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| Time | Thurs. 4:30 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac. |
| Season Series | 2-1 Red Wings |
Last Meeting |
4-3 Wings Feb.02/12 |
| The Enemy | Winging It In Motown | Scoring Leaders |
H. Sedin: 13-51-64 Datsyuk: 16-43-59 |
| Canucks |
Category | Wings |
| 38-16-6 | Season Record | 41-18-2 |
| 2nd |
Conference Position | 1st |
| Lost 1 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 20-10-2 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
26-2-1 |
| 7-1-2 |
Last 10 | 7-2-1 |
| +48 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +50 |
| 3.15 (3) |
Goals Per Game Average |
3.02 (5) |
| 2.35 (6) |
Goals Against Per Game Average |
2.30 (4) |
| 1.23 (5) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.51 (2) |
| 22.1 (1) |
Power Play % |
17.7 (14) |
| 86.2 (6) |
Penalty Kill % |
81.6 (18) |
| 51.9 (4) |
Faceoffs % | 51.4 (7) |
| 1310 (17) + |
Hits |
1199 (23) |
| 723 (27) |
Blocked Shots |
760 (22) |
| 432 (19) - |
Giveaways |
433 (17) |
| 393 (18) |
Takeaways |
397 (16) |
| 13.8 (28) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
8.8 (2) |
| NHL.com |
OK, I'm not 100% sure the Canucks will end Detroit's obscene consecutive home victories streak but I'd give it about a 85-90% chance. Especially if the Sedins don't shit the bed like they did against Nashville. I mean, that was embarrassing. Generally the Sedins put up points against the Wings... but not this season. In 3 games Hank has 1 assist and Dank has sweet FA. Huh. Well then...Maybe we'll have to rely more on line 2 then. But Booth hasn't scored a point in 3 games. Kesler has one assist in his last 3 and Mason Raymond is the new "Death To Scoring Chances". Come to think of it,
something has got to give here or we're gonna get f****d, haha, and I am sure something will.
Shitty schedule though, hey? Right after this one the Canucks shit, shower shave and hit the plane to play in New Jersey on Friday night.
PROJECTED ROSTERS
David Booth - KesLORD -Mason Raymond
Jannik Hansen - Maxim Lapierre -Chris Higgins
Manny Malhotra -Cody Hodgson - Dale Weise
Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa
Alex Edler - Sami Salo
Chris Tanev - Aaron Rome
Franzen - Zetterberg - Bertuzzi
Cleary - Filppula - Hudler
Miller - Helm - Abdelkader
Mursak - Emmerton - Holmstrom
Lidstrom - White
Kronwall - Stuart
Ericsson - Quincey
INJURIES
-For both teams at TSN. Patrick Eaves has been out since November for Detroit. Pavel Datsyuk is going to have knee surgery that will only keep him out for 2 weeks. No Datsyuk means better chance for Canucks. Byron Bitz is close, but with Dale Weise now playing like Ciccarelli, you just never know. Keith Ballard may be reactivated for this one.
TRENDS
- Red Wings are 6-0 in their last 6 vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Red Wings are 14-2 in their last 16 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Red Wings are 5-1 in their last 6 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Canucks are 5-0 in their last 5 games as an underdog.
- Canucks are 5-0 in their last 5 games as a road underdog.
- Canucks are 7-1 in their last 8 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Canucks are 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Much more at Covers.com.
VIDEO
The last time these teams met:
The title of this preview post is brought to you by my strong confidence in my team. and I'll just throw this in there: