miller 41 4 4 8 -7 14:11
C Cory Emmerton 41 4 3 7 -3 10:46
C Joakim Andersson 31 3 4 7 3 11:30
C Tomas Tatar 18 4 3 7 2 11:22
D Brendan Smith 27 0 6 6 0 18:48
R Jordin Tootoo 36 2 4 6 -2 9:13
R Patrick Eaves 29 1 5 6 -2 10:42
C Gustav Nyquist 15 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 30 1 1 2 6 19:15
R Mikael Samuelsson 4 0 1 1 -3 12:51
D Carlo Colaiacovo 5 0 1 1 -4 19:09
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 4 0 0 0 -1 17:11

DET Goalies:

Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT

Petr Mrazek 2, 1-1-0, 2.02, 0.922
Jimmy Howard 35, 16-12-6, 2.37, 0.918
Jonas Gustavsson 7, 2-2-1, 2.92, 0.879

NSH Skaters:

C David Legwand 42 11 12 23 0 18:19
D Shea Weber 42 8 15 23 2 25:59
C Mike Fisher 36 9 10 19 5 19:32
C Colin Wilson 25 7 12 19 1 16:34
D Roman Josi 42 5 12 17 -3 23:27
L Gabriel Bourque 34 11 5 16 6 15:49
L Sergei Kostitsyn 40 3 11 14 1 16:44
R Patric Hornqvist 24 4 10 14 -1 16:13
D Kevin Klein 42 3 9 12 2 20:15
C Nick Spaling 41 7 4 11 -5 15:39
C Craig Smith 38 3 6 9 -16 13:42
R Brandon Yip 34 3 5 8 -3 12:02
L Rich Clune 41 4 4 8 0 8:51
R Bobby Butler 28 2 5 7 -9 10:33
R Matt Halischuk 31 2 5 7 0 11:40
D Jonathon Blum 29 1 6 7 0 14:09
L Taylor Beck 13 3 4 7 5 16:07
D Ryan Ellis 32 2 4 6 -2 16:22
C Paul Gaustad 23 2 3 5 -1 15:13
D Victor Bartley 18 0 4 4 3 19:16
C Chris Mueller 12 2 1 3 0 10:03
L Daniel Bang 2 0 1 1 -1 9:15
L Austin Watson 3 0 0 0 -3 12:26
D Hal Gill 26 0 0 0 -3 13:04

NSH Goalies:

Pekka Rinne 39, 14-14-7, 2.29, 0.916
Chris Mason 9, 1-5-1, 3.79, 0.848

THE HOCKEY NEWS - TOTT:

DET - HOT:

Johan Franzen 6 pts in last 6 GP
Jakub Kindl 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jimmy Howard 1-1-2, 1.66, .941 in last 4 GPI

DET - NOT HOT:

Dan Cleary 0 pts in last 4 GP
Kyle Quincey 0 pts in last 4 GP
Valtteri Filppula 0 pts in last 4 GP

NSH - HOT:

Pekka Rinne 1-4-2, 1.85, .942 in last 7 GPI

NSH - NOT HOT:

Patric Hornqvist 1 pts in last 4 GP
Roman Josi 1 pts in last 8 GP
Kevin Klein 0 pts in last 4 GP
Craig Smith 0 pts in last 8 GP
Chris Mason 0-2-0, 6.32, .704 in last 2 GPI

Injury Report:

DET:

Bertuzzi, Todd Back injury injured reserve
Helm, Darren Back injury injured reserve
Samuelsson, Mikael Pectoral Injuries sidelined indefinitely

NSH:

Bourque, Gabriel Upper body injury day-to-day
Fisher, Mike Hand injury day-to-day
Gaustad, Paul Shoulder injury day-to-day
Wilson, Colin Upper body injury injured reserve
Yip, Brandon Lower body injury day-to-day

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I'll post word on the lineups for tonight when I find it.

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