03/09/2015 at 10:29am EDT
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Season series: The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 at Rexall Place on Jan. 6. Red Wings left wing Justin Abdelkader had a goal and two assists, and center Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist. Oilers right wing Jordan Eberle had two goals.
Oilers team scope: Edmonton has lost four in a row (0-3-1), including 7-4 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday in the second of its five-game road trip. The Oilers blew a 3-0 lead, allowing six unanswered goals in a span of 17:26, and wasted center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' second career hat trick, first since Oct. 15, 2011, in his third NHL game. Left wing Benoit Pouliot missed the game because of the flu. Goalie Richard Bachman, making his first NHL start since Oct. 29, 2013, allowed six goals on 34 shots. Eberle scored his first goal since Feb. 2.
Red Wings team scope: Detroit has lost two straight following a 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on Sunday. "We didn't execute at all in our own zone and gave up a lot of chances," coach Mike Babcock said. "Our power play was no good, gave up two shorthanded goals. Our penalty kill was no good, couldn't stop them, so we weren't good." It's the first time the Red Wings have lost two in a row in regulation this season; they lost 5-2 to the Calgary Flames on Friday. Goalie Jonas Gustavsson, who allowed four goals on 23 shots, was pulled after the second period because of an undisclosed injury. Babcock said the Red Wings will likely call up goaltender Petr Mrazek from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League.
TEAM STATS
|
GP |
RECORD |
HOME |
ROAD |
L10 |
G/GP |
GA/GP |
PP% |
PK% |
PIM/GP |
S/GP |
SA/GP |
FO% |
|---|
 |
66 |
18-37-11 |
10-20-2 |
8-17-9 |
2-6-2 |
2.20 |
3.29 |
16.1 |
77.8 |
8.5 |
27.7 |
29.9 |
48.4 |
 |
64 |
36-17-11 |
18-6-7 |
18-11-4 |
5-4-1 |
2.88 |
2.52 |
25.3 |
81.9 |
8.5 |
29.8 |
27.9 |
52.6 |
DETROIT RED WINGS
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight is the 123rd all-time meeting between DET and EDM
- Tonight marks the 2nd of 2 meetings this season between DET and EDM, only meeting in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. EDM: 62-36-13-11
- DET’s all-time road record at EDM: 38-16-3-4
- DET has won 7 straight games vs. EDM and has points in 16 straight games (14-0-2)
- DET has points in 28 of the last 29 meetings with EDM (20-1-7), dating back to 2006-07, and has lost in regulation to EDM just twice in the teams’ last 46 meetings (28-2-16), dating back to the beginning of the 2001-02 season
- DET’s last loss vs. EDM: 2/4/12 at EDM
- DET’s last regulation loss vs. EDM: 12/3/09
- Jimmy Howard is 11-1-2 with a 1.88 GAA and a .927 SV% vs. EDM
- Petr Mrazek had his 1st NHL shutout on 11/2/13 at EDM
- Jakub Kindl made his NHL debut on 12/3/09 vs. EDM
- Justin Abdelkader has 10 points (3-7-10) in 14 games vs. EDM
- Daniel Cleary had 86 points (31-55-86) in 220 games with EDM from 1999-03
- Pavel Datsyuk has 38 points (10-28-38) in 43 games vs. EDM
- Henrik Zetterberg has 36 points (9-27-36) in 40 games vs. EDM
- Jonathan Ericsson scored his 1st NHL goal/point on 2/26/08 at EDM
- Niklas Kronwall has 17 points (5-12-17) in 27 games vs. EDM
- Erik Cole had 27 points (16-11-27) in 63 games with EDM in 2008-09
- EDM head coach Todd Nelson was the 1st player ever signed by the Grand Rapids Griffins and played with the team in four different seasons from 1996-02. He also played for the UHL’s Muskegon Fury in 2001-02 and started his coaching career with the club from 2003-06.
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
March 9, 1952 – Sid Abel scores the final goal of his Red Wings career as Detroit defeats Toronto 6-2. Gordie Howe picks up an assist on the goal.
ON THE FARM
The Grand Rapids Griffins have points in 15 straight games (12-0-3-0) and lead the Western Conference by 3 points with a 35-17-6-1 record. On Saturday, Jeff Hoggan (9) and Anthony Mantha (13) scored in regulation and Andy Miele (20) tallied the OT winner in a 3-2 win over the Rockford IceHogs. Next Game: 3/10 at Charlotte Checkers
EDMONTON OILERS
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS vs. DETROIT
All-time: 122 games played (47-56-13-6)
Home: 61 games played (27-22-10-2)
Road: 61 games played (20-34-3-4)
This Season: 0-1-0
TOP SCORERS
Eberle-47 PTS-16G, 31A
Nugent-Hopkins-43 PTS-19G, 24A
Hall-30 PTS-11G, 19A
MATCHUP VS. RED WINGS
Today’s game marks the second and final meeting this season between the Oilers and Red Wings and the lone game in Detroit. The last time these teams met in Detroit was on March 14th, 2014 where the Oilers lost to the Red Wings 2-1 in a shootout. The last time the Oilers and Red Wings faced each other was on January 6th in Edmonton, where the Oilers fell to the Wings 4-2. Jordan Eberle scored both Edmonton goals in the loss. Edmonton has a record of 1-7-2 in their last 10 games against the Red Wings and their last win against the Wings came on February 4th, 2012 in Edmonton where the Oilers won by a score of 5-4 in a shootout.
BACK-TO-BACK
The Oilers head into their second game of a back-to-back set, after dropping the first game to Carolina 7-4. Edmonton is their ninth of 11 back-to-back game sets this season where they have accumulated a record of 3-11-3; this also marks the Oilers first set of backto-back games on their current road trip with the other back-to-back set coming on March 12-13th against Pittsburgh and Columbus.
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