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[Hockeytown0001]

Game 9 of 82
VS.

Red Wings 5, Predators 2 Final
Datsyuk's pair leads Wings over Preds


Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI

TV/Radio




Tonight's Stream
http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.php?showuser=15741

Game Preview:
Perfect on road, Preds pay visit to Wings


Around the NHL
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Sharks reunite Big Three


Western Conference Standings

1. Los Angeles Kings..................10 GP, 7-3-0, 14 pts
2. Nashville Predators.................. 9 GP, 5-1-3, 13 pts
3. Calgary Flames.......................10 GP, 6-4-0, 12 pts
4. Chicago Blackhawks...............12 GP, 6-5-1, 13 pts
5. St. Louis Blues.........................8 GP, 5-1-2, 12 pts
6. Columbus Blue Jackets............9 GP, 6-3-0, 12 pts
7. Detroit Red Wings....................8 GP, 5-2-1, 11 pts
8. Colorado Avalanche...............10 GP, 5-4-1, 11 pts
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9. Minnesota Wild........................9 GP, 4-3-2, 10 pts
10. Vancouver Canucks...............9 GP, 4-3-2, 10 pts
11. Dallas Stars...........................9 GP, 5-4-0, 10 pts
12. San Jose Sharks.....................8 GP, 4-3-1, 9 pts
13. Phoenix Coyotes...................9 GP, 3-3-3, 9 pts
14. Anaheim Ducks...................11 GP, 4-6-1, 9 pts
15. Edmonton Oilers...................9 GP, 3-4-2, 8 pts




PREDATORS
9 GP, 5-1-3, 13 pts
Last Game: Lost to STL 3-0

RED WINGS
8 GP, 5-2-1, 11 pts
Last Game: Lost to PHX 4-2

Last DET-NSH Meeting: 4/3, NSH 4 at DET 3 (OT) Recap

Highlights



Goals
NSH Steve Sullivan: 4
DET Johan Franzen: 6

Assists
NSH Cal O'Reilly: 5
DET Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom: 8

Plus/Minus
NSH J-P Dumont, Colin Wilson: +5
DET Henrik Zetterberg, Brad Stuart, Brian Rafalski: +5
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NSH Kevin Klein, Sergei Kostitsyn: -2
DET Mike Modano: -7

PIM
NSH Jordin Tootoo: 19
DET Tomas Holmstrom: 18


Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi
Abdelkader-Hudler-Modano-Cleary (all rotating)
Miller-Helm-Eaves

Lidstrom-Stuart
Kronwall-Janik
Kindl-Salei

Projected NSH Lines
Sullivan-O'Reilly-Hornqvist
Dumont-Wilson-Erat
Ward-Legwand-Tootoo
Kostitsyn-Smithson-Spaling

Bouillon-Weber
O'Brien-Klein
Sulzer-Franson



Pekka Rinne

Record
2-1-2, 1.88, .946 SV%, 1 SO

versus.

Chris Osgood

Record
1-2-0, 3.02 GAA, .885 SV%, 0 SO





PREDATORS
Ryan Suter (lower body), Marcel Goc (separated shoulder) out,
Matthew Lombardi (concussion) out
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RED WINGS
Jimmy Howard (back spasms) will not play, Kris Draper (groin) out,
Jonathan Ericsson (back) won't play, Brian Rafalski (knee) out



On Deck

11/3, Red Wings at Flames; 9:30 PM

Edited by Hockeytown0001, 31 October 2010 - 07:56 AM.

[ilmickeyli]

Preds are playing well and are coming off a bad loss to the Blues.. Couple that with Ozzie's diminished confidence and performance - it can't be good.

2-5 Preds with the easy win .. (Hank, Lids)

LGW

[wingfanatic4alltime]

I think this is gonna be a high scoring game 6-5 wings win in ot. Ozzie gets the win but stuggles mightly

[Vladifan]

Preds are playing well and are coming off a bad loss to the Blues.. Couple that with Ozzie's diminished confidence and performance - it can't be good.

2-5 Preds with the easy win .. (Hank, Lids)

LGW

Pee on that. If the majority of the team shows up, we win. Simple as that.

[ilmickeyli]

Pee on that. If the majority of the team shows up, we win. Simple as that.

I'd love nothing more than to eat some crow tomorrow night. But we'll see.

[titanium2]

You'd think/hope that this is one of the games that the Wings get up for since Nashville is doing so well.

[ricky0034]

Preds are playing well and are coming off a bad loss to the Blues.. Couple that with Ozzie's diminished confidence and performance - it can't be good.

2-5 Preds with the easy win .. (Hank, Lids)

LGW

the Preds are coming off a "bad loss"?

huh? that goes both ways the Wings are too

Edited by ricky0034, 29 October 2010 - 11:03 PM.

[Z and D for the C]

How often do you play a game where if you lose, you're on the bottom of the division and if you win, you're on the top (potentially). The central is crazy strong. And in saying that, PLEASE WIN.

Filppula had about a million chances last game to shoot but disappointingly didn't. He's due for a goal.

[Barrie]

I'm going to be in Windsor for the weekend seeing family, so I picked up tickets and will be at The Joe! Go Wings! I'll be wearing my new Holmstrom jersey.

I actually got 5 tickets together the night before the game, so it won't be a sell out!

I think Ozzie is due for a good game, we'll win 4-2. Goals scored by Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Franzen, and Helm. As usual, I don't care who scores for the Preds, they can go "suck it!"

[Echolalia]

All I'm gonna say is the Wings better come out of the gate inspired for this one.

[hooon]

All I'm gonna say is the Wings better come out of the gate inspired for this one.

Agreed.

For over a year now we've been doing the same thing. Only showing in the last 30 or 40 minutes, or sometimes the opposite where we blow a lead. Sick of it.

Gotta play the full 60. Sounds so cliche now because its said every week but its true.

[acidroach420]

game goes to a shoot out. pav and someone else score 2 goals in the first 3 shooters for the win

[hokeychik22]

hope justin does something, glad to see him back. wish jimmy was in net

Edited by hokeychik22, 30 October 2010 - 05:14 AM.

[Aussie_Wing]

I so wish the 3rd line was:

Ritola - Abdelkader - Mursak

Anyway, PUMPED to see Abby back!

Edited by Aussie_Wing, 30 October 2010 - 05:24 AM.

[wingfan1991]

here's hoping we score 5 cause we know nashville will score 4

[germanwing]

Oz will have a good game tonight!
4-1 Wings (Z, Dats, Mule and Abby)

[achildr1]

"cause we know Nashville will score four"

Lol. Pretty much.

When Ozzie starts, I expect no less than a three goals against. I always tell people, if the opponent has five, you know who started.

And up until last game, he used to blame everybody but himself for his woes. Drove me nuts. It was always that Babcock doesn't believe in him, our won't play him for three weeks straight so he can get on a role. Our defence didn't help him or our offense didn't score. His audacity was infuriating. But, I listened to the post game interview with him after last game, and he was finally owning up to the fact that he might be to blame.

On to the game. I think whatever happens will depend on Rinne. Suter and Lombardi are out. Their line-up is pretty thin to begin with. With Nashville, if they beat us, its usually thier goaltending or they just flat out work us. I would venture to say, if they beat us with four or more goals, it will be another couple bad goals on Osgood that is to blame.

Prediction: 4-2 Wings.

Lidstrom, Franzen, Holmstrom, Helm (open net)

Only 2 on Ozzy because I just don't believe in Nashville offence. Otherwise, like I said, 3 is my floor with Chris.

[mindfly]

Not got much hope for this one since Osgood is in the net, it will be a tight one though i think...

[motorcitykid]

Glad to see the Ozzie bashers are alive and well after only 8 games. SMFH!!

Nashville always plays us tough but they really can't afford any injuries to an already weak lineup.
Wings win 4-1.

[mindfly]

the only significant injuries to nashville that are listed are Suter, Lombardi... Goc is a role-player and doesn't matter if Rinne is in the net or not they got a swedish monster 6'6 goalie Lindbäck, nashville will also dress swedish player Linus Klasen who has scored 7 goals in 10 games in the AHL