Columbus Blue Jackets vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2009 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Joe Louis Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Red Wings 29–27.
Todd Bertuzzi scored twice. Antoine Vermette also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Antoine Vermette (1)Jakub Voracek (1)1–012:10 CBJ
2nd period
Todd Bertuzzi (1)Pavel Datsyuk (1), Nicklas Lidstrom (1)1–106:38 DET ·
3rd period
- Todd Bertuzzi (2)Brian Rafalski (1), Nicklas Lidstrom (2)1–202:44 DET
Team stats
CBJDET
2927
45%55%
0/41/5
1210
2523
105
86
79
Penalties
- 2:48 into the first period
Justin Abdelkader · interference2 min - 5:29 into the first periodTomas Holmstrom · tripping2 min
- 13:51 into the first period
Mike Commodore · slashing2 min - 17:03 into the first periodJakub Voracek · hooking2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodDoug Janik · holding2 min
- 5:18 into the second periodFedor Tyutin · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodFreddy Modin · tripping2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · holding2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodRaffi Torres · tripping2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodKris Draper · interference2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodRaffi Torres · diving2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:38 |
| 12Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:00 |
| 14Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 20Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:34 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 10Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 36Mathieu RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 28:38 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:21 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 17Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 21Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 24Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:23 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 14Derek MeechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:14 |
| 22Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 37Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |