GP	RECORD	HOME	ROAD	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	66	37-18-11	19-7-7	18-11-4	5-4-1	2.88	2.52	25.2	81.7	8.5	29.9	28.0	52.8
	69	28-27-14	19-9-6	9-18-8	3-4-3	2.54	2.75	22.0	76.7	9.7	29.7	29.8	51.6

DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight marks the 130th all-time meeting between DET and PHI
- Tonight is the 3rd of 3 meetings this season between DET and PHI, 2nd of 2 in PHI
- DET’s all-time record vs. PHI: 48-59-21-0
- DET’s all-time home record vs. PHI: 35-20-10-0
- PHI won the 1st meeting of the season 4-2 on 10/25 in PHI (Sheahan and Datsyuk scored for DET, Grossmann, Raffl [2] and B. Schenn scored for PHI)
- DET won the 2nd meeting of the season 5-2 on 11/26 in DET (Weiss, Jurco, Datsyuk [2] and Zetterberg scored for DET; Giroux and Voracek scored for PHI)
- DET has lost nine in a row in PHI and have been outscored 37-15; last win was Game 2 of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals (4-2 W on 6/3/97) and last regular-season win was a 4-1 W on 1/25/97
- Pavel Datsyuk has 15 points (9-6-15) in 11 games vs. PHI
- Henrik Zetterberg has 17 points (10-7-17) in 12 games vs. PHI
- Luke Glendening made his NHL debut on 10/12/13 vs. PHI
- PHI’s top scorers vs. DET: R.J. Umberger (12-9-21 in 35 GP), Jakub Voracek (4-11-15 in 24 GP) Claude Giroux (5-7-12 in 10 GP) and Mark Streit (1-9-10 in 10 GP)
- PHI F R.J. Umberger played for the US NTDP from 1998-00
- PHI D Carlo Colaiacovo played 6 regular season and 9 playoff games for DET in 2012-13
- PHI Director of Player Development Derian Hatcher hails from Sterling Heights, MI, and played 15 regular season and 12 playoff games for DET in 2003-04

TEAM RANKS

2.88 goals for/game (8th) … 2.52 goals against/game (T11th) … 25.2% power play (1st) … 28.0 shots against/game (7th) … 52.8% on faceoffs (4th) … 50% winning pct when opponent scores first (2nd to only NYI) … 86.7% winning pct when leading after 1 period (2nd to CHI) … 52.6% winning pct when trailing after 1 period (2nd to OTT) … 36.0% winning pct when trailing after 2 periods (1st).

RECENT/UPCOMING MILESTONES

- Kronwall passed Shawn Burr & Darren McCarty for 20th in DET history at 659 GP on 3/12 vs. CBJ and is 2 points away from tying Bruce MacGregor for 26 in team scoring
- Miller is 1 goal shy of 50 with DET
- Tatar is 1 goal away from 50
- Quincey is 1 assist shy of 100 in the NHL
- DeKeyser is 3 points from 50

THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY

March 14, 1962 – Gordie Howe becomes the second player in NHL history to reach 500 career points after scoring against Gump Worsley of the New York Rangers

ON THE FARM

The Grand Rapids Griffins set a franchise record with a 17-game point streak (13-0-3-1) after a 2-1 shootout loss to the Charlotte Checkers on Thursday. With a 36-17-6-2 record, they stand 1st in the conference and 3rd in the AHL behind Hershey and Manchester. Teemu Pulkkinen still sits 2nd in the league with 61 points, including an AHL-best 34 goals. Teammate Andy Miele is 3rd in the league with 57 points (20-37-57 in 56 games. Landon Ferraro is tied for 5th in the AHL with 23 goals. Next Game: 3/14 vs. Rockford IceHogs

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

TONIGHT’S GAME

The Flyers host the Detroit Red Wings in the 70th game of their season and 35th at home. The Flyers are 28-27-14 for 70 points after a 1-0 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. The Flyers are 0-1-3 in their last four games, which followed a stretch where they had gone 10-3-4 over a 17-game span dating back to January 20. The Flyers are playing their last home game for a week and a half tonight. After the game, they’ll head to Ottawa to take on the Senators tomorrow night, which starts a four-game road trip that has the final three stops in western Canada. Their next home game comes up on March 25 vs. Chicago.

vs. DETROIT

This is the third and final game between the Flyers and Red Wings this season. They met twice in the span of just over a month earlier this year.

SEASON MEETINGS

Saturday, October 25, 2014: Flyers 4, Detroit 2 at Wells Fargo Center – For the second straight game, the Flyers recovered from an early 1-0 hole to take a win, this time vs. the Red Wings. Riley Sheahan had the game’s first goal with 4:27 to play in the first period, but the Flyers tied it on a goal by Nicklas Grossmann with 1:39 left in the second and took a lead on a goal by Michael Raffl 6:01 into the third . Pavel Datsyuk tied the game just 42 seconds later, but a power play goal from Brayden Schenn at 11:05 was the game winner, and was followed up later by an empty netter from Raffl. Ray Emery picked up the win with 35 saves. Stars of the Game: 1 – Jakub Voracek; 2 – Pavel Datsyuk; 3 – Nicklas Grossmann.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014: Detroit 5, Flyers 2 at Joe Louis Arena – The Red Wings opened up the game with three goals in the second half of the second period and rode it to the victory. Detroit took a 1-0 lead on a first-period goal from Stephen Weiss, which the Flyers matched on a Claude Giroux goal 2:31 into the second period. But the Red Wings picked up three goals later in the frame, one from Tomas Jurco (10:18) and two from Pavel Datsyuk (11:47, 18:39) to take a 4-1 lead at the second intermission. Jake Voracek pulled the Flyers within two with a power play goal in the third, but the Flyers couldn’t score again and Henrik Zetterberg eventually iced it with an empty netter. Steve Mason started and stopped 11 of 14 shots in 31:47 before yielding to Ray Emery, who turned aside 9 of 10 the rest of the way. Stars of the Game: 1 – Pavel Datsyuk; 2 – Stephen Weiss; 3 – Darren Helm.

LIFETIME

Home: 68 GP, 41-16-11-0, 93 pts (.684)
Away: 66 GP, 18-29-19-0, 55 pts (.416)
Total: 134 GP, 59-45-30-0, 148 pts (.552)

PHI CAREER LEADERS VS. DET

Giroux – 10 GP, 5-7-12, 1.2 PPG
Raffl – 5 GP, 2-3-5, 1.00 PPG
Streit – 10 GP, 1-9-10, 1.00 PPG
Emery – 7 GP, 4-1-0-0, 2.29 GAA, 0 SO
Mason – 23 GP, 10-11-0-2, 2.78 GAA, 4 SO

DET CAREER LEADERS VS. PHI

Zetterberg – 12 GP, 10-7-17, 1.42 PPG
Datsyuk – 11 GP, 9-6-15, 1.36 PPG
Franzen – 10 GP, 4-3-7, 0.70 PPG
Gustavsson – 5 GP, 0-4-0-1, 3.56 GAA, 1 SO
Howard – 4 GP, 2-2-0-0, 3.29 GAA, 0 SO

This is the first time since the 1992-93 season that Detroit will play two regular season games in Philadelphia. The Flyers were 0-1-1 vs. Detroit at the Spectrum that year.
The two teams have not done well in one another’s buildings over the years. The Flyers went 16 games without a win in Detroit from Nov. 4, 1988 to their next win on Jan. 2, 2011, and are 1-3 in the four games there since that win. Meanwhile, Detroit hasn’t won in Philadelphia since the 1997 Stanley Cup Final, going 0-9 at the Wells Fargo Center since then.