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[Hockeytown0001]

Official Game Day Thread

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Start time: 7:00 EST


HSBC Arena - Buffalo, NY



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Official Game Preview:
Modano returns as Detroit visits Buffalo

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*Opposition GDT*
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News from around the NHL
Jackets' Huselius on IR
Devils run in focus
Deadline Day by the numbers

Western Conference Standings



RED WINGS
61 GP, 37-18-6, 80 pts
Last Game: Lost to DAL 4-1

SABRES
60 GP, 29-25-6, 64 pts
Last Game: Defeated OTT 4-2

Last DET-BUF Meeting:
3/13/10, BUF 2 at DET 3 (OT) Recap - LGW GDT

Highlights



Goals
DET Johan Franzen: 26
BUF Drew Stafford: 24

Assists
DET Henrik Zetterberg: 48
BUF Thomas Vanek: 29

Plus/Minus
Pavel Datsyuk: +15
BUF Mike Weber: +12
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DET Mike Modano: +3
BUF Tim Connolly: -11

PIM
DET Jonathan Ericsson: 71
BUF Cody McCormick: 119


Franzen-Datsyuk-Hudler
Cleary-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Filppula-Modano-Holmstrom
Draper-Abdelkader-Miller

Lidstrom-Stuart
Ericsson-Kronwall
Kindl-Salei

Projected BUF Lines
Ennis-Hecht-Stafford
Vanek-Connolly-Pominville
Gerbe-Gaustad-Kaleta
Niedermayer-McCormick-Grier

Weber-Morisonn
Butler-Myers
Leopold-Montador




Joey MacDonald

Record:
2-3-1, 2.49 GAA, .910 SV%, 0 SO

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versus.
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Ryan Miller

Record:
26-18-5, 2.68 GAA, .913V%, 3 SO



RED WINGS
Patrick Eaves (knee) out, Brian Rafalski (back spasms) will not play,
Chris Osgood (groin) out,

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SABRES
Derek Roy (quadricep) out



On Deck

2/28, Red Wings at Kings ; 10:30 EST

Edited by Hockeytown0001, 05 August 2011 - 11:31 PM.

[Howard He Do It?!]

Joey Mac vs. Ryan Miller. Should I start crying now?

[Hey man nice shot!]

Joey Mac vs. Ryan Miller. Should I start crying now?

joey is our best goalie atm...lol

[Howard He Do It?!]

joey is our best goalie atm...lol

Yeah, and toys can actually talk.

[Konnan511]

Joey Mac vs. Ryan Miller. Should I start crying now?

Cause' they are the ones doing the scoring?

Wings Offense > Buffalo Offense.

Wings Defense ~ Buffalo Defense.

Wings goaltending < Nabakov sitting at home.

If Wings defense decides to show up and Hank and Franzen do something at ES we should have this one in the bag. JMac plays a simple enough game and controls his rebounds and anything with 3 or less goals I think we should win easily.

[GSBrooks13]

joey is our best goalie atm...lol

So you're saying he should start crying then? Haha

[T.Low]

ZOMG! Where's The Nightmare (On Helm St.)?! I don't see him in the lineup.

[crotty99]

Welcome back Modano.

Now please win.

[shoe]

ZOMG! Where's The Nightmare (On Helm St.)?! I don't see him in the lineup.

Didnt he take a shot to the foot on the last game?

Maybe with all the injuries coming back hes sitting with a sore foot?

[russianswede919293]

Few Things:

#1 Going to the game tonight. Very excited.

#2 Helm is playing tonight:

Center Darren Helm did not practice Friday due to a sore left foot, the result of a blocked shot in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Dallas. Helm said it's nothing serious and he will play Saturday.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2011/02/red_wings_brian_rafalski_back_1.html

#3 I would expect that Abdelkader or Draper is the one sitting. Miller vs. Miller is expected, their family flew up to watch the game and I read somewhere (don't remember where) that he is playing.

[Hockeytown_Ryan]

Flip back in tonight too! Should be a decent game... Just hope for them to get back on track.... Need to play "D" in front of Joey Mac (And Howard) so lets see if we can get the
big Red Machine on a roll again.. GO WINGS!!!!!

[nate94gt]

the sharks are 2 points behind us

(though we have 2 games in hand)

[13dangledangle]

Should be a great game, the lines look really good. Its awesome to have Flip back I missed that guy out there, Miller vs Joey Mac scares me a little but if the D stands up we will be good.

[cusimano_brothers]

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

Historical Regular-Season Streaks v. Buffalo
Overall: 1-game winning streak (overtime)
Road: 2-game losing streak

Last Ten Games
Last Ten Games – Current Regular-Season
Overall: 6W-4L
Road: 6W-3L-0OTL-1SOL

Last Ten Games - Historical Regular-Season v. Buffalo
Overall: 7W-3L-0OTL-1SOL
Road: 6W-3L-1T

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

Record on this Day
February 26
This is the 35th regular-season game played on this day. The Club's record in the previous 34 games:

12W-13L-8T-0OTL-1SOL

LGW.

I will be in attendance at this fine ice gathering.

[Rivalred]

Just took a quick gander at the standings, Nucks are 7 points ahead and Sharks 2 points back.

Wings of Red need to start winning

[russianswede919293]

Read that Filppula will only play depending on how he feels after the morning skate.

So hopefully he feels good.

[55fan]

Miller finally gets one past his brother. Mikey Mo reminds us why we wanted him in the first place. Mule scores one to take his mind off the lovely Cecilia and her condition.

Joey Mac uses that Eastern Conference experience to soundly crush the life out of what begins as a spirited effort but ends with the realization on the part of the Sabers that attempts at offense are futile.

Wings win 3-1 (Ryan Miller scores one after Drew scores his, just because that's what brothers do.)

The Miller brothers do not fight because one is a Red Wing.

[nate94gt]

Miller finally gets one past his brother. Mikey Mo reminds us why we wanted him in the first place. Mule scores one to take his mind off the lovely Cecilia and her condition.

Joey Mac uses that Eastern Conference experience to soundly crush the life out of what begins as a spirited effort but ends with the realization on the part of the Sabers that attempts at offense are futile.

Wings win 3-1 (Ryan Miller scores one after Drew scores his, just because that's what brothers do.)

The Miller brothers do not fight because one is a Red Wing.

i like your attitude

[Carp]

If Helmer and Flip are GTG, I'd like to see...

Cleary-Datsyuk-Hudler
Filppula-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Franzen-Modano-Holmstrom
Draper-Helm-Miller

CDH have been pretty darn good lately, and Val and Bret usually seem to be good together.

[55fan]

If Helmer and Flip are GTG, I'd like to see...

Cleary-Datsyuk-Hudler
Filppula-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Franzen-Modano-Holmstrom
Draper-Helm-Miller

CDH have been pretty darn good lately, and Val and Bret usually seem to be good together.

Please tell me you meant Bert. I had visions of Brett Lebda re-joining us at forward.