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[Hockeytown0001]

Official Game Day Thread

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VS.


Final Score:

Sharks 4, Red Wings 3


Start time: 7:30 EST

Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI


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Official Game Preview:
Sharks, Red Wings battle in Hockeytown

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*Opposition GDT*
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News from around the NHL
Flyers' O'Donnell suffers knee injury
Johnson returns to St. Louis Tuesday
Marian Gaborik suffers concussion


Western Conference Standings

Forthcoming




SHARKS
60 GP, 33-21-6, 72 pts
Last Game: Defeated COL 4-0

RED WINGS
59 GP, 37-16-6, 80 pts
Last Game: Defeated MIN 2-1 (SO)

Last DET-SJ Meeting:
12/6, SJ 5 at DET 2 Recap - LGW GDT

Highlights



Goals
SJ Logan Couture: 24
DET Johan Franzen: 26

Assists
SJ Joe Thornton: 35
DET Henrik Zetterberg: 48

Plus/Minus
SJ Logan Couture: +13
DET Brian Rafalski: +16
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SJ Patrick Marleau: -13
DET Patrick Eaves: -2

PIM
SJ Jamal Mayers: 107
DET Jonathan Ericsson: 62


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

Lidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Rafalski
Salei-Kronwall

Projected SJ Lines
Marleau-Thornton-Setoguchi
Clowe-Wellwood-Couture
Mitchell-Pavelski-Heatley
Eagar-Nichol-Mayers

Murray-Boyle
White-Wallin
Huskins-Demers



Antti Niemi

Record:
20-15-3, 2.43 GAA, .919 SV%, 5 SO

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versus.
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Jimmy Howard

Record:
30-10-3, 2.76 GAA, .908 SV%, 2 SO


SHARKS
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body) questionable, Scott Nichol (wrist) out,
Antero Niittymakki (groin) out
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RED WINGS
Valtteri Filppula (MCL sprain) out, Chris Osgood (groin) out,
Mike Modano (severed tendon) out



On Deck

2/24, Stars at Red Wings ; 7:30 EST

Edited by Hockeytown0001, 05 August 2011 - 11:40 PM.

[Crashnburnluder]

Keep er' going boys!!!

[WingZNut13]

Great GDT Hockeytown!

Any word on why Stuart isn't playing?!?

That third defensive pair scares the s*** out of me especially with the Sharks attack.

Any way.... keep the streak alive boys!!!

LET'S GO WINGS!

[hockey23]

Any updates on Fil?

[esteef]

I like the different views of The Joe. Nice touch!

esteef

[Hockeytown0001]

Great GDT Hockeytown!

Any word on why Stuart isn't playing?!?

That third defensive pair scares the s*** out of me especially with the Sharks attack.

Any way.... keep the streak alive boys!!!

LET'S GO WINGS!

He is playing, I accidentally had a lineup from a previous game posted.

[mjlegend]

4-3 Sharks. The Wings have won too many games recently by the seats of their pants and are overdue for a let down. Hope I'm wrong.

I don't get a good feeling when the Wings play them, especially reading a preview of the Sharks playoff run last year here:

San Jose Sharks 2010 playoff gameplan

[8 Legged RedWing]

No need for a let down here. Let's keep on rolling and just play this game like any of the past 5 and get a quick start if possible.

4-2 Wings.

[brett]

another good test for the wings

lets keep the streak going!

[matt198913]

3-1 Wings I'll go with Rafalski, Eaves, and Franzen... Pavalski for them

[eva unit zero]

I'm still not big on Lidstrom/Stuart.

What I want to see is one of these:

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Kronwall/Stuart
Salei/Rafalski

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Salei/Kronwall
Rafalski/Stuart

Lidstrom/Ericsson (Yes, I like this pairing)
Kronwall/Rafalski
Kindl/Stuart

Let's see Babs try some of those for regular pairs, come on man!

[darkmanx]

I'm still not big on Lidstrom/Stuart.

What I want to see is one of these:

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Kronwall/Stuart
Salei/Rafalski

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Salei/Kronwall
Rafalski/Stuart

Lidstrom/Ericsson (Yes, I like this pairing)
Kronwall/Rafalski
Kindl/Stuart

Let's see Babs try some of those for regular pairs, come on man!

Didnt Ericsson play with lids at the beginning of the season ? maybe it would be wise to use that pairing again as the Wings were dominant for the most part of October anad November.

Also, Neimi has 5 shutouts... seriously ?

Edited by darkmanx, 22 February 2011 - 05:08 AM.

[chrisdetroit]

4-3 Sharks. The Wings have won too many games recently by the seats of their pants and are overdue for a let down. Hope I'm wrong.

I don't get a good feeling when the Wings play them, especially reading a preview of the Sharks playoff run last year here:

San Jose Sharks 2010 playoff gameplan

mindfly is that you?

[cusimano_brothers]

Current Streaks
Regular-Season Streaks
Overall: 5-game winning streak
Home: 1-game winning streak

Historical Regular-Season Streaks v. San Jose
Overall: 1-game losing streak
Home: 2-game winning streak (1 shutout)

Last Ten Games
Last Ten Games – Current Regular-Season
Overall: 7W-3L
Home: 5W-4L-1OTL

Last Ten Games - Historical Regular-Season v. San Jose
Overall: 7W-3L
Home: 6W-3L-0OTL-1SOL

Home Stand / Road Trip
This is the first game of a two-game home stand.

Record on this Day
February 22
This is the 35th regular-season game played on this day. The Club's record in the previous 34 games:

14W-13L-7T

LGW.

[R-Dizzle]

Good game tonight. 4-3 Wings

[Red_wings4life]

Lets toss those Sharks, er I mean Guppies, back into the fishbowl where they belong! LGW!!!

[NeverForgetMac25]

Wow, big Joe is having quite the down year assist-wise.

I'm still not big on Lidstrom/Stuart.

What I want to see is one of these:

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Kronwall/Stuart
Salei/Rafalski

Lidstrom/Ericsson
Salei/Kronwall
Rafalski/Stuart

Lidstrom/Ericsson (Yes, I like this pairing)
Kronwall/Rafalski
Kindl/Stuart

Let's see Babs try some of those for regular pairs, come on man!

You do realize Babs is most likely pairing those two up just for a few more games given Stuart's absence? Babs likes to throw any returning long-term injured Dman with Lids right away just to get back on their feet. It's simply to make the transition back easier and less costly due to rust.

[WingZNut13]

He is playing, I accidentally had a lineup from a previous game posted.

You da man HT!!!! You da man!

[HankthaTank]

You do realize Babs is most likely pairing those two up just for a few more games given Stuart's absence? Babs likes to throw any returning long-term injured Dman with Lids right away just to get back on their feet. It's simply to make the transition back easier and less costly due to rust.

Do you realize that they were paired together long before Stuart went down with the broken jaw too right? They are also our 2nd most productive line points-wise and definitely one of the more "lockdown" pairings in the NHL imo. They compliment one another well and I do not feel like Ericsson should get away from being with Raffy. These pairings may as well roll especially with the way we have been playing defensively.

I expect the Wings to come out of the gates a tad slow as they do coming back from a road trip normally. Pick it up with a nice close to the 2nd and a solid 3rd and we tally a 3-2 victory.

Hank, Hudler (until he gets one ) and Helm.

[NeverForgetMac25]

Do you realize that they were paired together long before Stuart went down with the broken jaw too right? They are also our 2nd most productive line points-wise and definitely one of the more "lockdown" pairings in the NHL imo. They compliment one another well and I do not feel like Ericsson should get away from being with Raffy. These pairings may as well roll especially with the way we have been playing defensively.

I expect the Wings to come out of the gates a tad slow as they do coming back from a road trip normally. Pick it up with a nice close to the 2nd and a solid 3rd and we tally a 3-2 victory.

Hank, Hudler (until he gets one ) and Helm.

Every single Dman has been paired with every other throughout the season. Babs isn't shy about shaking things up and switching things around. Not even to mention the fact that Babs loves having an RH Dman paired with Lids as often as possible to maximize Lids' effectiveness. Yes, the Lids-Stuart tandem was effective together during its time, but so were plenty of others and you can be guaranteed those pairings are going to be switched up again before too long.