St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2011 · Joe Louis Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 31–31

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Joe Louis Arena.

Goals came from Johan Franzen, Justin Abdelkader and Jiri Hudler.

Jimmy Howard made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	0	0	0	31
DET	0	3	0	3	31

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Johan Franzen (1)Pavel Datsyuk (1), Niklas Kronwall (1)0–107:28 DET
Justin Abdelkader (1)Drew Miller (1)0–208:45 DET
Jiri Hudler (1)Valtteri Filppula (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1)0–319:07 DET

Team stats

STLDET

31Shots on goal31

43%Faceoff %57%

0/3Power play0/4

13Penalty minutes11

23Hits18

13Blocked shots14

1Giveaways8

9Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 06:34Patrik Berglund · high sticking2 min
1st 09:11Ian Cole · illegal check to head2 min
2nd 03:18Nicklas Lidstrom · holding2 min
2nd 08:48B.J. Crombeen · fighting5 min
2nd 08:48Mike Commodore · fighting5 min
2nd 11:54Patrik Berglund · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:36Jason Arnott · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 03:05Gustav Nyquist · tripping2 min
3rd 14:23Henrik Zetterberg · holding2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

12Scott NicholC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	05:17
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	14:47
17Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	16:31
21Patrik BerglundC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	4	25	17:48
25Chris StewartR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:08
26B.J. CrombeenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	03:49
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	15:44
42David BackesR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	47	20:41
44Jason ArnottC	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	2	50	16:14
57David PerronL	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	20:15
74T.J. OshieC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	18:21
78Evgeny GrachevC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:33
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	16:53
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	0	–	22:53
23Ian ColeD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	14:44
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	-1	4	2	2	0	–	25:01
28Carlo ColaiacovoD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	21:24
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	15:57

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brian ElliottG	L	31	28	3	.903	60:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

8Justin AbdelkaderL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	2	0	80	14:41
13Pavel DatsyukC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	77	18:48
20Drew MillerL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	16:14
26Jiri HudlerC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	16:40
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	50	20:51
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	19:48
93Johan FranzenC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	75	18:03
55Niklas KronwallD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	0	–	17:47
11Daniel ClearyR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:45
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	05:18
44Todd BertuzziR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:49
48Cory EmmertonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	38	06:52
63Joakim AnderssonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	05:24
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	23:38
18Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	25:59
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	5	–	13:22
23Brad StuartD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	17:24
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	18:37

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Jimmy HowardG	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00