kinot-1 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 IT'S TONITE OUR HABS VISIT THE MOTOR CITY 7:30 PM RDS, CITYM, TSN Radio 690 What goes up, must come down. Vice versa, too. The once-cold Detroit Red Wings are riding their longest point streak in almost six years and could send the suddenly slumping Montreal Canadiens to their lengthiest drought in nearly two. If the Red Wings can continue their surge Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, they could avoid recording their worst losing streak in 89 years of this Original Six rivalry. After an inconsistent first six weeks of the season which included a 1-5-1 slump in October, Detroit has rattled off an 11-game point streak over the last three weeks. The Red Wings (15-8-5) are 7-0-4 during that span for their longest point streak since a 10-0-2 spurt March 11-April 3, 2010. Detroit ranked toward the bottom of the NHL with 2.18 goals per game through Nov. 15 but has since averaged 3.18. The offense exploded with 14 goals on a three-game winning streak, which looked as if it might extend to four Tuesday at Washington. Instead, the Capitals rallied to hand the Red Wings a 3-2 shootout loss, only their fourth game with fewer than three goals in the last 11. The point streak remains thanks in large part to Jimmy Howard. Granted, he was beaten midway through the third period to force overtime and allowed goals on both shootout attempts, but Howard finished with a season-high 38 saves ''I think when you get to overtime, when you get to shootout you're leaving it to chance a little bit,'' coach Jeff Blashill said. ''That's the reality of life sometimes.'' The Canadiens (19-7-3) were the highest-scoring team in the league with 3.54 goals per game through Nov. 27, but they have totaled just nine in their last five games. The last three contests were regulation losses, and Montreal hasn't gone longer without recording a point since a four-game slide Jan. 18-25, 2014. The Canadiens held a one-goal lead well into the third period Wednesday against Boston but came away with a 3-1 home loss. "I'm not worried," defenseman P.K. Subban told the Canadiens' official website. "There's a lot of hockey left to be played. The good thing is that we turn around and have a game (Thursday) against a good team. ... That's all I'm looking forward to now, the next game." That next one comes against a team Montreal has beaten seven straight times. The only other time the Canadiens won that many in a row over the Red Wings was a seven-game streak spanning 1943 and '44. Tomas Plekanec has keyed the Canadiens' current run in the series with at least point in all seven games, totaling six goals and four assists, but he hasn't scored in 13 straight games. Montreal won 4-1 at home Oct. 17 in the only meeting this season for the sixth of nine consecutive regulation wins to open the season. Petr Mrazek allowed three goals on 40 shots that day, and it's unclear if he will make his second career start against the Canadiens. Howard has lost his last five starts against them, posting a 3.25 goals-against average. Dustin Tokarski will make his first start in net this season for Montreal, which remains without injured star goalie Carey Price. Tokarski relieved Mike Condon in a 6-1 loss to Colorado on Nov. 14 in his only appearance, finishing with 11 saves while allowing two goals. WINGS ARE 6-0-4 IN THEIR LAST 10 GP HABS ARE 5-4-1 IN THEIRS. THE HABS HAVE SCORED JUST 9 GOALS IN THEIR LAST 5 GP, THE HABS PP HAS BEEN DROPPING (21.6%), TOKARSKI IS IN GOAL,,,,,,,,,,, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? kinot-1's GDT Record,,, 8-1-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Pateryn and Hudon in, Beaulieu and Thomas out. Tokarski is in. Justin St. Pierre (#12) and Dean Morton (#36) are the refs for tonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnveenie Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Pateryn and Hudon in, Beaulieu and Thomas out. Tokarski is in. Justin St. Pierre (#12) and Dean Morton (#36) are the refs for tonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Forward lines: Flesh,,,DD and Carr Patches,,, Weise and Chuckie Eller, Pleks and Byron Hudon,,,Flynn, and Andrighetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydourque Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Is Beaulieu hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Is Beaulieu hurt? Still has a shiner, but gamewise he's scratched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby67 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 5-0 Wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm ok with the line-up changes. I like the idea of getting Hudon in and I'm fine with sitting Beaulieu for one game to slide Pateryn in. What I don't want to see is Beaulieu sitting for a stretch of 4-5 games or longer, but for one night, it's okay to rotate anyone but Subban or Petry out of the line-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 5-0 Wings. I expect a loss,,, but not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Losing streak ends tonight,,,,right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm ok with the line-up changes. I like the idea of getting Hudon in and I'm fine with sitting Beaulieu for one game to slide Pateryn in. What I don't want to see is Beaulieu sitting for a stretch of 4-5 games or longer, but for one night, it's okay to rotate anyone but Subban or Petry out of the line-up. Does that mean that Markov could sit too, Ted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I expect a loss,,, but not that bad. You and habby can use this space for yoga practice together as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Losing streak ends tonight,,,,right?? < snickers at the thought,,,,,,,,,,oh heck,,, a guffaw > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Well,,, i'm blacked out tonight again. Guess i'll read it here first. Tokes makes a save. Good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Whoa,,,,,,,,looks like Flo in Det. with the missing butts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Whoa,,,,,,,,looks like Flo in Det. with the missing butts. Or maybe Fla huh? Took me a looooooooooong time. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Well,,, i'm blacked out tonight again. Guess i'll read it here first. Tokes makes a save. Good sign. Technology hasn't been kind to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby67 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 It's hard for me to be inspirational though, especially after last night. If this keeps up unfortunately some sort of shake up will happen eventually. Sad games like that bring me back to some of those Martin era games. The mix on this team is wrong and I can't put my finger on it. Sometimes a 6 player deal is just the thing to motivate the rest of the team and maybe create some cohesion and compatible play. I have been saying this a million times lately but I would love for Mccarron to come up and his exuberance can be contagious and I know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyez Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Petry musta had something in his eye there ... or was having a little nap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 It's hard for me to be inspirational though, especially after last night. If this keeps up unfortunately some sort of shake up will happen eventually. Sad games like that bring me back to some of those Martin era games. The mix on this team is wrong and I can't put my finger on it. Sometimes a 6 player deal is just the thing to motivate the rest of the team and maybe create some cohesion and compatible play. I have been saying this a million times lately but I would love for Mccarron to come up and his exuberance can be contagious and I know it. I'd be more concerned if we were being outplayed in those last 3 loses, but that wasn't the case. Bump in the road hopefully and we just need to ride it out until our star player is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Do they really have wings? Man they are fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I like Tartar sauce with fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby67 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'd be more concerned if we were being outplayed in those last 3 loses, but that wasn't the case. Bump in the road hopefully and we just need to ride it out until our star player is back. Absolutely, however I hope he doesn't have to keep it down to a shut out or one goal against to keep this team in it because they can't score, for like forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Good early kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I like Tartar sauce with fish. Take mayo, ketchup and relish and it's the same thing for a lot less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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