12/20 GDT: Blues 3, Red Wings 2

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

hopefully the Wings bring their A-game tonight for the back to back.

Is Chelios not playing? He got a ton of minutes last night. 22 minutes, more than anyone else.

And Lids and Rafalski were rested by "only" playing 21 minutes and 18 minutes respectively. Babs clearly is planning ahead.

[Yemack 1]

we will need to dig deep since Blues will come out REALLY fired up with sold out crowd behind them.

We always have trouble against quick opponent who doesn't let us set up our play. Keep things simple and QUICK.

[Louisville 112]

I don't care how bad we beat them, just put that whiny ***** Kariya in his place!

[wingnut40 176]

Well I was right last night when I said we'd score 3, so I think tonight will be...

5-3 Wings. Pav,Fil, Kronwall, Hank, and Cleary.

i miss aflac. Whatever happened to him. No offence to whomever is making the game day threads. I jsut miss his franzenstien picture and the notion that somehow lilja has legally changed his name to pain train. Anyway wings win in a close one. 2-1 ozzie holds us in this one till hank finally realizes that he wants to win the scoring race and dekes out every blue three times before putting in the net

I think that's so cool how he changes their name. Over in another thread we said that whoever makes the GDT should put "The Nickidge" for Nick.

[aflac9262 211]

i miss aflac. Whatever happened to him. No offence to whomever is making the game day threads. I jsut miss his franzenstien picture and the notion that somehow lilja has legally changed his name to pain train. Anyway wings win in a close one. 2-1 ozzie holds us in this one till hank finally realizes that he wants to win the scoring race and dekes out every blue three times before putting in the net

I shall be able to resume GDT soon. Not until after Christmas though. I can't stand the terrible work hours they gave me now, glad they wont be permanent.

[redwingfan19 293]

from red wings corner:

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Thursday's morning skate

-- Kris Draper will be back in the lineup tonight in St. Louis, despite having been told earlier this week that he wouldn't play back-to-back nights coming back from a strained knee.

"That was the one thing that mentally I didn't want," said Draper. "I didn't want to play a game and have to sit one out, then wait a couple of days to play. This is good. Get right back into it."

Aaron Downey will be a healthy scratch for the second straight night.

-- Chris Chelios skated this morning, but will get the night off just for rest purposes. Derek Meech will be in the lineup tonight.

Probable line combinations ...

DETROIT

Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom

Hudler-Filppula-Samuelsson

Franzen-Draper-Cleary

Ellis-Kopecky-Drake

Lidstrom-Rafalski

Kronwall-Lilja

Meech-Lebda

Osgood (starts)

Hasek

Chelios (healthy scratch)

Downey (healthy scratch)

ST. LOUIS

Kariya-McDonald-Boyes

Rucinsky-Tkachuk-Mayers

Stempniak-McClement-Backes

Perron-R. Johnson-Hinote

Salvador-Brewer

McKee-Jackman

Backman-E. Johnson

Legace (starts)

Toivonen

Red Wings Corner

[55fan 5,133]

Little sis, (big fan of Kariya) will be taping the game for me. I should know by her expression if he scores.

Prediction for the night: A goalie will win against his former team.

Out on a limb prediction: Said goalie will be wearing a Winged Wheel.

Wings: Z, Dats, Kronner, Cheli

Blues: Kariya

(Paul's theme song, to the tune of "I guess that's why they call it the blues".)

I guess that's why he signed with the Blues.

Preds on the block, he had nothing to lose.

Without Selane, one team's like another,

Might as well play with his baby brother.

And I guess that's why he signed with the Blues.

Edited December 20, 2007 by 55fan

[Hiei 192]

8:30 PM ET Record Streak

Red Wings

Blues

Savvis Center - St. Louis, MO

Scoring Leaders

Red Wings

Henrik Zetterberg

Henrik

Zetterberg

GP G A P PIM

34 25 24 49 20

Blues

Paul Kariya

Paul

Kariya

GP G A P PIM

30 8 21 29 10

Goalie Leaders

Red Wings

Chris Osgood

Chris

Osgood

GP W GAA SV% SO

18 15 1.76 .929 1

Blues

Manny Legace

Manny

Legace

GP W GAA SV% SO

21 11 2.25 .916 1

Red Wings-Blues Preview

All the St. Louis Blues must do to avoid their longest losing streak since Andy Murray took over as coach last year is find a way to beat the league's best team as it's coming off a historic win. St. Louis looks to snap a four-game slide as it meets the league-leading Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night at the Scottrade Center. The Central Division rivals have split two games this season, with each winning at home. St. Louis rookie David Perron scored twice in a four-goal second period en route to a 4-3 win on Nov.

Full Story

TEAM LEADERS

Red Wings Blues

Goals H Zetterberg 25 B Boyes 19

Assists P Datsyuk 29 P Kariya 21

Points H Zetterberg 49 P Kariya 29

+/- N Lidstrom 19 B Salvador 10

PIM M Hartigan 0 M Dupont 2

Shots H Zetterberg 180 P Kariya 94

ATOI N Lidstrom 27:53 E Brewer 24:10

FW H Zetterberg 346 K Tkachuk 260

Wins C Osgood 15 M Legace 11

GAA C Osgood 1.76 M Legace 2.25

SV% C Osgood .929 M Legace .916

SO D Hasek 1 M Legace 1

Season Series

Date Home Score Goalies

Tue 11/13 StL StL 3 - 4 W: Legace

L: Hasek

Wed 11/21 Det Det 0 - 3 W: Osgood

L: Legace

Date Home Time (ET)

Thu 12/20 StL 8:30 pm

Wed 12/26 StL 8:30 pm

Mon 12/31 Det 7:00 pm

Wed 3/5 Det 7:30 pm

Tue 3/25 StL 8:30 pm

Fri 3/28 Det 7:30 pm

SEASON STATS

Red Wings (25-6-3)

1st in Central

Season Stats | Roster

FORWARDS

Name G A P +/- PIM

H Zetterberg 25 24 49 13 20

P Datsyuk 13 29 42 16 6

T Holmstrom 17 14 31 6 40

D Cleary 11 11 22 9 16

J Hudler 8 14 22 9 12

M Samuelsson 3 12 15 5 6

V Filppula 8 6 14 9 10

K Draper 6 5 11 0 32

J Franzen 5 2 7 5 18

K Maltby 3 3 6 2 20

M Ellis 2 3 5 2 8

T Kopecky 2 3 5 3 17

Blues (16-12-2)

2nd in Central

Season Stats | Roster

FORWARDS

Name G A P +/- PIM

P Kariya 8 21 29 5 10

B Boyes 19 9 28 8 6

K Tkachuk 6 17 23 -1 31

L Stempniak 5 14 19 -2 22

A McDonald 4 12 16 -4 30

J Mayers 6 5 11 -3 28

D Perron 6 5 11 3 12

M Rucinsky 3 7 10 4 24

J McClement 4 3 7 -9 8

D Backes 3 3 6 -5 26

R Johnson 1 4 5 1 8

M Johnson 2 2 4 -5 6

DEFENSEMEN

Name G A P +/- PIM

N Lidstrom 3 27 30 19 16

B Rafalski 4 23 27 8 20

N Kronwall 2 14 16 6 20

B Lebda 2 6 8 9 22

A Lilja 2 6 8 3 44

C Chelios 1 4 5 5 16

DEFENSEMEN

Name G A P +/- PIM

E Johnson 2 9 11 4 10

B Salvador 1 8 9 10 17

S Wagner 2 6 8 0 8

E Brewer 1 6 7 -5 27

C Backman 0 6 6 -4 16

B Jackman 0 3 3 -13 29

GOALTENDER

Name W L GAA SV%

C Osgood 15 1 1.76 .929

D Hasek 10 5 2.50 .882

GOALTENDER

Name W L GAA SV%

M Legace 11 8 2.25 .916

H Toivonen 5 4 2.98 .892

M Schwarz 0 0 5.45 .750

Player News

Red Wings

No recent player news

Blues

No recent player news

Injury Report

Red Wings

Player Injury Status

M Samuelsson elbow day-to-day

K Maltby Back day-to-day

Blues

Player Injury Status

M Johnson Hip flexor day-to-day

[interminded 1]

4-1 Wings.

Go Ozzie !!

[PenaltyShot 96 521]

Wings' Babcock sits Chelios vs. Blues

"What do you want me to say? I'm happy about it?" said Chelios, who definitely was not happy with the news.

Cheli is pissed about sitting out. :flamingmad: <--- Cheli at his house, stewing and throwing darts at Babs' picture.

Nonetheless, Wings 3 (Huds, Dats, Homer) Blues 0 (A Blue Christmas forthcoming)

Go Ozzie! Go Wings!

Edited December 20, 2007 by PenaltyShot 96

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

Wings' Babcock sits Chelios vs. Blues

Cheli is pissed about sitting out. :flamingmad: <--- Cheli at his house, stewing and throwing darts at Babs' picture.

Nonetheless, Wings 3 (Huds, Dats, Homer) Blues 0 (A Blue Christmas forthcoming)

Go Ozzie! Go Wings!

No surprise here.

Babcock has said flat out he knows these guys (Cheli and Drake) don't like being sat. That they're hard-headed and competitors. Of course they want to play every game. But he knows he needs them to be fresh come playoff time.

As I mentioned earlier, Cheli got a lot more minutes than usual last night. I'm sure he knew this was coming.

[Mickeyisms Rule! 0]

Mickey was doing the GDTs lately. And they were really good. Should have let him do it. It's all good though.

Red Wings 3(Drake, Datsyuk, Flipper)

Blues 0

Ozzie with the "S" word. (don't wanna jinx him)lol

Thanks for the nod. Really didn't have time to do it today so it is nice that someone else took it up.

I will try to get the one up for Saturday's game.

4-3 Wings. Hudler, Zetts, Rafalski, Drake

[Guest EZBAKETHAGANGSTA]

you put ME on a line with Crozby and Overhkin and i get 7+ this season, and i have no feeling in my feet, poor motor control and could never skate for s*** even when i was healthy!

GEE REALLY? Could that have been the Joke? No..............

[Cicada 4]

GEE REALLY? Could that have been the Joke? No..............

i know...

i'm not dense for crying out loud

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

Hmmmm. I somehow have mixed feelings about tonights game, but im going to say we pull out a 2-1 win. It's going to be a nail biter. Lebda, and Huds with the goals.

GO WINGS!!!

SHUT 'EM DOWN OZZIE!!!!

[Donaldjr2448 43]

I don't care how bad we beat them, just put that whiny ***** Kariya in his place!

I HATE PAULA KARYIA TOO!!!! I still say he is the most overrated player in the league bar none!! HAIL SCOTT STEVENS in the 03 Cup Finals!! Why teams sign this piece of trash to big contracts is beyond me!!

[Packer487 3]

Wings 3 (Hudler, Zetterberg, Homer)

Blues 2 (Boyes with 2)

Keep it rolling, red and white!

Pretty good day when I get to watch 2 Wings games (DVR'ed the FSD replay since those aren't blacked out and watched it when I got up)

HAIL SCOTT STEVENS in the 03 Cup Finals!!

Hail Gary Suter

Someone putting Kariya through the boards tonight would also be appreciated

[IceMunkee 15]

Lets go and F'em up!

I am pullin for a Kronner goal. Best fantasy pick-up in awhile.

Who's up for starting the Late Night Chat!!!!! Let's get it rollin!!!!

[terri27 0]

No Cheli!! That sucks.

But I still predict a butt whooping to the Blueberries.

Go Ozzie!!

And of course-Go Wings!!

[T.Low 1,011]

just great! how in the hell do i know which goalie is starting tonight!!! I live for this GDT to at least inform me of who is in net. I am thinking Ozzie will play since Hasek played last night tho.

I actually know people in Marine City.

Blues will upset the Wings 3-4. Will get some lucky bounces, a lot of energy early, and the Wings will mount a comeback but fall short even though they have 49 shots on goal.

Rafalski will score some sort of ridiculous goal, hopefully for the Wings, not against.

[Hiei 192]

Tonight's prediction

Wings 5

Blues 0

St Louis Airport Mud 1

[puckloo39 5,686]

No Cheli!! That sucks.

But I still predict a butt whooping to the Blueberries.

Go Ozzie!!

And of course-Go Wings!!

Terri, you're in charge of the GDT and Booos-whoopin' tonight. I got talked into going to a Christmas party. What was I thinking, when the real party will be here?

Got the DVR rollin' so I won't miss the fun. Ya'll have a great night! I will czech in when I get home. Some of you are bound to still be here.

[FinRedWing 172]

We haven't faced another Central team in nearly a month,no wonder we're 10-1.

Manny's going to pull off an all-star performance,but Ozzie will do the same.

3-2 WINGS (Kronwall,Cleary & Hudler)

Edited December 21, 2007 by FinRedWing

[timothy1997 0]

just had my first photoshop war of the season with my good friend who lives in st. louis and is a blues fan. I am so ready for this game tonight.

Edited December 21, 2007 by timothy1997

[KDDRWINGS1 9]

Although I appreciate Ellis' work ethic, I would dress Downey tonight. Without him or Cheli who's gonna kick the s*** out of Jackman tonight? Another valiant effort by Lilja.