12/27/07 | Game 38 | Detroit Red Wings @ Colorado Avalanche, 9:00pm EST

[TStar 10]

When: Thursdayday, 12/27 9:00pm

Where: Pepsi Center (Denver, CO)

National: NONE

Local: FSD (HD), ALT (HD) (Denver)

Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan O'Rourke

Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray

Season Series: First Meeting

Top Scorers vs. Opponent

DET: N/A

COL: N/A

Detroit Red Wings

Record: 27-7-3

Home: 16-2-1

Road: 11-5-2

Last 5: 4-1-0

Last 10: 8-1-1

vs. Northwest: 9-0-1

Goals Scored: 133

Goals Against: 82

Power Play: 1st (24.3%) - 44PPG, 7SHGA

Penalty Kill: 8th (84.9%) - 2SHG, 27PPGA

Team Leaders

Goals: Henrik Zetterberg (25), Tomas Holmstrom (17), Pavel Datsyuk (14)

Assists: Pavel Datsyuk (32), Nicklas Lidstrom (30), Brian Rafalski (27)

Points: Henrik Zetterberg (50), Pavel Datsyuk (46), Nicklas Lidstrom (34)

PP Goals: Henrik Zetterberg (11), Tomas Holmstrom (10), Daniel Cleary (5), Pavel Datsyuk (5)

PP Points: Henrik Zetterberg (21), Pavel Datsyuk (20), Brian Rafalski (20)

SH Goals: Kris Draper (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1)

SH Points: Kris Draper (1), Johan Franzen (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1)

Plus/Minus: Nicklas Lidstrom (+23), Pavel Datsyuk (+18), Henrik Zetterberg (+14)

Penalty Minutes: Andreas Lilja (52), Aaron Downey (41), Tomas Holmstrom (40)

Shots: Henrik Zetterberg (185), Pavel Datsyuk (131), Daniel Cleary (109)

Injuries: LW Kirk Maltby (back), LW Henrik Zetterberg (back), RW Tomas Holmstrom (knee) OUT.

Projected Lineup:

Valtteri Filppula - Pavel Datsyuk - Daniel Cleary

Jiri Hudler - Johan Franzen - Mikael Samuelsson

Dallas Drake - Kris Draper - Tomas Kopecky

Matt Ellis - Mark Hartigan - Aaron Downey

Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski

Niklas Kronwall - Andreas Lilja

Derek Meech - Brett Lebda

In net: Dominik Hasek 11-5-2 2.41GAA .885SV% 1SHO (18 games)

Career vs. COL: 15-8-0 (4 ties) 2.23GAA .919SV% 4SHO (28 games)

Colorado Avalanche

Record: 21-13-2

Home: 15-3-0

Road: 6-10-2

Last 5: 4-0-1

Last 10: 7-2-1

vs. Central: 4-5-0

Goals Scored: 109

Goals Against: 101

Power Play: T-23rd (14.8%) - 24PPG, 1SHGA

Penalty Kill: 19th (81.6%) - 2SHG, 25PPGA

Team Leaders

Goals: Milan Hejduk (15), Paul Stastny (15), Marek Svatos (12), Wojtek Wolski (12)

Assists: Paul Stastny (28), Andrew Brunette (19), Ryan Smyth (17)

Points: Paul Stastny (43), Milan Hejduk (30), Ryan Smyth (28)

PP Goals: Milan Hejduk (6), Andrew Brunette (4), Wojtek Wolski (4)

PP Points: Paul Stastny (13), Joe Sakic (11), Milan Hejduk (10), John-Michael Liles (10)

SH Goals: Jeff Finger (1), Milan Hejduk (1)

SH Points: 6 players tied with (1)

Plus/Minus: Paul Stastny (+13), Kurt Sauer (+11), Jeff Finger (+10)

Penalty Minutes: Scott Parker (56), Ian Laperriere (43), Scott Hannan (24), Ryan Smyth (24)

Shots: Ryan Smyth (104), Tyler Arnason (78), Wojtek Wolski (77)

Injuries: C Joe Sakic (groin), D Kurt Sauer (concussion) OUT. D Jordan Leopold (leg), C Tyler Arnason (wrist) QUESTIONABLE. LW Ryan Smyth (neck), LW Brad Richardson (shoulder) PROBABLE.

Projected Lineup:

Ryan Smyth - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk

Wojtek Wolski - Jaroslav Hlinka - Marek Svatos

Andrew Brunette - Tyler Arnason - Brad Richardson

Ben Guite - Cody McCormick - Ian Laperierre

Karlis Skrastins - Brett Clark

Scott Hannan - Jeff Finger

Jordan Leopold - John-Michael Liles

In net: Peter Budaj 14-6-1 2.58GAA .903SV% 0SHO (23 games)

Career vs. DET: 2-1-1 3.15GAA .902SV% 0SHO (4 games)

[DetroitFolly 10]

Should be a good one, despite the rivalry losing its lustre.

I still don't like the Avalanche.

[jackson_cannery 11]

[pjk49202 10]

For christmas my girlfriend got two tickets for the game tonight. It sucks Zetterberg and Homer are not playing. Hopefully I can get to the game. It's snowing like crazy outhere. GO Wings!

[ben9753 47]

Everbody talks abould Zetterberg, and rightfully so, but Datsyuk has quietly crept up in the scoring race. He is only 4 points behind Zetterberg and is second in the league in assists. Nice job by Holland locking him up for eternity.

[ben9753 47]

For christmas my girlfriend got two tickets for the game tonight. It sucks Zetterberg and Homer are not playing. Hopefully I can get to the game. It's snowing like crazy outhere. GO Wings!

I read that for the first time in ten years the avalanche have games that aren't sold out this year. Kind of like detroit. I guess you can't have a good baseball team and a good hockey team in one city. oh well. At least in Detroit all the moneys going to the same man anyway.

[Shinma 37]

I read that for the first time in ten years the avalanche have games that aren't sold out this year. Kind of like detroit. I guess you can't have a good baseball team and a good hockey team in one city. oh well. At least in Detroit all the moneys going to the same man anyway.

Colorado has a good hockey team? When did this happen?

[DennisDubay 12]

FYI:

This game will be streamed @ Yahoo.com

[skyguy52 10]

FYI:

This game will be streamed @ Yahoo.com

Thanks for the info.

[DennisDubay 12]

Thanks for the info.

No prob. It's what I do.

[wingedwheel 14]

[copper95b 10]

Hasek makes me nervous..... Wish he'd hang up the skates.... Wings look good and I still hate Colorado, almost as much as I hate OSU!

[wingedwheel 14]

End of the 2nd period

Red Wings 3

Avalanche 2

[sagnam 61]

FYI:

This game will be streamed @ Yahoo.com

I can't get the the video to stream and it's pissing me off.

[wingedwheel 14]

Final score:

Red Wings 4

Avalanche 2

[T.O. Tiger Fan 10]

And the Wings keep on rolling.....

[wingedwheel 14]

Red Wings WIN!!!

[wolverinefan 86]

Very gritty game tonight.

[jackson_cannery 11]

Wings rule. Avs drool.

[DetroitFolly 10]

A strong win. Homer and Zets sit again, and the Wings simply get goals elsewhere. Filppula is really starting to impress me. Nice to see Chelios get some rest as well. Hopefully they can keep him fresh. Also...Hasek was really sharp. He hasn't lost in quite awhile.

The one guy on the Avs I do like is Joe Sakic. Too bad he's out for 3 months or so. He's getting up there...we'll see if he ever truly comes back from this Hernia.

Anyway, a good win.