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| Time | Sat. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | CBC |
| Season Series | 1-1 |
Last Meeting |
5-4 Wings (Dec.22/10) |
| The Enemy | Winging It In Motown | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 22-28-50 Zetterberg: 15-30-45 |
| Wings |
Category | Canucks |
| 26-10-5 | Season Record | 27-8-5 |
| 2nd |
Conference Position | 1st |
| Won 2 |
Streak | Won 8 |
| 13-5-1 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
15-3-2 |
| 6-2-2 |
Last 10 | 9-0-1 |
| +26 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +43 |
| 3.46 (2) |
Goals Per Game | 3.48 (1) |
| 2.83 (17) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.38 (5) |
| 1.19 (5) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.34 (4) |
| 22.5 (4) |
Power Play % |
25.2 (1) |
| 81.7 (15) |
Penalty Kill % |
85.7 (3) |
| 33.2 (3) |
Shots Per Game | 31.2 (13) |
| 29.7 (13) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.1 (16) |
| 79.2 (6) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 88.5 (1) |
| 84.6 (10) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 95.0 (1) |
| 88.2 (17) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 90.9 (13) |
| 52.3 (5) |
Faceoffs % | 56.5 (1) |
| 9.5 (2) |
PIM's Per Game | 11.9 (13) |
| NHL.com |
-Update: Alexandre Bolduc back in tonight. Rick Bowness mentioned The Duke was benched not only to give Aaron Voltron Volpatti some playing time but also to send a message to Bolduc that going 0-for-8 in the faceoff circle against Calgary was unacceptable. (The Province)
-Update: Chris Osgood out (groin), Jimmy Howard in.
-Does it get much better than this? Detroit vs Vancouver on Hockey Night In Canada. Race for top spot in the NHL (Canucks will still have a game in hand). These teams are about as statistically close (above) as it gets in a lot of cases. The last meeting was a disappointing loss in OT as Hansen and Ehrhoff turned the puck over in their own zone and a Zetterberg slapper beat Luongo on a shot he should have had (see below).
-Both teams are playing the second game in a back-to-back scenario.
-Despite the Wings' ability to remain generally disciplined in games this season, the Canucks have scored 4 PP goals against Detroit in their 2 matches to their 2 against us. Hell, Manny Malhotra even scored a shorthanded goal against them. The powerplay opportunities for these 2 teams head to head this season is EVEN. I still think special teams will play a big role in this one.
-Dan Hamhuis and Chris Osgood will be the guests on HNIC's After Hours.
PROJECTED STARTING GOALIES
WHO'S HOT/COLD
CANUCKS
Hot
-Henrik Sedin: 3 goals and 13 assists in his last 9 games played
-Daniel Sedin: 8 goals and 7 assists in his last 9.
-Ryan Kesler: 8 goals and 8 assists in his last 10.
-Alexandre Burrows:1 goal and 3 assists in his last 2 games.
Cold
-Mikael Samuelsson: 0 points in his last 6 games.
-Manny Malhotra: 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 13 games.
-Jeff Tambellini: 0 points in his last 5 games. 11 shots in those 5 games. 5 of them came against San Jose. Stop the Tambo presses he has cooled off!
RED WINGS
Hot
-Henrik Zetterberg: 5 goals and 8 assists in his last 9 games.
-Valtteri Filppula: 2 goals and 5 assists in his last 7.
-Johan Franzen: 3 goals and 5 assists in his last 8.
-Niklas Lidstrom: 4 goals and 9 assists in his last 9 games. Don't pull the age card on Niklas!
-Brian Rafalski: 2 goals and 11 assists in his last 11 games.
Cold
-None
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-Rick Rypien (personal-out indefinitely)
RED WINGS
-Daniel Cleary (ankle)
-Pavel Datsyuk (hand)
-Mike Modano (wrist)
-Valtteri Filppula (groin, day-to-day)
-Brad Stuart (broken jaw, out indefinitely)
-ADDED: Chris Osgood: (strained groin)
VIDEO
The last time these 2 teams clashed a turnover in OT was the difference:
A much more favorable result earlier in the year:
Blast from the past: Craig Coxe vs Bob Probert (1987-history lesson, kids). I have not seen a better fight to this day:
Go Canucks!