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GDT - Game #10: Red Wings host Wild (7:30)

By TheConfluence on | From kuklaskorner.com

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by Jeff OKWingnut on 11/01/11 at 11:33 AM ET
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Your Detroyet Red Wings (5-4-0 - 12th in WC) have dropped four straight, and that is bad. Worse still, in those four games, they have been outscored 16-4. Excluding an empty-net goal in their last win, 5-2 against Columbus on Oct. 21, they have only three even-strength goals in five games. There is Panic in Detroit(!)

The Wings are averaging a league best 35.7 shots per game, but four players (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Ian White and Nicklas Lidstrom) have accounted for 35 percent of their shots (111-of-321). The second line has vanished, Hudler has gone four games without a shot and has only one shot in five games; Franzen had one shot in four games before recording four in Saturday’s loss at Minnesota.

Don’t expect DET’s offense to do much tonight. With Harding in net for MIN, the Wild has earned three of a possible four points vs. DET this season. He is 1-0-1 with a 1.45 goals-against average and a .961 save percentage in those games.

There is at least one happy Red Wing in the DET clubhouse, Kronwall signed a seven-year, $33.25 million contract extension.

Tonight is the start of a six-game homestand, Game on, bitches(!)

Central Division Standings:

GP W L OTL PTS GOAL DIFF
1 CHI 11 7 2 2 16 +8
2 NSH 11 5 4 2 12 -3
3 DET 9 5 4 0 10 -3
4 STL 11 5 6 0 10 -3
5 CBJ 12 2 9 1 5 -12

Team Records:

DET: 9 GP, 5-4-0, 10 pts, (12 in Conf, 3 in Central), 22 GF, 23 GA, Last 10 5-4-0, LOST 4

MIN: 10 GP, 4-3-3, 11 pts, (9 in Conf, 3 in Northwest), 21 GF, 23 GA, Last 10 4-3-3, WON 1

Home/Away Record:

DET at home: 3-1-0 (14)
MIN on road: 1-1-2 (17)

Stats (rank):

DET: .556 point% (15), 2.44 G/G (20), 2.56 GA/G (15), 1.00 5-5 F/A (17), 15.4 PP% (19), 78.8 PK% (21), 35.7 S/G (1), 26.8 SA/G (4), 50.9 FO% (9).

MIN: .550 point% (17), 1.90 G/G (30), 2.20 GA/G (5), 1.00 5-5 F/A (16), 12.5 PP% (26), 77.1 PK% (24), 24.8 S/G (28), 29.2 SA/G (12), 48.9 FO% (19).

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = -0.12 MINUS(?)
MIN = -0.30

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
C Pavel Datsyuk 9 2 5 7 -5 18:59
C Valtteri Filppula 9 2 5 7 3 16:16
C Johan Franzen 9 4 3 7 1 16:48
D Nicklas Lidstrom 9 2 4 6 -2 24:17
L Tomas Holmstrom 7 1 3 4 1 11:51
C Jiri Hudler 9 2 2 4 1 13:49
R Todd Bertuzzi 9 1 2 3 1 13:11
L Henrik Zetterberg 9 2 1 3 -4 19:50
D Ian White 9 2 1 3 1 23:19
R Danny Cleary 9 0 2 2 -3 15:45
D Niklas Kronwall 9 1 1 2 -3 22:54
L Drew Miller 7 0 2 2 2 9:57
D Jakub Kindl 9 0 2 2 3 13:33
L Justin Abdelkader 9 1 1 2 0 14:24
C Darren Helm 9 1 1 2 3 15:21
C Cory Emmerton 7 1 1 2 1 8:56
D Jonathan Ericsson 9 0 1 1 3 15:53
D Brad Stuart 9 0 0 0 -2 19:16
R Patrick Eaves 5 0 0 0 -2 11:02

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Ty Conklin 3, 1-2-0, 3.37, 0.882
Jimmy Howard 6, 4-2-0, 1.82, 0.929

MIN Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
L Dany Heatley 10 3 4 7 0 22:06
C Matt Cullen 10 4 1 5 1 18:26
C Mikko Koivu 10 0 5 5 1 20:58
L Guillaume Latendresse 9 1 4 5 3 16:09
R Devin Setoguchi 10 3 2 5 -1 18:20
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 8 0 4 4 -2 15:37
C Kyle Brodziak 10 2 1 3 0 17:46
R Brett Bulmer 9 0 3 3 1 11:01
D Marek Zidlicky 10 0 2 2 -2 23:09
R Nick Johnson 6 1 1 2 1 9:47
R Cal Clutterbuck 10 2 0 2 -1 16:36
D Jared Spurgeon 10 1 1 2 1 19:10
D Greg Zanon 7 1 0 1 1 20:01
D Clayton Stoner 9 0 1 1 3 17:45
C Colton Gillies 10 0 1 1 -2 9:36
D Marco Scandella 10 1 0 1 -3 21:09
D Nick Schultz 10 0 0 0 -1 19:17
R Brad Staubitz 6 0 0 0 0 6:10
L Matt Kassian 2 0 0 0 1 2:58
C Darroll Powe 10 0 0 0 -2 11:03
D Justin Falk 3 0 0 0 1 21:00
D Nate Prosser 1 0 0 0 0 19:05

MIN Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Josh Harding 2, 1-0-1, 1.45, 0.961
Niklas Backstrom 8, 3-3-2, 2.30, 0.912

TSN - HOT and NOT:

DET: Hot:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 5 pts in last 5 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 3-2-0, 1.59, .934 in last 5 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
Ian White (D) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 7 GP
Jiri Hudler (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/W) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Ty Conklin (G) 0-2-0, 5.08, .821 in last 2 GPI

MIN: Hot:
Mikko Koivu (C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Dany Heatley (RW/LW) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Devin Setoguchi (RW/LW) 3 pts in last 4 GP
Josh Harding (G) 1-0-1, 1.45, .961 in last 2 GPI

MIN: Not Hot:
Cal Clutterbuck (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 4 GP
Guillaume Latendresse (LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Matt Cullen (C/LW) 1 pts in last 4 GP
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (W/C) 2 pts in last 7 GP
Niklas Backstrom (G) 0-1-1, 2.88, .875 in last 2 GPI

Injury Report:

DET:
Jan Mursak (RW/LW) Fractured ankle (Injured reserve)

MIN:
Greg Zanon (D) Groin (Injured reserve)
Clayton Stoner (D) Finger injury (Day to day)
Mike Lundin (D) Back injury (Injured reserve)
Cody Almond (C/LW) Back injury (Injured reserve)

Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, USAToday

NHL 2010-2011 through games of 2011 OCTOBER 31 MONDAY

HOME ADVANTAGE= 0.32 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16

14 Detroit Red Wings = 4.04 5 4 3.92( 22) 1 1 | 1 2
23 Minnesota Wild = 3.73 4 6 3.90( 24) 2 1 | 3 2

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The Red Wings recalled Gustav Nyquist Monday from the Grand Rapids Griffins. He will make his NHL debut Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild at Joe Louis Arena. . .
Babcock also shuffled lines a bit in practice and altered the top power-play unit, replacing defenseman Ian White with forward Johan Franzen and using Henrik Zetterberg in a quasi-point position.
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Sorry I’m late today. On Sunday, my daughter, Janeen, gave birth to her first child - my first grandson, Cole Blake Jones. All 18.5”, 6lb, 15 ounces of Red Wing fan, and newest member of the 19. Here is is with Uncle Rambo!