via Brian Hunter of NHL.com,
Season series: Tomas Tatar helped the Detroit Red Wings to a sweep of the Edmonton Oilers last season. He scored in a 5-0 win at Rexall Place on Nov. 2, 2013 and assisted on the Red Wings' only goal of regulation before scoring the decisive shootout goal in a 2-1 win at Joe Louis Arena in the most recent game on March 14, 2014. The Oilers have two wins in their past 15 games against the Red Wings, each via the shootout.
Red Wings team scope: Detroit begins the Alberta stretch of its six-game road trip with games on consecutive nights against the Oilers and Calgary Flames. The Red Wings will attempt to rebound from a 4-1 loss Saturday to the Vancouver Canucks to start the trip. "I don't think that there's any panic in here," forward Henrik Zetterberg told the Red Wings website. "I think we know what we can do. We know we are a good team when we do the right stuff, we've just gotta do it." Defenseman Xavier Ouellet will remain with the Red Wings, according to the Detroit Free Press, with Jakub Kindl eligible to come off injured reserve but not yet ready to play. Tatar has four goals in the past five games and 16 on the season, three off his career high established in 73 games last season.
Oilers team scope: Edmonton opened a four-game homestand Sunday with a 5-2 win against the New York Islanders and has points in four straight under interim coach Todd Nelson (2-0-2) for the first time since a four-game winning streak from Oct. 20-27. The Oilers now aim for consecutive wins for the first time since Nov. 7-9. "It's getting better every day," Nelson told the Oilers website in regards to implementing the new systems he wants the players to execute. Nelson has been integrating fresh faces into the mix, with forwards Matt Fraser (two goals in four games), Derek Roy (one goal, one assist in four games) and Rob Klinkhammer (one assist in one game) all contributing since their acquisitions. "They've provided a new look and created some new energy in the room," Nelson said.
TEAM STATS
|
GP |
RECORD |
HOME |
ROAD |
L10 |
G/GP |
GA/GP |
PP% |
PK% |
PIM/GP |
S/GP |
SA/GP |
FO% |
|---|
 |
39 |
20-10-9 |
13-4-6 |
7-6-3 |
3-4-3 |
2.77 |
2.36 |
23.1 |
86.9 |
8.5 |
30.7 |
27.2 |
55.0 |
 |
40 |
9-22-9 |
7-12-2 |
2-10-7 |
2-4-4 |
2.18 |
3.30 |
12.6 |
79.3 |
9.3 |
27.9 |
29.8 |
48.8 |
DETROIT RED WINGS
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight is the 122nd all-time meeting between DET and EDM
- Tonight marks the 1st of 2 meetings this season between DET and EDM, only meeting in EDM
- DET’s all-time record vs. EDM: 61-36-13-11
- DET’s all-time road record at EDM: 23-20-10-7
- DET has won 6 straight games vs. EDM and has points in 15 straight games (13-0-2)
- DET has points in 27 of the last 28 meetings with EDM (19-1-7), dating back to 2006-07, and has lost in regulation to EDM just twice in the teams’ last 45 meetings (27-2-16), dating back to the beginning of the 2001-02 season
- DET’s last loss vs. EDM: 2/4/12 at EDM
- DET’s last regulation loss vs. EDM: 12/3/09
- DET’s last regulation loss in EDM: 10/21/06 (3-1 L)
- Jimmy Howard is 10-1-2 with a 1.87 GAA and a .928 SV% vs. EDM
- Petr Mrazek had his 1st NHL shutout on 11/2/13 at EDM
- Jakub Kindl made his NHL debut on 12/3/09 vs. EDM
- Justin Abdelkader has 7 points (2-5-7) in 14 games vs. EDM
- Pavel Datsyuk has 36 points (9-27-36) in 42 games vs. EDM
- Henrik Zetterberg has 35 points (9-26-35) in 39 games vs. EDM
- Darren Helm has 8 points (3-5-8) in 14 games vs. EDM
- Helm scored his first NHL regular-season goal on 10/29/09 at EDM
- Jonathan Ericsson scored his 1st NHL goal/point on 2/26/08 at EDM
- Niklas Kronwall has 16 points (5-11-16) in 26 games vs. EDM
- Daniel Cleary had 86 points (31-55-86) in 220 games with EDM from 1999-03
- EDM D Jeff Petry is from Ann Arbor, MI and had 67 points (9-58-67) in 118 games with the Michigan State Spartans from 2007-10
- EDM head coach Todd Nelson was the 1st player ever signed by the Grand Rapids Griffins and played with the team in four different seasons from 1996-02. He also played for the UHL’s Muskegon Fury in 2001-02 and started his coaching career with the club from 2003-06.
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
January 6, 1994 – Vyacheslav Kozlov records his first career NHL hat trick in Detroit’s 10-3 victory over San Jose. Kozlov is the last active player from the famous Russian Five, playing in his fifth KHL season at age 42 after leaving the NHL after the 2009-10 campaign following 18 NHL seasons with Detroit, Buffalo and Atlanta.
EDMONTON OILERS
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS vs. DETROIT
All-time: 121 games played (47-55-13-6)
Home: 60 games played (27-21-10-2)
Road: 61 games played (20-34-3-4)
This Season: 0-0-0
TOP SCORERS
Nugent-Hopkins-24 PTS-11G, 13A
Hall-24 PTS-10G, 14A
Eberle-23 PTS-8G, 15A
MATCHUP VS. WINGS
Today’s game marks the first of two meetings this season between the Oilers and Red Wings and the lone game in Edmonton. The next game will come on March 9th in Detroit.
The last time these teams met was on March 14th, 2014 in Detroit where the Red Wings defeated the Oilers 2-1 in a shootout. Thomas Tatar scored the shootout deciding goal for Detroit.
PHYSICAL AFFAIR
Matt Hendricks leads the Oilers in hits (95) and Andrew Ference ranks second on the team with 83 hits.
Mark Fayne leads the team in blocked shots (81) and Boyd Gordon leads all Oilers forwards with 50 blocked shots.
LOGGING TIME
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers forwards in ice time (21:21) and ranks second in the NHL among forwards in average time on ice. He has accumulated 811:22 of ice time in 38 games this season.
HARD EARNED POINTS
Edmonton comes into today’s game having earned points in each of their last four games while posting a 2-0-2 record. The Oilers have also recorded points in three of their last four home games, with a record of 2-1-1.
WHO TO WATCH:
- Matt Hendricks registered two goals in the Oilers win over the Islanders last game, marking his first two goal game of his career. He also recorded four shots, three hits and one blocked shot in 14:50 of ice time. Hendricks leads the Oilers in hits (95) and ranks second among forwards in blocked shots (32).
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has registered two goals in his last five games and leads the team in goals (11) and is tied for the team lead in points (24). He also leads all Oilers forwards in ice time averaging 21:21 per game, which also ranks him second among NHL forwards.
- Jordan Eberle is on a three game point streak (2G, 1A) and scored a goal last game against the Islanders, the goal was scored just eight seconds into the second period which was two seconds shy of Glen Anderson’s record for fastest goal by an Oiler from the start of a period (6 seconds). Eberle leads the Oilers in assists (15) and is tied for the team lead in power play points (6); he also ranks second on the team in power play goals (2).
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