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[Hockeytown0001]

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Official Game Day Thread


Final Score:

Red Wings 5, Sharks 3
Red Wings cruise to victory in San Jose


VS.

Start time: 10:30 EST

HP Pavilion at San Jose - San Jose, CA


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Official Game Preview:
Red Wings, Sharks meet for first time since postseason


*Opposition GDT*

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Around the NHL
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Western Conference Standings

1. Detroit Red Wings......................21 GP, 15-4-2, 32 pts
2. Dallas Stars................................23 GP, 14-8-1, 29 pts
3. Vancouver Canucks....................22 GP, 12-7-3, 24 pts
4. Columbus Blue Jackets..............22 GP, 14-8-0, 28 pts
5. Chicago Blackhawks.................26 GP, 13-11-2, 28 pts
6. Phoenix Coyotes........................22 GP, 11-6-5, 27 pts
7. St. Louis Blues..........................22 GP, 12-7-3, 27 pts
8. Colorado Avalanche..................23 GP, 13-9-1, 27 pts
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9. Anaheim Ducks........................26 GP, 12-11-3, 27 pts
10. San Jose Sharks........................22 GP, 11-7-4, 26 pts
11. Los Angeles Kings....................23 GP, 13-10-0, 26 pts
12. Minnesota Wild.........................23 GP, 11-10-2, 24 pts
13. Nashville Predators......................22 GP, 9-8-5, 23 pts
14. Calgary Flames.........................24 GP, 10-12-2, 22 pts
15. Edmonton Oilers........................23 GP, 7-12-4, 18 pts




RED WINGS
21 GP, 15-4-2, 32 pts
Last Game: Defeated CBJ 4-2

SHARKS
22 GP, 11-7-4, 26 pts
Last Game: Defeated EDM 4-3

Last DET-SJ Meeting:
5/8, DET 1 at SJ 2 Recap

Highlights



Goals
DET Johan Franzen, Dan Cleary: 10
SJ Dany Heatley: 11

Assists
DET Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk: 17
SJ Joe Thornton: 16

Plus/Minus
DET Todd Bertuzz, Brad Stuarti: +11
SJ Scott Nichol: +5
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DET Jiri Hudler: -5
SJ Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic: -8

PIM
DET Ruslan Salei: 26
SJ Jamal Mayers: 58


Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi
Hudler-Abdelkader-Cleary
Miller-Helm-Eaves

Lidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Rafalski
Kronwall-Salei

Projected SJ Lines
Marleau-Thornton-Heatley
Clowe-Couture-Pavelski
McGinn-Mitchell-Setoguchi
Mayers-Nichol-McCarthy

Boyle-Murray
Vlasic-Joslin
Huskins-Wallin


Jimmy Howard

Record:
13-2-2, 2.49 GAA, .914 SV%, 1 SO
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versus.
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Antero Nittymaki

Record:
8-2-3, 2.14 GAA, .917V%, 0 SO


RED WINGS
Mike Modano (severed tendon) out, Chris Osgood (groin) out,
Kris Draper (groin) out
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SHARKS
Niclas Wallin (knee) questionable, Kent Huskins (undisclosed) questionable,
Devin Setoguchi (undisclosed) questionable, Scott Nichol (undisclosed) questionable



On Deck

12/3, Red Wings at Ducks; 10:00 PM

Edited by Hockeytown0001, 01 December 2010 - 10:57 AM.

[InKennyWeTrust]

I'd love to see us control a game, with out a doubt of whose going to win. Luckily, we don't have to with Jimmeh in net. 4-3, Z, Bert, Cleary, and Mr. Norris with the goals.

Go Wings!

[under_par_00]

Are the Sharks as strong as last year? I don't think so. They're also dealing with some injuries.

Wings have been flying lately. Hopefully they come out to play for this one.

Good game: Wings win 4-2

Bad game: Wings lose 5-2

[redhot]

I will be at the game!!! Go Wings!!!! Final score 4:1 Wings

Edited by redhot, 30 November 2010 - 12:12 AM.

[brett]

Will be a nice test for the wings.

I want some payback from the playoffs!

GO WINGS!

[Hockeytown0001]

Will be a nice test for the wings.

I want some payback from the playoffs!

GO WINGS!

Let's hope the Sharks don't receive 520 five on three powerplays tonight.

[evilzyme]

Let's hope the Sharks don't receive 520 five on three powerplays tonight.

Touche

[cusimano_brothers]

Current Streaks
Regular Season Streaks
Overall: 2-game winning streak
Road: 1-game winning streak.

Historical Regular Season Streaks vs. San Jose
Overall: 1-game losing streak (shootout)
Road: 2-game winning streak.

Last Ten Games
Last Ten Games – Current Regular Season
Overall: 7W-2L-1OTL
Road: 5W-3L.

Last Ten Games - Historical Regular Season vs. San Jose
Overall: 6W-3L-0OTL-1SOL
Road: 5W-5L.

Home Stand / Road Trip
This is the first game of a three-game road trip.

Record on this Date
November 30
This is the 26th regular season game played on this date. The Club's record in the previous 25 games:

9W-11L-5T.

LGW.

[Hockeytown0001]

Western Conference Standings have been updated.

[WizardOfOz30]

They'll keep things going and get a win tonight. I hate these mid-week late night games, but that's what coffee is for.

[mindfly]

They'll keep things going and get a win tonight. I hate these mid-week late night games, but that's what coffee is for.

late night? 10.30 sounds very early to me, the game has ended before 1 am for you guys...luckyyyyyyy

Edited by mindfly, 30 November 2010 - 08:56 AM.

[korrowan]

These mid week late night games are killing me too. Probably miss this one =(. In the process of quitting caffeine as I was horribly addicted and withdrawal is bad enough when I am getting sleep lol. LGW!

Edited by korrowan, 30 November 2010 - 09:02 AM.

[puckloo39]

Yay! Night game, west coast trips rock! I get to see the entire game, for a change. They start too early for me, with job and all, I usually miss the first period, if not more. I am a night-owl (and chronically sleep-deprived), so the late game is fine with me.

redhot, have a blast... that's one fun arena, the Tank!

Wings win. Jimmy will be a beast tonight.

[redwingcapt]

Hoping for a good game from all four lines tonight.

Keep it up Filp and Cleary

Holmer and Hank need to get back on track

[Hockeytown0001]

Opposition gdt is now up.

[NeverForgetMac25]

I'd love to see us control a game, with out a doubt of whose going to win. Luckily, we don't have to with Jimmeh in net. 4-3, Z, Bert, Cleary, and Mr. Norris with the goals.

Go Wings!

Like they haven't done that a handful of games already this season. Not only can a team not win 'em all, you can't expect to dominate *on the scoreboard and off* half as many with the talent at this level of the game.

[Hockeytown0001]

Like they haven't done that a handful of games already this season. Not only can a team not win 'em all, you can't expect to dominate half as many with the talent at this level of the game.

If they play Red Wings hockey, then there's always a good chance of victory.

[NeverForgetMac25]

If they play Red Wings hockey, then there's always a good chance of victory.

I completely agree. That's not what I'm talking about though.

The point is that some people here need to have their cake and eat it too. The fact of the matter is that while the Wings are likely the best team in the NHL this year, it's not as if they're going to run over every opponent every single night by a score of 6-0. They're going to win more games than likely any other team in the NHL, 1/4 of those at most being blowouts (3+ goal wins), while the rest are going to be 1 or 2 goal victories. That's my point.

[mindfly]

I completely agree. That's not what I'm talking about though.

The point is that some people here need to have their cake and eat it too. The fact of the matter is that while the Wings are likely the best team in the NHL this year, it's not as if they're going to run over every opponent every single night by a score of 6-0. That's my point.

They can if they want to but even if they make all these million's of dollar's to entertain us and win games they still let up as often as possible, it seems as if it's human nature no matter how wealthy you are..."try to do enough to win the game, but not too much, getting exhausted playing a full 60 and dominate wears you down"

Maybe it's the best approach for a veteran team who knows it's the playoffs that matters, remains to be seen.

Edited by NeverForgetMac25, 30 November 2010 - 11:19 AM.

[NeverForgetMac25]

They can if they want to but even if they make all these million's of dollar's to entertain us and win games they still let up as often as possible, it seems as if it's human nature no matter how wealthy you are..."try to do enough to win the game, but not too much" instead of get more exhausted playing a full 60 and dominate, maybe that's the best approach of a veteran team who knows it's the playoffs that matters.

That could be one of your most clueless responses I've ever read. I don't care how talented a team is, if they're in the NHL....there's talent. Some obviously greater than others, but teams do have bad nights and make mistakes, players get bad bounces, take ill-afforded penalties, get poor matchup's at the wrong time, etc., etc., etc.

There's a million reasons a team who's clearly superior to their opponent *at the NHL level* would lose. Trivializing it by stating its simply "trying to do enough to win the game, but not too much" is absolutely ridiculous. It's one of the last reasons a team as talented as the Wings won't blow out their opponent night-in and night-out, which is again....the whole point of my initial post.