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GDT - Game #66: Red Wings host ‘Hawks (4:00)
by Jeff OKWingnut on 03/04/12 at 12:23 PM ET
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Original Six matinee as DET (43-19-3) host CHI (35-24-7) in a Central Division matchup. The Wings will play once again without Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom, and maybe without Todd Bertuzzi as well. However, Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula have been picking up the pace of late. Zetterberg has 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) in his past 13 games. Filppula has strung together three consecutive multiple-point games (four goals, three assists total) and has reached career highs in goals (21), assists (32) and points (53).
The ‘Hawks will be playing today without their captain, and second leading scorer, Jonathan Toews (reportedly a concussion). CHI struggle on the road, just 13-17-3 (22nd). However, they are coming off a a 2-1 victory over the Senators this past Friday. They had dropped 13 of their previous 15 road games entering Friday’s game. Unfortunately for DET, CHI’s road woes do not apply to games at The Joe, the ‘Hawks are 5-0-1 in their last six games against the Red Wings in Detroit,
LGRW
GP W L OTL PTS ROW
1 DET 65 43 19 3 89 36
2 STL 66 41 18 7 89 37
3 NSH 65 38 20 7 83 35
4 CHI 66 35 24 7 77 31
5 CBJ 65 20 38 7 47 17
Team Records:
DET: 65 GP, 43-19-3, 89 pts, (2 in Conf, 1 in Central), 208 GF, 151 GA, Last 10 7-2-1, WON 2
CHI: 66 GP, 35-24-7, 77 pts, (6 in Conf, 4 in Central), 200 GF, 194 GA, Last 10 6-4-0, WON 2
Home/Away Record:
DET HOME: 27-3-2 (1st)
CHI AWAY: 13-17-3 (22nd)
DET: .685 point% (2), 3.09 G/G (4), 2.29 GA/G (5), 1.59 5-5 F/A (1), 17.1 PP% (15), 82.3 PK% (16), 32.6 S/G (5), 27.2 SA/G (4), 51.1 FO% (8).
CHI: .583 point% (10), 2.97 G/G (6), 2.89 GA/G (22), 0.99 5-5 F/A (13), 16.1 PP% (23), 77.8 PK% (27), 31.6 S/G (6), 29.3 SA/G (12), 51.3% (7).
Goal Differential/Game:
DET = +0.78
CHI = +0.08
Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 59 16 43 59 18 19:22
L Henrik Zetterberg 65 15 39 54 12 19:37
C Valtteri Filppula 64 21 32 53 18 17:47
C Johan Franzen 65 24 26 50 24 17:40
C Jiri Hudler 64 20 19 39 9 15:16
D Nicklas Lidstrom 62 10 21 31 25 23:56 #5 in +/-
R Todd Bertuzzi 58 12 18 30 21 15:37
D Niklas Kronwall 65 13 17 30 2 22:27
D Ian White 61 7 23 30 29 23:22 #2 in +/-
R Danny Cleary 60 11 18 29 11 16:05
D Kyle Quincey 57 6 18 24 1 22:17
L Drew Miller 63 12 11 23 11 12:39
C Darren Helm 61 8 15 23 4 14:28
L Justin Abdelkader 65 7 13 20 8 12:05
L Tomas Holmstrom 57 8 11 19 -4 11:57
D Brad Stuart 64 5 10 15 18 20:49
D Jakub Kindl 49 1 11 12 6 13:59
D Jonathan Ericsson 63 1 9 10 17 16:46
C Cory Emmerton 54 6 4 10 6 7:57
R Chris Conner 7 1 2 3 2 10:52
L Jan Mursak 13 1 2 3 4 7:28
D Brendan Smith 5 1 2 3 1 14:37
R Patrick Eaves 10 0 1 1 0 11:02
L Fabian Brunnstrom 5 0 1 1 -2 9:03
C Gustav Nyquist 5 0 1 1 1 7:53
D Doug Janik 1 0 0 0 2 18:14
C Joakim Andersson 4 0 0 0 1 6:45
DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ty Conklin 11, 3-5-0, 3.40, 0.878
Jimmy Howard 48, 33-13-2, 2.05, 0.924 #3 in Wins, #5 in GAA, #3 in SO
Joey MacDonald 9, 7-1-1, 1.70, 0.934
CHI Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
R Marian Hossa 65 27 36 63 23 19:48
C Jonathan Toews 59 29 28 57 17 20:50
R Patrick Sharp 58 24 29 53 19 19:36
R Patrick Kane 66 15 37 52 13 20:05
D Duncan Keith 63 4 31 35 11 26:56
L Viktor Stalberg 63 16 16 32 2 13:33
C Dave Bolland 62 17 14 31 -8 16:13
D Nick Leddy 66 3 27 30 -12 22:11
D Brent Seabrook 62 5 19 24 12 24:11
L Andrew Brunette 65 9 13 22 -8 13:07
C Marcus Kruger 56 8 11 19 3 14:40
L Bryan Bickell 55 7 9 16 -7 11:32
R Jamal Mayers 66 5 9 14 -1 9:39
D Steve Montador 51 5 9 14 4 14:57
R Michael Frolik 55 5 9 14 -10 13:12
D Johnny Oduya 65 2 11 13 -9 19:22
D Niklas Hjalmarsson 55 1 11 12 6 20:26
C Brendan Morrison 35 4 7 11 -2 13:21
L Daniel Carcillo 28 2 9 11 10 11:24
C Andrew Shaw 21 6 4 10 -7 14:36
R Jimmy Hayes 21 5 4 9 -1 11:29
D Sean O’Donnell 45 0 7 7 -4 13:42
D Sami Lepisto 23 1 2 3 4 11:06
R Ben Smith 13 2 0 2 -5 9:48
C Brandon Pirri 5 0 2 2 2 13:31
D Dylan Olsen 14 0 1 1 0 16:34
L Rostislav Olesz 6 0 0 0 -1 9:06
L Jeremy Morin 3 0 0 0 -1 8:51
L Brandon Bollig 2 0 0 0 0 5:37
L Brandon Saad 2 0 0 0 0 14:01
CHI Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ray Emery 27, 13-8-2, 2.65, 0.907
Corey Crawford 46, 22-16-5, 2.94, 0.900
DET: Hot:
Niklas Kronwall (D) 6 pts in last 2 GP
Ian White (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jakub Kindl (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 8 pts in last 3 GP
Valtteri Filppula (LW/C) 5 pts in last 2 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Dan Cleary (RW/LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Joey MacDonald (G) 4-0-0, 1.50, .943 in last 4 GPI
DET: Not Hot:
Todd Bertuzzi (RW/LW) 1 pts in last 6 GP
CHI Hot:
Nick Leddy (D) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Marian Hossa (RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Patrick Kane (RW/C) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Bryan Bickell (LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Patrick Sharp (W/C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Marcus Kruger (C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Ray Emery (G) 2-0-0, 1.20, .960 in last 2 GPI
CHI: Not Hot:
Brent Seabrook (D) 0 pts in last 8 GP
Duncan Keith (D) 1 pts in last 5 GP
Viktor Stalberg (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 7 GP
Jimmy Hayes (RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
David Bolland (C) 1 pts in last 6 GP
Andrew Shaw (W/C) 2 pts in last 8 GP
Corey Crawford (G) 0-1-0, 8.94, .650 in last 2 GPI
Injury Report:
DET:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) Ankle injury (Day to day)
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) Arthroscopic knee surgery (Sidelined indefinitely)
Jonathan Ericsson (D) Broken left wrist (Sidelined indefinitely)
Patrick Eaves (RW) Jaw injury (Injured reserve)
CHI:
Steve Montador (D) Upper body injury (Injured reserve)
Dan Carcillo (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Injured reserve)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (D) Undisclosed (Day to day)
Jonathan Toews (C) Upper body injury (Day to day)
Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, USAToday
Saturday DAY March 3
HOME ADVANTAGE= 0.52 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16
1 Detroit Red Wings = 4.85 43 22 4.00( 13) 12 7 | 24 11
13 Chicago Blackhawks = 4.05 35 31 3.99( 16) 9 13 | 13 20
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Bert is a game-time decision, the Wings call-up the Rifleman if Bert can’t go.
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Thanks to all the “19” for their kind words about Junior. Not only did I finally get to see Jeffery yesterday, an enormous blessing in itself; Rambo got to make his first phonecall last night from basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood - the perfect ending to my day.
Thank you all again. Here is Junior with my clan (step-daughter, Abbey, and my amazing wife, Shannon) 
Sadly, 14 of Jeffery’s fellow soldiers did not come home to celebration. The AP photographer took this photo as me, my daughter Janeen, and my grandson Cole were paying respect to the fallen. Godspeed to them all.
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Comments
Okie, what a range of emotions with those photos. The one of your family made me smile, then the one of the brave people who didn’t make it home brought a tear to my eye.
So glad Jeff Jr. is home and that you heard from Rambo.
And thanks for all you do here!
LET’S GO RED WINGS !!!!!
Posted by MsRedWinger from Flori-duh on 03/04/12 at 12:40 PM ET
Tampa Bay won 3 straight since picking up Commodore,
defeating the Rangers, Montreal and Carolina.
The next 9 games are at home for the Lightning.
(3 pts shy of the last playoff spot with a game at hand).
TB at home 20-9-2.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 03/04/12 at 01:42 PM ET
God bless all the men and women serving, many thanks from me. Glad to see your son home safe and sound. And as always LGRW.
Posted by SolidTG7 on 03/04/12 at 01:57 PM ET
they all look so young…
Happy your boy’s home safe and sound Jeff, he looks happy too
Posted by HockeytownOverhaul on 03/04/12 at 02:05 PM ET
Thanks for the photos Jeff. Wishing some sort of comfort to the families of the unselfish and brave soldiers who did not come back alive.
Posted by RWBill from the open bar on The Hasek. on 03/04/12 at 02:36 PM ET
Thanks, Okie.
bitter sweet pics ... give that son a firm handshake & “Thanks” for me ... and a hug (again) for you
‘lil bro today? a “W” is all I ask
L.G.R.W.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 03/04/12 at 03:17 PM ET
Khan’s Twitter Bertuzzi will take pregame warmup and then decide if he can play. That was the last I heard.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 03/04/12 at 03:50 PM ET
G’morning from The Strip, Jeff. Happy to see the GDT today but even more thrilled for you and your family on Jr.‘s return. Emotionally hard to see the portraits of the 14 who passed away. Godspeed indeed to the families.
However, Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula have been picking up the pace of late.
Word. And we need the tertiary scoring as well. If the fourth line with Sak, Emmer, and Homer get going with scoring goals, that would be friggin’ amazing. Hopefully, we’ll see Sak’s cheering section again at the Joe.
Game Notes.
Referees:
Dan O’Halloran (#13) <========
Don VanMassenhoven (#21) <========
Linesmen:
Greg Devorski (#54)
Mark Shewchyk (#92)
OMG. This is gonna be a looonnng day.
Posted by SYF from the Flood on 03/04/12 at 03:58 PM ET
Tampa Bay won 3 straight since picking up Commodore,
defeating the Rangers, Montreal and Carolina.
The next 9 games are at home for the Lightning.
(3 pts shy of the last playoff spot with a game at hand).
TB at home 20-9-2.Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 03/04/12 at 10:42 AM ET
Go Yzerbolts!
Posted by SYF from the Flood on 03/04/12 at 04:02 PM ET
Oakie Jeff, how wonderful to see your family all together again. It breaks my heart to see the photos of the ones that didn’t come home. Thank you for posting that.
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 03/04/12 at 04:20 PM ET
A fine looking family there OAkie. Thanks for the tribute to the fallen soldiers. Just heartbreaking.
On a lighter note, how much Cawksucking will we have to endure today? Also the officials are two of the worst the Wings could have gotten.
Thanks OAkie.
Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 03/04/12 at 05:21 PM ET
Hey Okie, glad to see that your sons is home, safe and sound.
Both of your sons have done us all proud!
Posted by bezukov from the kids are alright. on 03/04/12 at 06:56 PM ET
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I don’t know how to post a photo in a thread (technically challenged),
Here is one of Jeff Jr. in formation, yesterday (2nd from left).
And the link to all the photos by the AP photographer.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 03/04/12 at 12:33 PM ET