Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Official Game Day Thread - - Tonights's Matchup - - VS. Final Score: Sharks 4, Red Wings 3 Start time: 7:30 EST Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI Available On: Tonight's Stream http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.php/user/15741-drumnj/ (Directions in profile) Official Game Preview: Sharks, Red Wings battle in Hockeytown - - *Opposition GDT* From SanJoseSharks.com - - 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 ---- 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 ---- versus. ---- 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 ---- 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 August 6, 2011 by Hockeytown0001 6 syntax, hooon, HankthaTank and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crashnburnluder 385 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Keep er' going boys!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WingZNut13 99 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hockey23 79 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Any updates on Fil? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 I like the different views of The Joe. Nice touch! esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjlegend 155 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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 2 lookalive07 and Din758 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8 Legged RedWing 367 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. 1 Vladifan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brett 1,029 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 another good test for the wings lets keep the streak going! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt198913 932 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 3-1 Wings I'll go with Rafalski, Eaves, and Franzen... Pavalski for them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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! 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DatsyukianDekes 2,428 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) 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 February 22, 2011 by darkmanx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisdetroit 189 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. 2 hooon and Vladifan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R-Dizzle 119 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Good game tonight. 4-3 Wings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red_wings4life 1 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Lets toss those Sharks, er I mean Guppies, back into the fishbowl where they belong! LGW!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WingZNut13 99 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 He is playing, I accidentally had a lineup from a previous game posted. You da man HT!!!! You da man! 1 Hockeytown0001 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 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. Yes, Babs loves to shake things up. But, most successful seasons it can be said that we have ran with the very same pairings so the guys can get their comfort level high with the other. Here is hoping we don't have to "shake things up" and just ride it out with these pairings. They have the best compliment of all the other possible combos I could conjure up. Especially keeping Lids-Raffy apart aside from the PP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copenhagen848 58 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Any updates on Fil? I forgot he was even out....guess I didn't notice 1 Shaman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Yes, Babs loves to shake things up. But, most successful seasons it can be said that we have ran with the very same pairings so the guys can get their comfort level high with the other. Here is hoping we don't have to "shake things up" and just ride it out with these pairings. They have the best compliment of all the other possible combos I could conjure up. Especially keeping Lids-Raffy apart aside from the PP. You said it right in your post, "Here is hoping we don't have to "shake things up" and just ride it out with these pairings." I completely agree that these pairings are very complimentary of each other. Obviously they balance the talent level on the bottom two pairings, but in turn they weaken it as well. As long as the puck stays out of the net, you won't see change on the blue line or up front, but the second a few bad games roll around, you can expect change to come with it. No one is saying they won't eventually go back to the current pairings, but Babs doesn't like to keep things the same when the wins aren't coming as frequently and he's quicker to the draw then most coaches in that regard. That's my whole point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 You said it right in your post, "Here is hoping we don't have to "shake things up" and just ride it out with these pairings." I completely agree that these pairings are very complimentary of each other. Obviously they balance the talent level on the bottom two pairings, but in turn they weaken it as well. As long as the puck stays out of the net, you won't see change on the blue line or up front, but the second a few bad games roll around, you can expect change to come with it. No one is saying they won't eventually go back to the current pairings, but Babs doesn't like to keep things the same when the wins aren't coming as frequently and he's quicker to the draw then most coaches in that regard. That's my whole point. Well, let's just keep winning Keeping Salei-Ericsson apart is for the best. So the other combos with me aren't terrible. I can't say that Lids-Kronner would piss me off either but again that forces Salei-Big E. Just not a fan of that one EVER. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Well, let's just keep winning Keeping Salei-Ericsson apart is for the best. So the other combos with me aren't terrible. I can't say that Lids-Kronner would piss me off either but again that forces Salei-Big E. Just not a fan of that one EVER. So basically you're a proponent of minimizing risk rather than maximizing reward. TBH, the way our season has gone defensively I tend to agree given our offense (now that's its healthy) has continued to put the puck in the net at one of the highest paces in the NHL. Right now, this is the way to go because our defense has been so poor and obviously if they continue to move away from the Lids-Raf 1st pairing and Stuart-Kronwall second pairing, then Babs and Co. are fine with giving up offensive production from the back-end. It's not to say the production can't/won't come from the current pairings, but it likely won't come at the pace it could be with the former top pairings. At the same time, its also not a priority right now given how poor the defense has been all season and equally so due to how strong the offense has been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
