via Brian Hunter of NHL.com,
Season series: Ryan Callahan assisted on two goals by Steven Stamkos in regulation and scored the only goal of the shootout when the Tampa Bay Lightning won their first game this season against the Detroit Red Wings. Gustav Nyquist and Johan Franzen each had a goal and an assist for Detroit. The Red Wings enter Thursday one point ahead of the Lightning for the Atlantic Division lead.
Red Wings team scope: Injured goaltenders Jimmy Howard (groin) and Jonas Gustavsson (shoulder) were on the ice Wednesday along with Detroit's two active goalies, Petr Mrazek and Tom McCollum. Forward Tomas Jurco (back), who hasn't played since Jan. 6, skated on the fourth line with Joakim Andersson and Drew Miller. Coach Mike Babcock said Jurco will play Thursday, according to MLive.com, which also reported defenseman Jakub Kindl (elbow) has been cleared to return. However, rookie Xavier Ouellet will remain in the lineup for now. The Red Wings expressed wariness going up against Stamkos and the Lightning. "They're a deep team, good goaltending," forward Henrik Zetterberg told the Tampa Bay Times. "Obviously Stamkos is probably the best sniper in the League. That helps."
Lightning team scope: An 0-for-3 showing on the power play in a 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday left Tampa Bay 1-for-15 with the man advantage in its past five games. "I think our biggest problem is we just don't have that shooter's mentality right now," coach Jon Cooper said in video posted by the team. The Lightning were 16th on the power play at 18.1 percent entering Wednesday; contrast that with the Red Wings, whose 25.3-percent success rate was second. "I'm worried about our power play, not so much theirs," Cooper said. Forward Brian Boyle scored shorthanded against the Hurricanes and has goals in consecutive games. Forward Jonathan Drouin is fourth among rookies with 17 assists and tied for sixth with 19 points.
TEAM STATS
|
GP |
RECORD |
HOME |
ROAD |
L10 |
G/GP |
GA/GP |
PP% |
PK% |
PIM/GP |
S/GP |
SA/GP |
FO% |
|---|
 |
48 |
28-11-9 |
16-4-6 |
12-7-3 |
8-2-0 |
2.96 |
2.42 |
25.3 |
83.2 |
8.3 |
30.0 |
27.4 |
54.0 |
 |
49 |
30-15-4 |
19-4-1 |
11-11-3 |
6-4-0 |
3.18 |
2.59 |
18.1 |
81.8 |
9.7 |
29.7 |
27.2 |
49.9 |
DETROIT RED WINGS
CURRENT INJURIES (total games missed; current injury length)
Jonas Gustavsson – Shoulder (35; 11/7-present)
Johan Franzen – Upper Body (15; 1/7-present)
Jakub Kindl – Elbow (12; 12/29-present)
Jimmy Howard – Groin (9; 1/13-present)
Tomas Jurco – Back (8; 1/7-present)
Individual Man Games Lost: Stephen Weiss (13), Pavel Datsyuk (11), Justin Abdelkader (7), Brendan Smith (5), Kyle Quincey (4), Danny DeKeyser (2)
Man Games Lost (Season Total): 121
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight marks the 39th all-time meeting between DET and TB
- Tonight marks the 2nd of 4 meetings this season between DET and TB, 1st of 2 in TB
- DET’s all-time record vs. TB: 26-7-2-3
- DET’s all-time road record at TB: 12-5-1-1
- DET lost the 1st meeting of the season series, 4-3 in a shootout on 11/9 (Franzen, Helm and Nyquist scored for DET; Stamkos [2] and Johnson scored for TB, Carle scored SO winner)
- Pavel Datsyuk has 14 points (7-7-14) in 11 games vs. TB
- Gustav Nyquist has 4 points (2-2-4) in 5 games vs. TB
- Henrik Zetterberg has 8 points (3-5-8) in 12 games vs. TB
- Niklas Kronwall has 7 points (1-6-7) in 10 games vs. TB
- Stephen Weiss has 34 points (11-23-34) in 51 games vs. TB
- Drew Miller was a member of TB in 2009-10, skating in 14 games before DET claimed him off waivers on 11/11/09
- TB’s top career scorers vs. DET: Brenden Morrow (12-9-21 in 42 GP), Matthew Carle (0-6-6 in 18 GP) and Steven Stamkos (4-1-5 in 7 GP)
- TB F Valtteri Filppula had 251 points (100-151-251) in 483 games with DET from 2005-13
- TB D Luke Witkowski is from Holland, MI and had 38 points (7-31-38) in 152 games with the Western Michigan Broncos from 2009-13
- TB head coach Jon Cooper is a former head coach for Lansing Catholic Central, the Jr. B Metro Jets and Honeybaked Midget Major
- DET is 3-2-3 vs. TB since Steve Yzerman took over as the team’s general manager in May 2010
- 18 players in today’s game participated in the 2013 AHL Calder Cup Finals: Andersson, DeKeyser, Glendening, Jurco, Lashoff, McCollum, Mrazek, Nyquist, Sheahan and Tatar for Grand Rapids; Barberio, Brown, Connolly, Gudas, Johnson, Palat, Paquette and Sustr for Syracuse. The Griffins won the series 4-2.
DATSYUK APPROACHES FEDOROV
Entering post-All-Star break play, Pavel Datsyuk trails Sergei Fedorov by just 2 assists for 5th all-time in DET history
MOVING UP
Tonight, Pavel Datsyuk will pass Nick Libett for sole possession of 12th in Detroit history in games played and will tieTed Lindsay. With 2 more games, he’ll tie Darius Kasparaitis for 10th among Russian players.
WINNING STREAK
DET is currently on a season-best 6-game winning streak heading into post-all star break play. Additionally, DET leads TB by 1 point for the top spot in the Atlantic Division and are even with Saturday’s opponent, NYI for top spot in the Eastern Conference. Other recent accomplishments include:
- 5 straight wins at home and 3 straight on the road – both season bests – and points in 6 straight at home
- Points in 13-of-15 at home, since Nov. 24
- Wins in 5-of-6 road games since Jan. 6
- 6 goals scored on 1/18 vs. BUF, tying a season high
- 5 straight games without a loss for Mrazek, a season high for DET
- The 6th career hat trick for Zetterberg on 1/18 vs. BUF, the 1st of the season for DET and 1st on home ice in almost 2 years
- 4 points for Zetterberg on 1/18 vs. BUF, his 2nd 4-pt. game of the season (team season-high)
- DET’s 2nd shootout win of the season on 1/20 vs. MIN, with Mrazek improving to 2-1 in the SO this season (11 saves on 14 shots)
- Datsyuk has 5 points in 6 games (1-4-5)
- Nyquist is on a 4-game point streak (3-4-7) - Tatar has 8 points in 7 games (5-3-8)
- Quincey had a 4-game pt. streak – longest among DET D – from 1/13-18 (1-4-5)
- Zetterberg has a 4-game point streak (5-4-9)
UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Kronwall’s next point will give him 324, tying Ebbie Goodfellow for 27th in DET history
- Abdelkader’s next goal will be his 50th in the NHL
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
Jan. 29, 1993 – DET trades Gary Shuchuk, Marc Potvin and Jimmy Carson to LA for Sylvain Couturier, Paul Coffey and current assistant coach Jim Hiller.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
The Lightning finish the month of January with a pair of home games to close out the week, beginning tonight with a tilt against the Red Wings...The Lightning have won eight consecutive home contests and will set a new franchise record with nine straight if they win tonight...The Bolts haven't lost on home ice since Dec. 9 vs. Washington...Tampa Bay's 19 home victories ranks tied for first with Nashville in the League...The Lightning have gone 25-12-3 since losing 7-2 in Minnesota on Oct. 25...Tonight's game is the second of four meetings between the Red Wings and Lightning, and first at Amalie Arena...The Bolts edged the Red Wings, 4-3, in a shootout on Nov. 9 in the first meeting of their season series...Ryan Callahan collected a pair of assists and netted the game-deciding goal in the shootout, and Steven Stamkos registered a pair of goals in the Lightning win...The Bolts won both games against Detroit on home ice last season and own an all-time home record of 6-11-1 with one tie against the Red Wings.
TONIGHT'S STORYLINES
The Lightning currently rank third in the Eastern Conference, one point behind the Red Wings...The Lightning enter the game as the League's highest scoring team with 156 goals, while the Red Wings rank seventh with 142 tallies...Tampa Bay ranks first in the NHL for regulation/OT victories this season with 28...The Lightning's +27 goal differential ranks first in the Eastern Conference...Tampa Bay has registered 59 third period tallies, ranking first (tie-Calgary) in the League...Three Lightning players occupy three of the Top-5 overall spots in plus/minus in the NHL (Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat)...Ben Bishop owns an all-time record of 5-1-0 to go along with a 1.69 goals-against average and .935 save percentage against Detroit.
INJURIES
2014-15 Man Games Lost: 85
Current Injuries:
Radko Gudas - Knee surgery (OUT) 11 Games
Matt Carle - Upper Body (OUT) 3 Games
BRAVO JOHNNY
Tyler Johnson was an NHL All-Star for the first time in his career, although he missed both the skills competition and game because of a lower body injury...Johnson currently ranks ninth in the NHL for points (48) and tied for eighth for assists (31)...The second-year center assisted on Ondrej Palat's game-tying and game-winning goals versus the Oilers on Jan. 15...He has recorded four goals and seven assists over his past 10 games and currently owns the League's second-best (tie) plus/minus rating at +25...He netted his second career hat trick and was the game's first star on Dec. 23 against Pittsburgh...Johnson has points in 11 of his past 17 games (nine goals, 10 assists)...He recorded his 12th multi-point game of the season on Jan. 15 vs. EDM.
STAMMER TIME
Steven Stamkos recorded a four-game goal scoring streak from Jan. 9-15 and currently ranks fourth in the NHL for goals with 26....The Lightning captain also ranks tied for 12th in the League for points with 45...Stamkos has posted six goals over his past nine games...Stamkos was named an NHL All-Star on Jan. 10...It took Stamkos 24 years, 305 days to accomplish the feat...Since the beginning of the 2009-10 season, no player in the NHL has scored more goals than Stamkos' 235...Alex Ovechkin is the next closest player at 232.
Jon Cooper post-practice yesterday...
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