| 21 February 2012
Detroit is on the road and in loser territory. Yes, the Blackhawks have won their last three game, but they will always be losers in my heart. 13 points separate the grand and wonderful Red Wings from their little bastard child sister in the central.
Points-wise this game doesn't mean much in gaining ground on the Hawks, but for the fans and players the pure hatred alone is enough to want to squash these whiny little Chicago punks into the ground.
Puck drops at 8pm on NBCSN and FSD
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Chicago lost nine straight games before this little three game win streak they have going. NINE! Every time I checked the finals and saw a big fat L next to the Hawks it made my heart flutter. It was glorious. What made it all the better was the fact that the entire team was healthy. I would have loved to see the "fans" reaction to that skid. I'm sure it was priceless.
Have I ever told you that I hate Chicago?
Jimmy is back tonight, and hopefully ready to return to his dominate all-star form.
Tonight's game is on NBCSN and FSD. This will be the first time in five years that I won't have to sit through a vomit inducing love fest courtesy of Eddie Olczyk and Pat Foley. Well not five years, because the Blackhawks didn't even have a television contract five years ago. That's right they were so irrelevant, that they weren't even broadcasted on TV, and to Hawks "fans" they didn't even exist until 2009.
I really, really hate the Blackhawks.
DETROIT RED WINGS TEAM NOTES
DET is 363-262-84-9 all-time vs CHI
DET is 147-158-51-5 all-time at CHI
DET is 7-4-1 in 12 Tuesday games this season
DET is 70-4-4 the last 78 times they've scored 4+ goals in a game
DETROIT RED WINGS PLAYER NOTES
• N. Lidstrom tallied his 100th career NHL point (goal), 4/1/93 at CHI
• N. Lidstrom made his NHL debut on 10/3/91 at CHI
• N. Lidstrom's next goal will tie him with K. Nilsson and T. Steen for 7th place in NHL history amongst Swedes (264)
• H. Zetterberg's next point will tie him with B. Olmstead for 285th place in NHL history (602)
• H. Zetterberg recorded his 200th career assist on 1/1/09 at CHI
• V. Filppula has tallied 6G-9A-15P in 14 intradivisional games this season
• V. Filppula is on pace to register 21G-39A-60P this season
• V. Filppula recorded his 100th career assist on 4/10/11 at CHI
• D. Miller played in his 200th career NHL game on 4/10/11 at CHI
• J. Franzen's next GWG will tie him with S. Fedorov for the most in one season by a Red Wing (11)
• J. Franzen is on pace to tally 31G-32A-63P this season
• P. Datsyuk is 2 assists behind I. Larionov for 7th place all-time in NHL history amongst Russians (475)
• P. Datsyuk's next point will tie him with C. Simmer for 201st place all-time in NHL history (711)
• J. Howard's next GP will tie him with M. Legace for 10th all-time in DET goaltending history (180)
ALL-TIME RED WINGS HAT TRICKS VS. BLACKHAWKS:
S. Howe vs. CHI, Feb. 21, 1937
C. Liscombe vs CHI, March 13, 1938
M. Bruneteau vs CHI, Nov. 21, 1943
P. Horeck (4) vs CHI, Jan. 23, 1947
R. Conacher (4) @ CHI, March 16, 1947
T. Lindsay vs. CHI, March 16, 1947
J. McFadden vs CHI, Nov. 22, 1947
G. Couture @ CHI, Nov. 28, 1948
G. Howe @ CHI, Jan. 17, 1951
G. Howe @ CHI, Jan. 23, 1951
G. Gee @ CHI, March 11, 1951
G. Howe vs CHI, March 17, 1951
G. Howe vs CHI, Jan. 29, 1953
D. Reibel @ CHI, Jan. 9, 1955
G. Howe vs CHI, March 3, 1955
A. Delvecchio @ CHI, Oct. 18, 1958
F. Smith vs CHI, March 15, 1964
N. Ullman @ CHI, March 29, 1964*
N. Ullman vs CHI, April 7, 1964*
G. Howe vs CHI, March 21, 1965
N. Ullman vs CHI, April 11, 1965*
B. MacGregor @ CHI, Dec. 19, 1965
G. Howe vs CHI, Feb. 6, 1969
V. Nedomansky vs CHI, Oct. 28, 1978
E. Thompson @ CHI, Dec. 16, 1979
R. Duguay vs CHI, Nov. 3, 1983
R. Duguay @ CHI, Feb. 17, 1985
P. Klima @ CHI, March 5, 1986
P. Klima vs CHI, March 22, 1986
T. Higgins vs CHI, Dec. 4, 1987
S. Yzerman vs CHI, April 6, 1989*
S. Yzerman vs CHI, Dec. 15, 1989
S. Yzerman @ CHI, Feb. 14, 1993
B. Shanahan @ CHI, April 13, 2006
*Playoffs
LGRW!
