TEAM STATS

	GP	RECORD	HOME	ROAD	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	77	39-25-13	23-10-7	16-15-6	4-3-3	2.61	2.46	18.0	81.7	9.6	30.8	29.8	53.6
	76	40-23-13	21-8-9	19-15-4	3-5-2	2.87	2.60	24.0	81.0	9.0	29.6	28.3	51.7

DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight is the 588th all-time meeting between DET and BOS
- Tonight marks the 5th of 5 meetings this season between DET and BOS, 3rd of 3 meetings in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. BOS: 253-237-95-2
- DET’s all-time road record at BOS: 159-80-52-1
- DET is 1-2-1 vs. BOS this season, winning 2-1 on 10/9 and losing 3-2 in a shootout on 10/15, both games at JLA, and losing 5-2 on 12/29 and 5-3 on 3/8 in BOS
- DET has won 8 of its last 12 regular-season games vs. BOS, dating back to the 2009-10 season
- Jimmy Howard is 5-2-1 with a 2.25 GAA and a .930 SV% in 9 games vs. BOS
- Pavel Datsyuk has 14 points (3-11-14) in 15 games vs. BOS
- Gustav Nyquist has 6 points (5-1-6) in 6 games vs. BOS
- Tomas Tatar has 8 points (4-4-8) in 7 games vs. BOS
- Henrik Zetterberg has 14 points (6-8-14) in 16 games vs. BOS
- Erik Cole has 27 points (18-9-27) in 41 games vs. BOS
- Today marks the 11th regular-season NHL meeting between the Smith brothers: Brendan (DET) is 5-4-1 vs. Reilly (BOS)
- BOS F Gregory Campbell had 67 points (19-48-67) in 130 GP with the Plymouth Whalers from 2000-02
- BOS D Torey Krug is form Livonia, MI and had 83 points (26-57-83) in 114 GP with the Michigan State Spartans from 2009-12
- BOS F Chris Kelly spent the 2001-02 season in MI, recording 6 points (3-3-6) in 31 GP with the Grand Rapids Griffins and 3 points (1- 2-3) in 4 GP with the UHL’s Muskegon Fury
- BOS assistant coach Doug Houda had 31 points (5-26-31) in 172 GP with the Red Wings from 1985-91 and 1998-99
- BOS goaltending coach Bob Essensa was 4-7-2 with a 2.62 GAA in 13 games with the Red Wings in 1993-94

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
- Jurco is 2 games shy of reaching 100
- Datsyuk has 296 career goals

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY

April 2, 1975 – Left wing Danny Grant becomes the second player in Red Wings’ history to score 50 goals after scoring twice in Detroit’s 8-3 win over Washington.

ON THE FARM

The Grand Rapids Griffins moved within two points of a playoff berth after a 6-1 win over the Rockford IceHogs last night. Louis-Marc Aubry (5), Andy Miele (22, 23), Landon Ferraro (27), Tomas Nosek (9) and Alexey Marchenko (3) scored in the win, while Tom McCollum made 45 saves. Next Game: 4/3 vs. Rockford IceHogs

BOSTON BRUINS

BOSTON vs. DETROIT, LIFETIME SERIES

- The Bruins and Red Wings are meeting for the 588th time in their franchise histories with the Bruins having a 239-250-95-3 record and 1,766-1,757 scoring edge in those games.
- The Bruins are 81-158-52-1 in their 292 road games of this lifetime series with athe Red Wings holding a 974-735 scoring advantage in those contests.
- The Bruins are 3-1-0 vs. the Red Wings in this season’s series so far with a 2-1 loss on 10/9 and 3-2 shootout win on 10/15, both in Detroit, and home wins on 12/29 (5-2) and 3/8 (5-3) … They are 4-7-1 in their last 12 games vs. Detroit with a 10-8-3 mark in their last 21 overall … The shootout win in their last game played in Detroit was their 1st win in Detroit since 3/11/07 (6-3) and snapped a 5-game road losing streak vs. the Red Wings … They are now 4-5-1 on their last 10 visits to Detroit.

DID YOU KNOW

- The Bruins have faced 2 penalty shots this season with Montreal’s Dale Weise scoring on Niklas Svedberg on 11/13 and Tuukka Rask stopping Toronto’s Phil Kessel on 12/31.
- The Bruins became the last team in the NHL to allow a SHG when Dallas scored 2 such goals on 2/10 … The Bruins also scored a SHG in that game with 3 total the most man-short tallies in a Boston game since 4/10/13 vs. New Jersey.
- David Pastrnak has been the youngest player in both the AHL and the NHL this season (dob 5/25/96) … With his 1st NHL goal on 1/10/15, he became the youngest Bruin to score a goal since Patrice Bergeron on 10/18/03.
- Pastrnak also became the first teenager to score a regular season OT goal for Boston when he netted the game-winner on 3/29 at Carolina.
- Niklas Svedberg recorded his 1st NHL shutout on 10/18 at Buffalo (4-0) in just his 3rd NHL start … That was the fastest shutout by a Bruins goaltender since Blaine Lacher earned his 1st career blanking in his 3rd NHL start (1/26/95 vs NJ, 1-0 in OT) … Tuukka Rask notched his 1st NHL shutout in his 4th career start (1/31/09 vs NYR, 1-0).

FUN FACTS

- The Bruins currently have 24 players on their roster (including players on IR) … 8 were drafted by the team, 12 were acquired in trade and 4 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins played 11 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) (7-1-3 record).
- The Bruins play 16 sets of back-to-back games this season (10-2-3 in 1st game; 5-8-2 in 2nd game).
- They play 19 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season (10-4-3 in 1st game, 8-8-1 in 2nd game, 7-8-2 in 3rd game).
- The Bruins wore their 3rd uniform system in 15 games this season (9-2-4 record).
- The Bruins are opening tonight their 5-game April schedule … They went 6-6-0 in October, 7-3-1 in November, 5-6-3 in December, 8-1-3 in January, 4-6-2 in February and 8-3-4 in March.