GP	RECORD	HOME	ROAD	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	43	23-11-9	13-4-6	10-7-3	6-3-1	2.77	2.33	24.2	86.5	8.3	30.6	26.9	54.4
	43	27-13-3	16-4-1	11-9-2	6-4-0	3.16	2.44	25.5	80.0	11.3	31.4	27.4	54.3

via Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Blues • After losing six of seven, the Blues have won five straight for the third time this season. ... Steve Ott didn’t practice Wednesday because of the flu and could miss Thursday’s game. Coach Ken Hitchcock said forward Joakim Lindstrom, who has been a healthy scratch for eight of the past nine games, was “champing at the bit” and could play against Detroit. ... The Blues split the season series with the Red Wings last year, losing at home and winning on the road.

Red Wings • This is the final game of a six-game road swing for Detroit, which has gone 3-2 on the trip. ... Petr Mrazek has gone 2-1 since stepping in for the injured Jimmy Howard in goal. Mrazek has appeared in 21 games in his NHL career over parts of three seasons. ... Detroit’s power play has been successful 24.2 percent of the time, behind only the Blues and Columbus. Its penalty kill ranks fifth. ... Tomas Tatar leads Detroit with 17 goals, followed by Gustav Nyquist at 16.

DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight is the 276th all-time meeting between DET and STL
- Tonight is the 1st of 2 meetings this season between DET and STL, only meeting in STL
- DET and STL split the season series in 2013-14 with each team winning on the road (STL won 4-1 on 1/20 and DET won 3-0 on 4/13)
- DET’s all-time record vs. STL: 119-111-37-8
- DET’s all-time road record at STL: 51-62-20-4
- DET is 12-7-1 in its last 20 games vs. STL
- Petr Mrazek is 2-0-0 with a 0.80 GAA, 0.969 SV% and 1 SO in 3 appearances vs. STL
- Pavel Datsyuk has 74 points (24-50-74) in 64 games vs. STL, his highest point total vs. any opponent
- Henrik Zetterberg has 66 points (25-41-66) in 59 games vs. STL, his highest point total vs. any opponent
- Niklas Kronwall has 25 points (7-18-25) in 45 games vs. STL
- STL’s top all-time scorers vs. DET: David Backes (9-14-23 in 40 GP), Patrik Berglund (11-6-17 in 29 GP) and Alexander Steen (4-11-15 in 29 GP)
- STL D Ian Cole is from Ann Arbor, MI, skating for Victory Honda in 2004-05 and for the US NTDP from 2005-07
- STL D Kevin Shattenkirk played for the US NTDP from 2005-07
- STL head coach Ken Hitchcock got his professional head coaching start with the IHL’s Kalamazoo Wings/Michigan K-Wings from 1993-96
- STL associate coach Brad Shaw was drafted by Detroit in the 5th round (86th overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and was a former player (1995-99), player/assistant coach (1995-97) and head coach (2000-01) of the IHL’s Detroit Vipers
- STL has 4 former Red Wings on its front office staff: executive vice president Brett Hull (92-115-207 in 245 GP from 2001-04), director of player development Tim Taylor (15-22-37 in 139 GP from 1993-97), goalie development coach Ty Conklin (30-17-0, 2.71 GAA in 2008-09 and 2011-12) and scout Jesse Wallin (0-2-2 in 49 GP from 1999-03)

LEAGUE LEADERS

Abdelkader: T22nd with 3 GWG
Datsyuk: T19th with 6 PPG, T22nd with 3 GWG, T18th with 55.2 FO%
Franzen: T22nd with 3 GWG
Glendening: T13th with 55.8 FO%
Kronwall: 23rd with 23:49 TOI
Nyquist: T19th with 16 goals, T3rd with 9 PPG, T7th with 4 GWG
Sheahan: 27th with 53.4%
Tatar: T14th with 14 goals, T29th with 6 PPG, T7th with 4 GWG
Zetterberg: T14th with 26 assists, T28th with 36 points, T16th with 137 shots
TEAM: 5th in goals against/game (2.33), 3rd on power play (24.2%), 5th on penalty kill (86.5%), 11th in shots/game (30.6), T2nd in shots against/game (26.9)

RECENT/UPCOMING MILESTONES

- Helm scored his 50th and 51st career NHL goals on 12/31 vs. NJ
- Kronwall stands 18th in franchise history with 250 assists after picking up a helper on 1/6 at EDM, passing Nick Libett
- Franzen played in his 600th NHL game on 1/6 at EDM
- Zetterberg played in his 800th NHL game on 1/7 at CGY
- Weiss played in his 700th NHL game on 1/13 at BUF
- Glendening will play his 100th NHL game tonight
- Nyquist is 2 goals away from 50
- Babcock is 3 games away from 750 with DET
- 3 more wins will give DET 2,800 as a franchise

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY

January 15, 1950 – Terry Sawchuk blanks the New York Rangers 1-0 to record his first NHL shutout

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Recent Rundown

Detroit is visiting St. Louis for the first time since Apr. 13, 2014, the Blues’ final game of the 2013-14 regular season. The Red Wings left St. Louis with a 3-0 victory that day, however, the Blues have taken three of the last four meetings overall. The regular season series at Scottrade Center has seen the Red Wings win two in-a-row, though the Blues had earned points in 4 straight games prior to that (3-0-1). This season, both clubs are excellent in inter-conference play as the Red Wings are 2nd in the East with a 7-2-1 (.750) record vs. the West, while the Blues lead the West with a 10-3 1 (.750) vs. the East

Take Note

-The Blues have faced the Red Wings 275 times in their regular season history, second only to their 293 all-time matchups with Chicago
-STL has killed 23 of the last 25 chances against (92%) over their last 8 games overall
-In terms of even strength play, the Blues are t-3rd best with a +23 goal differential while the Red Wings are 15th at +3
-Patrik Berglund leads the Blues with 11 career goals vs. DET, his second-most against any team (1. CBJ, 12)
-Barret Jackman, the longest tenured St. Louis athlete, made his NHL debut vs. the Red Wings on Apr. 14, 2002
-Ken Hitchcock (684) could pass Pat Quinn for 5th on the NHL’s all-time regular season wins list with a victory tonight

Blues’ History vs. DET

All-Time: 119-112-43
at Home/on Road: 66-47-23 / 53-65-20
All-Time OT: 10-6-25
at Home/on Road: 5-4-14 / 5-2-11
Last Time: Feb. 13, 2013 –4-3 W
All- Time Shootout: 3-3
at Home/on Road: 1-2 / 2-1
Last Shootout: Apr. 4, 2012 –2-3 L

Tarasenko has HART

-Ranks 4th in goals (24), t-7th in pts (46), t-7th in GWG (4) and t-2nd in ev. strength goals (19)
-Ranks 3rd in plus/minus (+24) and t-10th in shots per game (3.4)
-Ranks 1st in “first goals” (7), t-3rd in home goals (13), shares 3rd in OT goals (2) and 3rd in game-deciding SO goals (2)
-Riding a 3-gm point streak (2-3-5)…already set a new career high for pts, this season
-Blues are 15-3-0 when he scores this season and 37-6-0 across his entire career
-One of three players with two hat-tricks this season (Tyler Seguin, Corey Perry)
-He is first Blue with two hat tricks in the same season since Brett Hull in 1996-97, who recorded his against the same opponents that season (DAL, LAK)

Quick Hits

-The Blues' +17 goal differential (not including SO goals) through 6 January games is 8 better than any other team (2nd. NYR, +9)
-The Blues are 6th with a 90% PK so far in January
-STL allows the 4th fewest even strength goals per game, at 1.72 (1. NSH, 1.60)
-STL is t-3rd with a +23 even strength goal differential overall (1. NSH, +37)
-The Blues’ +175 shot differential this season ranks 4th overall (1. NYI, +260). They are 18-8-1 when outshooting their opponents and 6-4-2 when being outshot
-The Blues are 23-4-0 this season when scoring three or more goals
-The Blues are one of two teams (DET) to have scored 4 PPG in a game this season (Oct. 18 at ARZ)

Blues Goal Differentials by Period

1st: +7 (t-8th, 1. PIT, +19)
2nd: +10 (t-2nd, 1. DAL, +12)
3rd: +12 (7th, 1. CGY, +22)
**Last season they were +5 (13th), +22 (3rd) and +25 (2nd) respectively