02/26/2015 at 10:55am EST
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Season series: The San Jose Sharks swept two games against the Detroit Red Wings last season. Goalies Antti Niemi and Jimmy Howard each earned a shutout but only Niemi got a win in San Jose's 1-0 shootout victory at Joe Louis Arena on Oct. 21, 2013. Forward Joe Pavelski scored two goals in a 4-1 win at SAP Center on Jan. 9, 2014.
Red Wings team scope: Detroit has lost the first two of three games in California playing without captain Henrik Zetterberg, who took a shot to the head from Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn on Saturday. Zetterberg is expected to miss a third straight game. The Red Wings are not calling the injury a concussion, but Zetterberg said Tuesday he's experiencing "some symptoms that I don't have when I'm 100 percent." Detroit is three points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning for second place and six points back of the Montreal Canadiens for first in the Atlantic Division. Goalie Jonas Gustavsson made 26 saves in a 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, his first start since he separated his left shoulder Nov. 5 against the New York Rangers. "I thought [Gustavsson] played well," coach Mike Babcock told the Red Wings website. "I think Gus plays well all of the time, he just doesn't play. He's been injured so much, so when he plays I think he plays well. I think he gives us a chance most nights." Howard, who allowed three goals on 25 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, is expected to start.
Sharks team scope: San Jose is 3-6-2 in February and has lost three of four to fall out of a Western Conference spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs; it trails the second wild card Calgary Flames by two points. The Sharks, who have not played since a 2-1 loss to the Kings in the 2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series game Saturday, have four games in six days. Defenseman Brent Burns has five goals, including two on the power play, in the past seven games. The Sharks have not gotten much with the man-advantage outside of their top unit, which is Burns, Pavelski, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture. In the past 28 games, rookie center Melker Karlsson has San Jose's only power-play goal outside the top unit, which has scored 31 of the Sharks' 39 man-advantage goals through 61 games. "The second unit will someday become our first unit, so they better get their act together and get going," coach Todd McLellan said, according to CSN Bay Area. "You want to play in the League and you want power-play time? Get it done. Our power play, like anybody's, is going to sway throughout the year. We're still producing, but most of it is coming from the other unit. It has to balance out more."
TEAM STATS
|
GP |
RECORD |
HOME |
ROAD |
L10 |
G/GP |
GA/GP |
PP% |
PK% |
PIM/GP |
S/GP |
SA/GP |
FO% |
|---|
 |
59 |
33-15-11 |
17-5-7 |
16-10-4 |
5-3-2 |
2.88 |
2.46 |
25.2 |
83.2 |
8.3 |
29.5 |
27.6 |
52.7 |
 |
61 |
30-23-8 |
14-12-5 |
16-11-3 |
3-6-1 |
2.77 |
2.77 |
20.5 |
80.4 |
9.2 |
31.0 |
29.8 |
51.5 |
DETROIT RED WINGS
CURRENT INJURIES (total games missed; current injury length)
Johan Franzen – Concussion (26; 1/7-present)
Kyle Quincey – Foot (7; 2/21-present)
Henrik Zetterberg – Head (2; 2/23-present)
Individual Man Games Lost: Jonas Gustavsson (36), Jimmy Howard (13), Stephen Weiss (13), Jakub Kindl (12), Pavel Datsyuk (11), Tomas Jurco (7), Justin Abdelkader (7), Brendan Smith (5), Danny DeKeyser (2), Joakim Andersson (1)
Man Games Lost (Season Total): 142
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight marks the 85th all-time meeting between DET and SJ
- Tonight is the 1st of 2 meetings this season between DET and SJ, only meeting in SJ
- DET’s all-time record vs. SJ: 51-25-4-4
- DET’s all-time road record at SJ: 21-18-3-1
- SJ won both meetings vs. DET in 2013-14, a 1-0 shootout win on 10/21/13 and a 4-1 win in SJ on 1/9/14
- Pavel Datsyuk has 32 points (8-24-32) in 41 games vs. SJ
- Datsyuk made his NHL debut on 10/4/01 vs. SJ
- Henrik Zetterberg has 36 points (17-19-36) in 39 games vs. SJ
- Zetterberg made his NHL debut and recorded his 1st point (assist) on 10/10/02 vs. SJ
- Niklas Kronwall has 14 points (3-11-14) in 28 games vs. SJ
- Stephen Weiss has 5 points (2-3-5) in 8 games vs. SJ
- Brendan Smith made his NHL debut vs. SJ on 11/17/11
- Johan Franzen scored 4 goals vs. SJ on 5/6/10 (Game 4 of the WCS)
- SJ’s all-time top career scorers vs. DET: Patrick Marleau (21-24-45 in 60 GP), Joe Thornton (13-25-38 in 40 GP), Joe Pavelski (10-8-18 in 26 GP) and Brent Burns (4-11-15 in 31 GP)
- SJ F Matt Nieto played for the US NTDP in Ann Arbor from 2008-10
- SJ F Mike Brown played for the US NTDP in Ann Arbor from 2001-03 and recorded 21 points (11-10-21) in 77 games with the Michigan Wolverines from 2003-05
- SJ F John Scott had 18 points (7-11-18) and 352 penalty minutes in 126 games for the Michigan Tech Huskies from 2002-06
- SJ F Barclay Goodrow was a member of Detroit’s roster at the 2013 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., last September
- SJ head coach Todd McLellan served as an assistant coach in DET from 2005-08
- SJ assistant coach Jay Woodcroft served as a video coach in DET from 2005-08
RECENT/UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Miller is 2 games played away from 400 with DET
- Tatar and Miller are 2 goals away from 50 in DET
- Datsyuk is 3 games shy of tying Norm Ullman for 10th in DET history at 875
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
Feb. 26, 1929 – Detroit goaltender Dolly Dolson leads the team to its third consecutive shutout, leading the team over the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: DETROIT RED WINGS
All-Time Series…The Sharks are 29-46-4-5 all-time vs. Detroit and are 11-2-1 against the Red Wings in the last 14 games … Logan Couture has 11 points in 13 games vs. Detroit (6-5-11). April 6, 2002 at HP Pavilion: In a 6-3 victory, Patrick Marleau recorded the Sharks first hat trick against the Red Wings (and first of his career)…Feb. 10, 2003 at Detroit: Brett Hull scored his 700th NHL goal… Feb. 11, 2004 at Detroit: Mike Ricci played in his 1,000th NHL game…Feb. 28, 2006 at HP Pavilion: The Sharks scored a franchise record five power play goals in a 5-1 win...Oct. 19, 2006 at HP Pavilion: San Jose tied a franchise record set the previous season vs. Detroit with five power play goals and three in one period (first) in a 5-1 win. In that same game, Vesa Toskala earned his 11th consecutive victory, extending the longest streak in Sharks history as well as securing the second longest unbeaten streak in team history…Jan. 4, 2007 at HP Pavilion: Patrick Marleau became the team’s all-time scoring leader, surpassing Owen Nolan’s 451 points, with a four-point game (a goal and three assists)…Oct. 30, 2008 at HP Pavilion: Rookie Jamie McGinn scored his first NHL goal and recorded his first NHL assist in a 4-2 victory…Nov. 5 2009 at Detroit: Rookie Logan Couture scored his first NHL goal in a 2-1 shootout loss … Nov. 30, 2010 at HP Pavilion: Joe Thornton recorded his 500th point in a Sharks uniform (assist) in a 5-3 loss. Henrik Zetterberg had four points … Dec. 6, 2010 at Detroit: Logan Couture had two goals and Dan Boyle became just the second Sharks player to record a plus-4 rating in a game against Detroit in the Sharks 5-2 win. It was the most goals the Sharks have ever scored at Joe Louis Arena in a single regular season game … Feb. 22, 2011 at Detroit: In a 4-3 Sharks win, Devin Setoguchi had two goals and Joe Thornton had a goal (No. 300th of his career) and two assists. Nov. 17, 2011 at HP Pavilion: Marc-Edouard Vlasic set career highs for points in a game (1+3=4) and plus/minus (+5) as the Sharks defeated the Red Wings, 5-2… Mar. 28, 2013 at HP Pavilion: Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns scored in the Sharks 2-0 shutout victory. Antti Niemi set a franchise record by becoming the first goaltender to record shutouts on consecutive days (3/27 vs. Anaheim), Pavelski extended his goal scoring streak to three games, and both teams combined for one penalty and two PIM’s to set a franchise record for fewest combined penalties and penalty minutes in a home game. The Sharks were held without a power-play opportunity for only the fourth time in franchise history…
TIES TO DETROIT
- Sharks Head Coach Todd McLellan and Assistant Coach Jay Woodcroft won a Stanley Cup with Detroit in 2008.
- Logan Couture scored his first NHL goal at Detroit on Nov. 5, 2009 against Chris Osgood and his hockey idol is former Red Wings Captain Steve Yzerman.
- Joe Thornton scored his 300th NHL goal on Feb. 22, 2011 at Detroit.
- Equipment Manager Mike Aldrich worked his 1,000th NHL game at Detroit on Nov. 5, 2009. Aldrich was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and worked for Michigan Tech University
- Freddie Hamilton played his first NHL game on Oct. 21, 2013 at Detroit.
- Patrick Marleau tallied his first career hat trick on April 6, 2002 vs. Detroit.
- John Scott played in his first NHL game on Jan. 3, 2009 vs. Detroit (with Minnesota) and attended Michigan Tech University.
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