National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 3, St. Louis 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2011
Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Derek Amell
Attendance: 20066
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 0303
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:34 - Blues Patrik Berglund (2) High sticking
 9:11 - Blues Ian Cole (2) Illegal Check to head
2nd Period
Scoring
7:28 - Red Wings Johan Franzen (EV) Assists: Pavel Datsyuk , Niklas Kronwall
8:45 - Red Wings Justin Abdelkader (EV) Assists: Drew Miller
19:07 - Red Wings Jiri Hudler (EV) Assists: Valtteri Filppula , Henrik Zetterberg
Penalties
3:18 - Red Wings Nicklas Lidstrom (2) Holding
 8:48 - Red Wings Mike Commodore (5) Fighting
 8:48 - Blues B.J. Crombeen (5) Fighting
 11:54 - Blues Patrik Berglund (2) High sticking
 14:36 - Blues Jason Arnott (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:05 - Red Wings Gustav Nyquist (2) Tripping
 14:23 - Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (2) Holding
St. Louis Blues
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brian Elliott G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 46:00 6:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 16:53 11:53 0:00 5:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 5:17 2:56 0:00 2:21 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 14:47 12:58 0:00 1:49 0 0 4 - - - -
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 16:31 13:14 1:09 2:08 0 0 2 1 3 3 50
Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 25 17:48 13:21 3:22 1:05 0 0 - 1 3 9 25
Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 28 22:53 17:07 2:46 3:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 14:44 14:39 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Stewart RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:08 12:41 3:27 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
B.J. Crombeen RW 0 0 0 E 5 0 7 3:49 3:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 30 25:01 17:16 3:14 4:31 0 0 2 2 - - -
Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 21:24 18:31 2:43 0:10 0 0 2 2 - - -
Matt D'Agostini RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 15:44 13:11 2:23 0:10 0 0 2 1 - - -
David Backes RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 30 20:41 14:51 2:33 3:17 0 0 4 1 8 9 47
Jason Arnott C 0 0 0 -1 2 7 21 16:14 12:59 3:12 0:03 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Roman Polak D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 15:57 12:38 0:00 3:19 0 0 - 1 - - -
David Perron LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 29 20:15 14:56 2:33 2:46 0 0 3 - - - -
T.J Oshie C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 18:21 15:48 2:33 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Grachev C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 9:33 7:12 0:00 2:21 0 0 1 - - - -
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jimmy Howard G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 46:00 8:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Lidstrom D 0 0 0 E 2 2 27 23:38 17:30 4:35 1:33 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Abdelkader LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 17 14:41 12:24 0:03 2:14 0 0 2 2 4 1 80
Daniel Cleary RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 24 18:45 11:33 4:01 3:11 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Pavel Datsyuk C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 25 18:48 12:21 4:00 2:27 0 0 - - 10 3 77
Gustav Nyquist C 0 0 0 E 2 0 11 5:18 5:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ian White D 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 25:59 19:02 4:18 2:39 0 0 1 - - - -
Drew Miller LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 21 16:14 13:44 0:03 2:27 0 0 - 3 - - -
Mike Commodore D 0 0 0 +1 5 2 16 13:22 13:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Brad Stuart D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 25 17:24 13:29 0:34 3:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jiri Hudler C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 23 16:40 13:23 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henrik Zetterberg LW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 27 20:51 16:20 4:04 0:27 0 0 1 - 8 8 50
Todd Bertuzzi RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 15:49 12:33 3:16 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Cory Emmerton C 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 6:52 6:49 0:03 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 5 38
Valtteri Filppula C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 19:48 14:45 3:57 1:06 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 18:37 17:13 0:08 1:16 0 0 3 1 - - -
Niklas Kronwall D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 17:47 11:28 3:08 3:11 0 0 1 4 - - -
Joakim Andersson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:24 5:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Johan Franzen RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 23 18:03 13:22 4:33 0:08 0 0 - 1 3 1 75
Goaltending
St. Louis
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Brian Elliott L (23-10-4) 31 28 3 .903 0 60:00
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jimmy Howard W (35-17-4) 31 31 0 1.000 0 60:00