11/7 GDT: Red Wings 1 at Maple Leafs 5

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Preview - Red Wings at Maple Leafs

Detroit: 7-4-3, 17 pts
Last Game: Defeated SJ 2-1 (SO) Recap

Toronto: 2-7-5, 9 pts
Last Game: Defeated CAR 3-2 Recap

Last DET-TOR meeting: 10/9/08, TOR 3 at DET 2 Recap

Goals
DET Tomas Holmstrom: 8
TOR Niklas Hagman: 6

Assists
DET Pavel Datsyuk: 10
TOR Tomas Kaberle: 16

Plus/Minus
DET Nicklas Lidstrom: +8
TOR Alexei Ponikarovsky: +5
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DET Valtteri Filppula and Daniel Cleary: -6
TOR Mike Komisarek: -10

PIM
DET Kirk Maltby and Niklas Kronwall: 16
TOR Colton Orr: 45


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

Lidstrom-Kronwall
Stuart-Rafalski
Ericsson-Lebda
Meech scratched



DET Chris Osgood
6-2-2, 2.54 GAA, .910 SV %, 1 SO


TOR Vesa Toskala
0-2-2, 5.13 GAA, .836 SV %, 0 SO


DET Brad May (right eye) day-to-day, Valtteri Filppula (broken wrist) out, Johan Franzen (torn ACL) out,
Andreas Lilja (concussion) out

TOR Mike Van Ryn (left knee) out, Tim Brent (undisclosed) out


Next Game

11/11, Red Wings at Blue Jackets; Nationwide Arena, 7:00 PM

Edited November 7, 2009 by Hockeytown0001

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Really a shame that this is the only regular season game between these two Original Six teams.

[Rivalred 630]

Original 6 matchup on HNIC.

Nuff said....

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

With Chicago's OTL to the out-of-nowhere-powerhouse Avs tonight, the Wings can jump them and possibly the BJs for tops in the division with a win against the hapless Leafs. Probably not, though, as those Jackets are playing the even more hapless Hurricanes, but fingers crossed.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

With Chicago's OTL to the out-of-nowhere-powerhouse Avs tonight, the Wings can jump them and possibly the BJs for tops in the division with a win against the hapless Leafs. Probably not, though, as those Jackets are playing the even more hapless Hurricanes, but fingers crossed.

That's one of the surprises in the NHL this year so far. I never expected Carolina to be doing this bad.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

I doubt Gustavsson will be playing Saturday given that he won the game tonight Back-to-backs pretty much guarantee you get to see the back-up. I'm excited to see them shoot on Toskla.

Can't wait for this game! I'm hoping Leino gets some PP time and some time up on the 2nd line to replace Williams (who was crap last game). Leino was buzzing last game he just didn't convert (see: Bertuzzi).

Let's go Wings! I'll be marking tests all day tomorrow so this game will be a much needed break (assuming the boys keep playing like the have been lately).

[drumnj 459]

I would like to think this should be an easy game for the Wings, but they only seem to play well against higher ranked teams. We'll see what happens

Still no (NHL) games at Ustream, that era is said and done. Last game streaming went well, not many viewers so hopefully it picks up a bit. You should know where to find the link

Edited November 7, 2009 by drumnj

[Rivalred 630]

With Chicago's OTL to the out-of-nowhere-powerhouse Avs tonight, the Wings can jump them and possibly the BJs for tops in the division with a win against the hapless Leafs. Probably not, though, as those Jackets are playing the even more hapless Hurricanes, but fingers crossed.

Have a feeling the tables are going to turn for the Avs and Canes here pretty soon.

[zettie85 106]

Really hope that we aren't the start of their first winning streak.

[ComradeWasabi 109]

As someone who unfortunately lives in the middle of Leafs Nation, I'm praying that we blow them out. Having to suffer through the Wings' mediocre performances against the Leafs two years in a row was torture- although the Cup win in there eased the pain. If the Wings can win this one, maybe I can stop yelling "1967!!!! 1967!!!" at every Leafs fan who opens their mouth.

[MotorCityMadness 388]

easy choice to have this game on HNIC

Wings 1965

Lafs 2

(adds to 1967 haha!)

[ltgator333 3]

Wow this is going to be nice to see Ron Wilson behind the bench, the frustration on his face as he's losing to Detroit AGAIN (between him and "Q" idk who I like seeing lose more) and doing it while coaching the sorry maple loafs..

Wings win 3-1.

[oldredbarnman 13]

Wings/Leafs. Doesn't get any better than that. Plus it's Hall Of Fame weekend. Yzerman, Hull, Robitaille. The inductees will be introduced before the game, ceremonial puck drop, and I'm sure interviewed as well. I'll be recording the game on both FSD and CBC. Should be a fun night.

Wings 4

Leafs 2

[Guest mindfly]

Are you sure gustavsson will play? not that common to use the same goalie in back-to-back games :S

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

I doubt Gustavsson will be playing Saturday given that he won the game tonight Back-to-backs pretty much guarantee you get to see the back-up. I'm excited to see them shoot on Toskla.

Can't wait for this game! I'm hoping Leino gets some PP time and some time up on the 2nd line to replace Williams (who was crap last game). Leino was buzzing last game he just didn't convert (see: Bertuzzi).

Let's go Wings! I'll be marking tests all day tomorrow so this game will be a much needed break (assuming the boys keep playing like the have been lately).

Updated. Toskala's a sieve but for some reason plays well against Detroit. Here's hoping that streak ends tonight

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Are you sure gustavsson will play? not that common to use the same goalie in back-to-back games :S

Unless you're San Jose or Calgary

[FinRedWing 172]

I doubt Gustavsson will be playing Saturday given that he won the game tonight Back-to-backs pretty much guarantee you get to see the back-up. I'm excited to see them shoot on Toskla.

Can't wait for this game! I'm hoping Leino gets some PP time and some time up on the 2nd line to replace Williams (who was crap last game). Leino was buzzing last game he just didn't convert (see: Bertuzzi).

Let's go Wings! I'll be marking tests all day tomorrow so this game will be a much needed break (assuming the boys keep playing like the have been lately).

Was about to write about these two things,but D_M already did. So I'll just QFMFT it.

[Systemfel 33]

Let's f*** them up.

[Esquire 324]

I think I'll head into Toronto and watch this one at the Moose only because I always enjoy watching the faces of Leaf fans when they get the privilege of watching a real hockey team play.

My matchup of the night:

Draper/Helm/Eaves vs. Kessel/Mitchell/Blake

I hope camera technology can keep up with these guys on the ice. Should be a dandy!

Wings - 19

Leafs - 1

[DRW Dominance 255]

Me and my Leaf fan buddy are going to this game tonight. I guarantee the Monster will be in net. He was unreal last night against Carolina.

Leafs always play us well and I hope we can take them down tonight but I'm not too sure.

[MacK_Attack 108]

I'm relatively sure it'll be Gustavsson in there tonight. He's the only one they trust.

Leafs lines:

Blake - Mitchell - Kessel

Ponikarovsky - Grabovski - Kulemin

Hagman - Stajan - Stempniak

Wallin - Primeau - Orr

Kaberle - Komisarek

Beauchemin - Finger

Schenn - White

Gustavsson

Toskala

Edited November 7, 2009 by MacK_Attack

[HanKarin40 7]

Should be a pretty entertaining game. Gotta love original 6 matchups! C'mon boys let's make it 4 in a row! Win it for Stevie Y!

Let's Go Wings!

[Z and D for the C 712]

At a time where the wings need all the wins they can get, I really hope they don't let this gimme fall by the wayside.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Current Streaks

Regular Season Streaks

Overall: 3-game winning streak

Road: 1-game winning streak.

Streaks vs. Toronto

Overall: 2-game losing streak (1 overtime)

Road: 2-game losing streak (1 overtime).

Last Ten Games

Regular Season

Overall: 5W-2L-1OTL-2SOL.

Road: 2W-3L-1OTL-1SOL.

Regular Season vs. Toronto

Regular Season

Overall: 5W-2L-1T-2OTL.

Road: 5W-2L-2T-1OTL.

Record on this Date

November 7

This is the 28th game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 27 games:

11W-10L-6T.

LGW.

[MacK_Attack 108]

According to those on the Leafs beat, Gustavsson gets the start for Toronto.