10/17 GDT: Avalanche 4 at Red Wings 3, (SO)

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

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Avalanche 4, Red Wings 3 (SO) Final

Preview- Avalanche at Red Wings

Colorado: 5-1-1, 11 pts
Last Game: Defeated MTL 3-2 Recap

Detroit: 3-3-0, 6 pts
Last Game: Defeated LA 5-2 Recap

Last COL-DET meeting: 3/4, DET 3 at COL 2 Recap

Goals
COL Wojtek Wolski: 4
DET Tomas Holmstrom: 4

Assists
COL Paul Stastny and Kyle Quincey: 5
DET Henrik Zetterberg and Brian Rafalski: 4

Plus/Minus
COL David Jones: +5
DET Kirk Maltby, Brian Rafalski, Nicklas Lidstrom: +3
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COL Marek Svatos: -6
DET Niklas Kronwall: -4

PIM
COL Darcy Tucker: 15
DET Kirk Maltby: 10


Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary
Leino-Filppula-Williams
Helm-Abdelkader-Eaves
Holmstrom-Draper-Maltby

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Stuart-Kronwall
Ericsson-Lebda
Meech, May scratched



COL Craig Anderson
5-1-0, 1.99 GAA, .940 SV %, 1 SO


DET Chris Osgood
3-2, 3.31 GAA, .880 SV %, 0 SO

COL John-Michael Lyles (shoulder) day to day, Ruslan Salei (shoulder) out, Brandon Yip (undisclosed) out, Tom Preissing (knee) out

DET Pavel Datsyuk (upper body) out, Johan Franzen (torn ACL) out, Andreas Lilja (concussion) out

Edited October 18, 2009 by Hockeytown0001

[The Mule 0]

The Avalanche have been playing good hockey as of late, but we took strides in the right direction last game, so I'm hoping for a full, 60-minute effort tonight. Prediction worked well enough last game, so here goes nothing:

Wings 6 (Flip x2, Willy, Danny, Hank, and Kronner)

Avalanche (Duchene, Wolski, and Svatos)

LET'S GO WINGS!!! :siren:

EDIT: I think Mayday is supposed to be in the lineup tonight.

Edited October 17, 2009 by The Mule

[Hack & Whack Rule! 160]

Detroit - 4

Colorado - 1

Kronwall lays someone out, May knocks someone out, Filpulla's moves turn someone inside out.

[miller76 463]

not taking penalties = winning game.

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

first let me start off by getting a hearty f*** COLORADO off my chest.

As miller said, if the Wings stay out of the box and STAY AGGRESSIVE on the defensive end, they should beat Colorado.

[wingfanatic4alltime 32]

I still hate the lanchies so heres hoping for a 4-0 beatdown. And i thought i heard that Howard was starting?

[P. Marlowe 748]

Osgood is starting. Howard will play during the five-game road trip which starts next Thursday in Phoenix. Other teams they will face on the trip are COL, VAN, EDM and CAL.

May, Draper and Maltby will play tonight, so most likely either Abdelkader or Eaves will be scratched.

Source:

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/20...k_to_sit_1.html

[EuroTwin 240]

W please, especially with how well the Avs have been playing.

W W W W W W W.

[skyphoenix 153]

Zetterberg has 5 assists I think they are going to have a tough game this time around. Anderson is on fire and they are going to have to give themselves every opportunity to have the advantage. Osgood has got to be solid tonight.

[RedWingsRox 614]

Let's try to put 2 W in a row.

[deetroit dario 27]

wings 5 (last being empty netter with under 50 seconds to play)

avs 4 (last happening in the 2nd-last minute of play)

since he'll always be a crusty bastard, claude lemieux will be in the stands, hoping to see a colorado team beating the wings. noticing this on tv, d-mac high-tails it to the joe, rips off claude's left arm, and uses it to repeatedly pimp-slap him into turtledom.

as a result, wings offer d-mac a 25 game "tryout" contract. you know...for "grit".

EDIT: IGNORE MY SCORE PREDICTION...I HADN'T SLEPT IN A WHILE AND WAS NOT THINKING CLEARLY. FEEL FREE, HOWEVER, TO ENJOY THE D-MAC - ON - LEMIEUX VIOLENCE...

Edited October 17, 2009 by deetroit dario

[Wings_Dynasty 267]

Wings 3 (Homer, Cleary, Lids)

Avs 1 (who cares)

[dat's sick 1,002]

The Wings need to play 60 minutes in this one. No slow starts.

[Finnish Wing 110]

I think the lines will be (if Dats is still out):

Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary

Leino-Filppula-Williams

Holmstrom-Helm-Eaves

May-Draper-Maltby

Lidstrom-Kronwall

Stuart-Rafalski (Turnover Twins)

Lebda-Ericsson

Osgood

Howard

[germanwing 154]

Wings 4 (Flip, Bert, Malts, Lids)

Avs 3 (all from Quincey)

GO WINGS!!!

[rage 24]

I'm diggin' up bones...............

Tonite.......

[Guest mindfly]

This will probably be a solid team win or a meltdown game we witnessed in Buffalo...

[KrazyGangsta 79]

Wings 7

Avs 0

[55fan 5,133]

Just win.

(That's what I said before last game and it worked well.)

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Current Streaks

Regular Season Streaks

Overall: 1-game winning streak

Home: 3-game winning streak.

Streaks vs. Colorado

Overall: 1-game winning streak

Home: 1-game losing streak (shootout).

Last Ten Games

Regular Season

Overall: 3W-3L.

Home: 3W-1L.

Historical vs. Colorado

Regular Season

Overall: 6W-1L-1OTL-2SOL

Home: 6W-2L-1OTL-1SOL.

Record on this Date

October 17

This is the 24th game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 23 games:

11W-11L-1T.

LGW.

[Vladifan 680]

Zetterberg has 5 assists I think they are going to have a tough game this time around. Anderson is on fire and they are going to have to give themselves every opportunity to have the advantage. Osgood has got to be solid tonight.

And if this goalie kid for the Avs is as good as we think he is, our guys have got to screen him a helluva lot more than they've done in front of other goalies this season.

Edited October 17, 2009 by Vladifan

[Snazzy 0]

And if this goalie kid for the Avs is as good as we think he is, our guys have got to screen him a helluva lot more than they've done in front of other goalies this season.

Screening the goalies isn't the issue. Keeping the puck in the offensive zone long enough to set up the screen is the issue.

[ilmickeyli 40]

wings 5 (last being empty netter with under 50 seconds to play)

avs 4 (last happening in the 2nd-last minute of play)

since he'll always be a crusty bastard, claude lemieux will be in the stands, hoping to see a colorado team beating the wings. noticing this on tv, d-mac high-tails it to the joe, rips off claude's left arm, and uses it to repeatedly pimp-slap him into turtledom.

as a result, wings offer d-mac a 25 game "tryout" contract. you know...for "grit".

maybe i'm retarded, but if the avs got their 4th goal (making it 4-4), why would Det get the EN with under 50 to play?

[Hockeytown_Ryan 119]

I'm gonna be there so they are gonna win!

Wings 6

Avs 2

GO WINGS!!!!!!!!!!

[Yak19 303]

This will be a close game, im liking that Abs-Helm-Eaves line for tonight.

5-4 Wings Win

Abdelkader, Helm, Bertuzzi, Cleary, Leino

GO WINGS!!!!!!!!

Edited October 17, 2009 by Yak19