On this day in hockey history… 2001 – Detroit’s Larry Murphy became just the second player in league history to appear in 1,600 NHL games, and chipped in with an assist as the Red Wings won 4-3 against the visiting Nashville Predators.
Happy Birthday, Tom “The Bomb” Kostopoulos!
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Jan 24, 7:30 PM ET TV: TSN, RDS
Detroit
RED WINGS
59 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
54 Points / 5th (Atlantic)
27-18-5
Record
22-18-10
14-8-3
Home
8-11-7
13-10-2
Away
14-7-3
4-4-2
Last 10
4-5-1
2.48
G/G
2.48
2.44
GA/G
2.62
19.3
PP%
16.4
84.8
PK%
84.2
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Lars Eller – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Rene Bourque – Danny Briere – Brandon Prust
Louis Leblanc – Michael Bournival – Travis Moen
Gustav Nyquist – Henrik Zetterberg – Justin Abdelkader
Tomas Jurco – Riley Sheahan – Tomas Tatar
Danny Cleary – Darren Helm – Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller – Luke Glendening – Patrick Eaves
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Douglas Murray – P.K. Subban
Nathan Beaulieu – Josh Gorges
Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson
Kyle Quincey – Dan DeKeyser
Brian Lashoff – Brendan Smith
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Jonas Gustavsson(Confirmed)
Record: 22-14-4 GAA: 2.40 Sv%: 0.921 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 12-3-2 GAA: 2.47 Sv%: .912 SO: 0 Alternate: Petr Mrazek
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), Ryan White (upper-body), Alex Galchenyuk (broken hand), Raphael Diaz (healthy scratch), Francis Bouillon (healthy scratch)
Stephen Weiss (sports hernia), Jimmy Howard (knee), Johan Franzen (concussion), Pavel Datsyuk (groin), Daniel Alfredsson (back)
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