St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 2011 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 32-31.
Goals came from Matt D'Agostini, Alexander Steen, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall.
Jimmy Howard made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt D'Agostini (1)Kevin Shattenkirk (1), Jason Arnott (1)1–006:51 STL · PPG
2nd period
Alexander Steen (1)Jason Arnott (2), Kevin Shattenkirk (2)2–013:08 STL · PPG
Nicklas Lidstrom (1)Pavel Datsyuk (1), Ian White (1)2–118:57 DET · PPG
3rd period
Pavel Datsyuk (1)Ian White (2), Todd Bertuzzi (1)2–211:19 DET
Niklas Kronwall (1)Valtteri Filppula (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1)2–312:15 DET
Team stats
STLDET
31Shots on goal32
54%Faceoff %46%
2/4Power play1/4
12Penalty minutes12
23Hits34
15Blocked shots18
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:12
Darren Helm · holding the stick2 min - 1st 08:57Henrik Zetterberg · boarding2 min
- 2nd 08:57
B.J. Crombeen · roughing2 min - 2nd 11:27Daniel Cleary · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:27David Backes · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:53Henrik Zetterberg · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:57Nicklas Lidstrom · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:12Matt D'Agostini · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:25Matt D'Agostini · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:28Kevin Shattenkirk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:28Johan Franzen · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:04Jason Arnott · high sticking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25:32 |
| 20Alexander SteenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:51 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:29 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:46 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 26B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:45 |
| 32Chris PorterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 22:05 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 78Evgeny GrachevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 79Adam CracknellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:54 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 28Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:49 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 18Ian WhiteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:48 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:41 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:21 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 26Jiri HudlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:54 |
| 48Cory EmmertonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 63Joakim AnderssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:10 |
| 93Johan FranzenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |