Detroit Red Wings vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 2011 · Scottrade Center

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5–3

Final

SOG 27–29

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Red Wings 29-27.

Goals came from Adam Cracknell, Ruslan Salei, Darren Helm, Niklas Kronwall, David Backes, Matt D'Agostini, Pavel Datsyuk and Justin Abdelkader.

Jimmy Howard made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DET	2	1	2	5	27
STL	1	0	2	3	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Adam Cracknell (1)Ryan Reaves (1), Cam Janssen (1)0–109:17 STL
Ruslan Salei (1)Daniel Cleary (1)1–111:51 DET
Darren Helm (1)Justin Abdelkader (1), Kris Draper (1)2–112:07 DET

2nd period

Niklas Kronwall (1)Pavel Datsyuk (1), Johan Franzen (1)3–118:35 DET · PPG

3rd period

David Backes (1)Andy McDonald (1), Matt D'Agostini (1)3–203:48 STL
Matt D'Agostini (1)Kevin Shattenkirk (1)3–306:19 STL
Pavel Datsyuk (1)Tomas Holmstrom (1), Niklas Kronwall (1)4–313:13 DET
Justin Abdelkader (1)Niklas Kronwall (2), Brad Stuart (1)5–314:33 DET

Team stats

DETSTL

27Shots on goal29

53%Faceoff %47%

1/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

12Hits20

10Blocked shots10

4Giveaways7

9Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 15:22Matt D'Agostini · tripping2 min
1st 19:36Brad Stuart · tripping2 min
2nd 06:50Johan Franzen · interference2 min
2nd 10:50Henrik Zetterberg · slashing2 min
2nd 15:14Todd Bertuzzi · hooking2 min
2nd 18:26Ryan Reaves · holding2 min

Season series

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

55Niklas KronwallD	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	–	26:11
8Justin AbdelkaderL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	2	0	–	11:30
13Pavel DatsyukC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	53	18:16
11Daniel ClearyR	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	100	16:46
33Kris DraperC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	89	14:40
43Darren HelmC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	57	14:18
93Johan FranzenC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	100	16:31
96Tomas HolmstromL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:55
23Brad StuartD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	23:05
24Ruslan SaleiD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	17:04
26Jiri HudlerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:30
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	36	16:32
44Todd BertuzziR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	14:38
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:38
90Mike ModanoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	10:06
4Jakub KindlD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	14:07
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:03
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	18:17

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Joey MacDonaldG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Jimmy HowardG	W	29	26	3	.897	59:53

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

36Matt D'AgostiniR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	2	–	15:43
10Andy McDonaldC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	60	21:10
42David BackesR	1	0	1	+2	3	7	0	0	50	21:14
55Cam JanssenR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:36
75Ryan ReavesR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	–	05:46
79Adam CracknellR	1	0	1	-1	4	2	0	0	40	10:20
12Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:59
21Patrik BerglundC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	0	25	18:06
25Chris StewartR	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	50	20:24
26B.J. CrombeenR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100	15:50
32Chris PorterL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:01
74T.J. OshieC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	53	22:45
77T.J. HensickC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	10:00
23Ian ColeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:34
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	27:27
28Carlo ColaiacovoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	25:08
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	–	22:01
64Nikita NikitinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:33

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	27	22	5	.815	58:14