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Season series: Pavel Datsyuk's goal with 2.2 seconds remaining in overtime helped the Detroit Red Wings defeat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Jan. 15. The Red Wings got two points despite squandering a 2-0 third-period lead.
Blues team scope: St. Louis will play the fifth of a six-game road trip after a 6-3 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Center Paul Stastny scored his 14th goal to give him 500 points in his NHL career. "I'd rather have it in a win, but you just keep going forward," Stastny said. "The only good news for us is we play [Sunday]. We get right back at it." Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson sustained an upper-body injury in the second period and coach Ken Hitchcock had no immediate update on Gunnarsson's availability for Sunday. The Blues are 2-1-1 on the trip, which concludes Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. St. Louis finishes the regular season with six of its final eight games at home. Goalie Jake Allen, who relieved Brian Elliott on Saturday, is expected to start.
Red Wings team scope: Datsyuk (lower body) is questionable after missing the past two games. Datsyuk's injury isn't considered serious and he was to be examined on Saturday to determine his availability Sunday. Detroit starts a four-game homestand after a 1-3-0 road trip following a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. The Red Wings have lost six of their past eight games. Despite the recent slide, coach Mike Babcock sees positive signs. "The last three games were encouraging for me," Babcock told the Detroit Free Press. "We've started to skate better. For a while there after the trip, we didn't skate at all, we didn't move. It looks to me like our energy is back."
TEAM STATS
|
GP |
RECORD |
HOME |
ROAD |
L10 |
G/GP |
GA/GP |
PP% |
PK% |
PIM/GP |
S/GP |
SA/GP |
FO% |
|---|
 |
72 |
45-21-6 |
24-9-2 |
21-12-4 |
5-3-2 |
2.96 |
2.42 |
22.6 |
82.7 |
10.8 |
31.2 |
27.4 |
53.6 |
 |
70 |
38-21-11 |
19-7-7 |
19-14-4 |
4-6-0 |
2.84 |
2.57 |
25.2 |
81.5 |
8.6 |
29.9 |
28.5 |
52.4 |
DETROIT RED WINGS
THE MATCHUP
- Tonight is the 277th all-time meeting between DET and STL
- Tonight is the 2nd of 2 meetings this season between DET and STL, only meeting in DET
- DET’s all-time record vs. STL: 120-111-37-8
- DET’s all-time home record vs. STL: 68-49-17-4
- DET won the first meeting of the season 3-2 on 1/15 in STL (Andersson, Tatar, Datsyuk [OT] scored for DET; Backes, Steen scored for STL)
- Petr Mrazek is 3-0-0 with a 1.12 GAA, 0.956 SV% and 1 SO in 4 appearances vs. STL
- Pavel Datsyuk has 74 points (25-50-75) in 65 games vs. STL, his highest point total vs. any opponent
- Henrik Zetterberg has 66 points (25-41-66) in 60 games vs. STL, his highest point total vs. any opponent
- Niklas Kronwall has 25 points (7-18-25) in 46 games vs. STL
- STL’s top all-time scorers vs. DET: David Backes (10-14-24 in 41 GP), Patrik Berglund (11-6-17 in 30 GP) and Alexander Steen (5- 11-16 in 30 GP)
- STL D Kevin Shattenkirk played for the US NTDP from 2005-07
- STL head coach Ken Hitchcock got his professional head coaching start with the IHL’s Kalamazoo Wings/Michigan K-Wings from 1993-96
- STL associate coach Brad Shaw was drafted by Detroit in the 5th round (86th overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and was a former player (1995-99), player/assistant coach (1995-97) and head coach (2000-01) of the IHL’s Detroit Vipers
- STL has 4 former Red Wings on its front office staff: executive vice president Brett Hull (92-115-207 in 245 GP from 2001-04), director
of player development Tim Taylor (15-22-37 in 139 GP from 1993-97), goalie development coach Ty Conklin (30-17-0, 2.71 GAA in 2008-09 and 2011-12) and scout Jesse Wallin (0-2-2 in 49 GP from 1999-03)
RECENT/UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Tatar scored his 50th NHL goal on 3/20 at TB
- Kronwall passed Shawn Burr & Darren McCarty for 20th in DET history at 659 GP on 3/12 vs. CBJ and is 1 point away from tying Bruce MacGregor for 26th in team scoring
- Miller is 1 goal shy of 50 with DET
- Quincey is 1 assist shy of 100 in the NHL
- DeKeyser is 1 point from 50
THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
March 22, 1949 – Max McNab’s goal in overtime lifted the Wings over Montreal 2-1 in Game 1 of the semifinal round.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Last Time
In their first meeting this season (Jan. 15), the Red Wings outlasted the Blues, 3-2, in overtime. St. Louis fell behind 2-0 in the second period only to catch-up in the final frame on goals from David Backes and a last-minute marker from Alexander Steen. In the end, Pavel Datsyuk notched the game-winner for the Wings with just three seconds remaining in overtime.
Take Note
-The Blues have faced the Red Wings 276 times in their regular season history, second only to their 294 all-time matchups with Chicago
-St. Louis has points in four of their last five games against the Red Wings (3-1-1)
-The Blues have won three straight at Joe Louis Arena, marking just their second three-game win streak in Detroit since 1989
-The Blues are a Western Conference-best 20-7-2 vs. the East this season, including back-to-back wins over PHI and TOR, respectively. Over the past five seasons (since 2010-11), the Blues are a League-best 68-20-9 (.747) in inter-conference play
-Patrik Berglund’s 17 career points vs. the Wings are his most against any franchise (11-6-17)
-Barret Jackman, the longest tenured St. Louis athlete, made his NHL debut vs. the Red Wings on Apr. 14, 2002
HOT vs. DET
Alexander Steen 2-6-8 in last 8
Alex Pietrangelo 1-5-6 in last 7
Jay Bouwmeester 2-1-3, +3 in last 5
Barret Jackman 1-2-3 in last 4
Blues’ History vs. DET
All-Time: 119-112-44
at Home/on Road: 66-47-24 / 53-65-20
Last Time: Jan. 15, 2015 – 2-3 OTL (WG: Pavel Datsyuk)
All-Time OT: 10-7-25
at Home/on Road: 5-5-14 / 5-2-11
Last Time: Jan. 15, 2015 – 2-3 OTL (WG: Pavel Datsyuk)
All- Time Shootout: 3-3
at Home/on Road: 1-2 / 2-1
Last Shootout: Apr. 4, 2012 –2-3 L (GDG: Todd Bertuzzi)
Blues Among Best in 2015
The Blues have points in 26 of 34 games in the New Year, including a franchise-record 13-game point streak from Jan. 3 to Feb. 5.
They have posted a +25 goal differential and a +20 even strength goal differential in 2015, which rank 2nd and 3rd, respectively (NYR is 1st in both)
Top Win% in 2015 Calendar Year
NY Rangers, .757 (25-7-3)
St. Louis, .700 (23-9-3)
Montreal, .681 (22-9-5)
Top of the Line
T.J. Oshie, David Backes and Alexander Steen have led the charge for the Blues this month, combining for 30 points (10-20-30) in 10 March games. What’s more, they have been the most potent line in the League since the turn of the calendar, after a more modest first part of the year
Most PTS in 2015 Calendar Year (PTS from Oct. 1 – Dec. 31)
Alex Ovechkin, 43
John Tavares, 41
Alexander Steen, 37 (23)
Jordan Eberle, 37
Sidney Crosby, 36
T.J. Oshie, 35 (15)
David Backes, 35 (18)
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