DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight is the 576th all-time meeting between DET and MTL
- Tonight marks the 4th of 4 meetings this season between DET and MTL, 2nd of 2 in MTL
- DET’s all-time record vs. MTL: 203-275-96-1
- DET’s all-time home record vs. MTL: 70-175-43-0
- MTL won the 1st meeting of the season 2-1 in OT on 10/21 (Zetterberg scored for DET; Galchenyuk and Desharnais for MTL)
- MTL won the 2nd meeting of the season 4-1 on 11/16 at JLA (Sheahan scored for DET, Prust, Subban, Plekanec and Gallagher scored for MTL)
- MTL won the most recent meeting 2-0 on 2/16 in DET (Plekanec, Pacioretty scored for MTL)
- Pavel Datsyuk has 10 points (7-3-10) in 14 games vs. MTL
- Gustav Nyquist had 5 points (2-3-5) in 7 games vs. MTL
- Henrik Zetterberg has 9 points (3-6-9) in 12 games vs. MTL
- Stephen Weiss has 20 points (10-10-20) in 34 games vs. MTL
- Luke Glendening scored his 1st NHL goal on 4/5/14 at MTL
- Erik Cole had 67 points (38-29-67) in 101 games with MTL from 2011-13
- MTL’s top career scorers vs. DET: Manny Malhotra (8-7-15 in 51 GP), Tom Gilbert (3-9-12 in 30 GP), Tomas Plekanec (6-5-11 in 13 GP) and Sergei Gonchar (2-7-9 in 21 GP)
- MTL F Max Pacioretty had 39 points (15-24-39) in 37 games with the Michigan Wolverines in 2007-08
- MTL 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
- MTL D Mike Weaver had 48 points (5-43-48) in 163 games with the Michigan State Spartans from 1996-00
- MTL D Greg Pateryn is a Sterling Heights, Mich., native and had 43 points (6-37-43) in 142 games with the Michigan Wolverines from 2008-12
- MTL general manager Marc Bergevin had 10 points (1-9-10) in 70 games with DET in 1995-96
- MTL dir. of player development Martin Lapointe had 230 points (108-122-230) in 552 games with DET from 1991-01

2014-15 STATISTICAL LEADERS

Games Played: Ericsson/Glendening/Miller/Nyquist/Tatar, 80
Goals: Tatar, 28
Assists: Zetterberg, 47
Points: Zetterberg, 64
Plus-Minus: Datsyuk/Quincey, +11
Penalty Minutes: Quincey, 75
Power Play Goals: Nyquist, 14
Shorthanded Goals: Helm/Miller, 1
Game-Winning Goals: Tatar, 7
Overtime Goals: Abdelkader, 2
Shots on Goal: Zetterberg, 226
Shooting Percentage: Weiss, 18.8%
Time on Ice: Kronwall, 23:48
Hits: Abdelkader, 153
Blocked Shots: Kronwall, 103
Takeaways: Datsyuk, 58
Face-off Percentage: Helm, 53.9%

RECENT/UPCOMING MILESTONES

- DeKeyser logged his 50th NHL point on 3/26 vs. SJ
- Tatar reached 100 points on 3/29 at NYI
- Ericsson played his 400th NHL game on 3/29 at NYI
- Miller scored his 50th goal with DET on 3/29 at NYI
- DeKeyser skated in his 150th NHL game on 3/31 vs. OTT
- Zidlicky notched his 400th NHL point on 4/2 vs. BOS, moving him into 3rd all-time among Czech d-men
- Kronwall will pass Bruce MacGregor for 19th in DET history with his 674th GP tonight
- Datsyuk (297) and Zetterberg (296) are closing in on 300 NHL goals
- Abdelkader is 2 GP shy of 400
- Jurco is 2 GP shy of 100
- Datsyuk is 2 GP shy of tying Sergei Samsonov (888) for 9th among Russian players

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY

April 9, 1988 – Petr Klima scores Detroit’s first-ever playoff goal on a penalty shot, beating Allan Bester in a 6-3 first-round, Game 3 win against Toronto.

CANADIENS de MONTREAL/MONTREAL CANADIENS (presented in French too)

CANADIENS VS DETROIT

À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs DET 276-200-96-3 (600 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 175-68-43-3 (288 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 101-132-53-1 (287 PJ / GP)

Dern. Match / Last game:
V 2-0 W @ DET (16/02/15)
C. Price 0-25 | J. Howard 1-28
BG / WG: T. Plekanec

10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE DETROIT / LAST 10 GAMES VS. DETROIT:

16/02/15 – MTL 2 @ DET 0
16/11/14 – MTL 4 @ DET 1
21/10/14 – DET 1 @ MTL 2 (P/OT)
05/04/14 – DET 3 @ MTL 5
27/03/14 – MTL 5 @ DET 4
26/02/14 – DET 2 @ MTL 1 (P/OT)
24/01/14 – MTL 1 @ DET 4
25/01/12 – DET 2 @ MTL 7
10/12/10 – MTL 2 @ DET 4
21/11/09 – DET 3 @ MTL 2 (TB/SO)

MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE DETROIT / LEADING SCORERS VS. DETROIT:

1) Manny Malhotra (8-7-15, 51 pj/gp)
2) Tom Gilbert (3-9-12, 30 pj/gp)
3) Tomas Plekanec (6-5-11, 13 pj/gp)

MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE DETROIT / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. DETROIT:

1) Manny Malhotra (22, 51 pj/gp)
2) Sergei Gonchar (20, 21 pj/gp)
3) P.K. Subban (12, 9 pj/gp)

DE MONTRÉAL À LA VILLE DE L’AUTOMOBILE / FROM MONTREAL TO MOTOWN

Les Canadiens n’ont aucun joueur dans leur formation actuelle ayant évolué avec Detroit… Les Red Wings de leur côté alignent un joueur ayant joué pour les Canadiens, l’attaquant Erik Cole.
The Canadiens have no players on their current roster that have previously played with Detroit… The Red Wings have one player who has played with the Canadiens, forward Erik Cole

FORMATION DES CANADIENS / THE MAKING OF THE CANADIENS

Repêchage / Draft (10) : Nathan Beaulieu, Jacob De La Rose, Alexei Emelin, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher, Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec, Carey Price, P.K. Subban.
Joueurs autonomes / Free agents (4): David Desharnais, Tom Gilbert, Manny Malhotra, Brandon Prust.
Échanges / Trades (11): Lars Eller, Brian Flynn, Sergei Gonchar, Torrey Mitchell, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Greg Pateryn, Jeff Petry, Devante Smith-Pelly, Dustin Tokarski, Mike Weaver, Dale Weise.