Central Division Standings:

GP W L OTL PTS Goal Differential Last Ten

DET 68 40 20 8 88 +26 4-4-2
CHI 68 37 24 7 81 +34 8-1-1
NSH 68 34 24 10 78 +14 3-5-2
CBJ 67 31 27 9 71 -19 3-4-3
STL 68 31 28 9 71 -12 4-6-0

Team Records:

DET: 68 GP, 40-20-8, 88 pts, (2 in Conf, 1 in Central), 222 GF, 196 GA, Last 10 4-4-2, WON 1

STL: 68 GP, 31-28-9, 71 pts, (13 in Conf, 5 in Central), 190 GF, 202 GA, Last 10 4-6-0, WON 3

Home/Away Record:

DET on road 22-9-4 (1st)
STL at home: 20-11-4 (7th)

Stats (rank):

DET: .647 point% (3), 3.21 G/G (1), 2.84 GA/G (18), 1.09 F/A (9), 20.9 PP% (5), 82.4 PK% (16), 33.3 S/G (2), 30.2 SA/G (14), 51.6 FO% (5).

STL: .522 point% (22), 2.74 G/G (17), 2.90 GA/G (21), 0.91 5-5 F/A (21), 17.7 PP% (15), 81.3 PK% (19), 29.6 S/G (19), 28.1 SA/G (4), 47.9 FO% (25).

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = + 0.37
STL = -0.16

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 68 18 51 69 2 19:50 Tied for #3 in Assists
D Nicklas Lidstrom 68 14 41 55 -1 23:45
C Pavel Datsyuk 49 21 33 54 12 19:28
C Johan Franzen 66 27 22 49 8 17:35
R Danny Cleary 54 22 16 38 5 16:13
R Todd Bertuzzi 68 14 23 37 -4 16:16
D Brian Rafalski 50 4 33 37 14 20:27
C Valtteri Filppula 57 13 19 32 2 16:41
C Jiri Hudler 63 8 24 32 -1 13:49
D Niklas Kronwall 68 10 21 31 6 22:49
L Tomas Holmstrom 59 14 15 29 -1 15:02
C Darren Helm 68 10 19 29 9 13:03
R Patrick Eaves 52 13 6 19 -2 12:36
D Brad Stuart 53 3 12 15 3 21:18
L Drew Miller 58 7 8 15 -3 11:39
D Jonathan Ericsson 60 3 11 14 10 18:32
L Justin Abdelkader 60 4 10 14 10 11:50
C Mike Modano 27 2 9 11 -4 12:43
C Kris Draper 37 6 4 10 2 9:58
D Ruslan Salei 66 1 8 9 1 18:20
D Jakub Kindl 36 1 2 3 1 13:20
C Cory Emmerton 2 1 0 1 1 8:20
L Jan Mursak 18 1 0 1 -3 8:11
C Tomas Tatar 9 1 0 1 0 9:36
D Doug Janik 7 0 0 0 -2 13:13

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Joey MacDonald 10, 3-4-1, 2.48, 0.912
Jimmy Howard 52, 32-13-5, 2.76, 0.909 Tied for #1 in wins
Chris Osgood 11, 5-3-2, 2.77, 0.903

STL Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
R David Backes 68 24 26 50 19 19:54
C Alexander Steen 67 18 30 48 -1 19:44
C Patrik Berglund 68 18 27 45 -4 17:02
R Chris Stewart 48 22 20 42 -9 17:16
C Andy McDonald 44 17 21 38 6 20:11
D Alex Pietrangelo 65 9 27 36 12 21:34
R Matt D’Agostini 68 14 17 31 0 14:28
D Kevin Shattenkirk 58 7 24 31 -7 20:09
C TJ Oshie 37 8 18 26 4 19:08
C Vladimir Sobotka 58 6 18 24 -5 16:06
D Carlo Colaiacovo 52 5 16 21 -11 17:28
D Barret Jackman 55 0 13 13 1 21:01
R BJ Crombeen 66 6 6 12 -20 12:46
D Roman Polak 41 2 5 7 -6 19:35
L David Perron 10 5 2 7 7 18:25
D Nikita Nikitin 29 1 3 4 -3 15:37
D Nathan Oystrick 7 0 2 2 2 11:30
L Chris Porter 31 0 2 2 -4 8:29
R Adam Cracknell 15 0 2 2 -1 7:15
R Ryan Reaves 14 2 0 2 -2 5:57
D Ian Cole 17 1 1 2 -1 16:04
C Philip McRae 9 1 1 2 -6 8:09
C Dave Scatchard 8 0 1 1 1 4:45
R Cam Janssen 41 0 1 1 -8 4:39
D Tyson Strachan 28 0 1 1 -10 12:12
C TJ Hensick 8 0 1 1 -7 8:50
C Nicholas Drazenovic 3 0 0 0 -3 8:58
L Stefan Della Rovere 7 0 0 0 0 6:05

STL Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jaroslav Halak 45, 21-17-6, 2.60, 0.908
Ben Bishop 7, 3-4-0, 2.76, 0.899
Ty Conklin 22, 7-7-3, 3.24, 0.881

HOT and NOT:

DET: Hot:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 7 pts in last 7 GP
Darren Helm (C) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 1-1-0, 1.47, .943 in last 2 GPI
Joey MacDonald (G) 2-1-0, 2.26, .925 in last 4 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
Ruslan Salei (D) 0 pts in last 13 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Jiri Hudler (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Tomas Holmstrom (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP

STL: Hot:
Ian Cole (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Kevin Shattenkirk (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Andy McDonald (LW/C) 7 pts in last 4 GP
David Backes (C/RW) 4 pts in last 3 GP
Patrik Berglund (C) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Chris Stewart (RW) 12 pts in last 12 GP
Matt D’Agostini (RW/C) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Jaroslav Halak (G) 3-0-0, 1.99, .920 in last 3 GPI Aha, the three-game winning streak explained.

STL: Not Hot:
Alex Pietrangelo (D) 2 pts in last 8 GP
Ty Conklin (G) 0-1-0, 5.24, .842 in last 2 GPI

Injury Report:

DET:
Chris Osgood (G) Groin surgery (Injured reserve)
Patrick Eaves (R) Lower body (Day to day)
Brian Rafalski (D) Back Spasms (Day to day)

STL:
Barret Jackman (D) Finger injury (Remainder of season)
Alexander Steen (LW) Ankle injury (Remainder of season)
Vladimir Sobotka (C/LW) Fractured foot (Injured reserve)
David Perron (RW/LW) Concussion (Injured reserve)
Philip McRae (C/LW) Knee injury (Injured reserve)

Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, USAToday:

NHL 2010-2011 through games of 2011 MARCH 11 FRIDAY

HOME ADVANTAGE= 0.16 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16

3 Detroit Red Wings = 4.43 40 28 4.05( 11) 9 17 | 20 20
19 St. Louis Blues = 3.96 31 37 4.08( 6) 15 16 | 19 26

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Per George, Eaves and Rafalski still out. Uncle Mike not sure who will start in net.

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Outstanding efforts by all involved at H2H2 - - $14,274,00 raised for Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

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On a personal note, I apologize for my hiatus. Jeff Jr. had only one week of time off before his pre-deployment to Afghanistan. We were able to spend some time together, including the Griffins at OKC last night. Wally’s brother, Ilari Filppula, was nice enough to take a few minutes with Jr.