St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 3–0 on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at home.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2011-2012 record
St. Louis Blues 0 49-22-11
at Detroit Red Wings 3 48-28-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
St. Louis Blues 0 0 0 0
Detroit Red Wings 0 3 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
St. Louis Blues 10 10 11 31
Detroit Red Wings 10 17 4 31

Three stars

  1. J. Howard, Detroit Red Wings (goaltender)
  2. J. Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  3. J. Hudler, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 07:28 Detroit Red Wings Johan Franzen (1) Pavel Datsyuk (1), Niklas Kronwall (1) Even strength STL 0, DET 1
2nd 08:45 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader (1) Drew Miller (1) Even strength STL 0, DET 2
2nd 19:07 Detroit Red Wings Jiri Hudler (1) Valtteri Filppula (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1) Even strength STL 0, DET 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings
Stat St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 31 31
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 11
Hits 23 18
Blocked shots 13 14
Giveaways 1 8
Takeaways 9 7
Faceoffs won 21/49 (42.9%) 28/49 (57.1%)

Box score

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 12 S. Nichol C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 05:17
Number 15 J. Langenbrunner R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 14:47
Number 17 V. Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 16:31
Number 21 P. Berglund C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 1 25% 17:48
Number 25 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:08
Number 26 B. Crombeen R 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 03:49
Number 36 M. D'Agostini R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 15:44
Number 42 D. Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 1 47.1% 20:41
Number 44 J. Arnott C 0 0 0 -1 2 7 0 0 50% 16:14
Number 57 D. Perron L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 20:15
Number 74 T. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 18:21
Number 78 E. Grachev C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:33
Number 5 B. Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 16:53
Number 22 K. Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 3 22:53
Number 23 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 14:44
Number 27 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 2 25:01
Number 28 C. Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 21:24
Number 46 R. Polak D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 15:57
St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 B. Elliott 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 2 80% 14:41
Number 11 D. Cleary R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 18:45
Number 13 P. Datsyuk C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 76.9% 18:48
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 05:18
Number 20 D. Miller L 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 3 16:14
Number 26 J. Hudler R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 16:40
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 0 50% 20:51
Number 44 T. Bertuzzi R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 15:49
Number 48 C. Emmerton C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 37.5% 06:52
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 19:48
Number 63 J. Andersson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 05:24
Number 93 J. Franzen R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 75% 18:03
Number 5 N. Lidstrom D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 23:38
Number 18 I. White D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 25:59
Number 22 M. Commodore D 0 0 0 +1 5 2 2 0 13:22
Number 23 B. Stuart D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 1 17:24
Number 52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 1 18:37
Number 55 N. Kronwall D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 4 17:47
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 J. Howard 31 31 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:34 St. Louis Blues Patrik Berglund High sticking 2
1st 09:11 St. Louis Blues Ian Cole Illegal check to head 2
2nd 03:18 Detroit Red Wings Nicklas Lidstrom Holding 2
2nd 08:48 St. Louis Blues B.J. Crombeen Fighting (major) 5
2nd 08:48 Detroit Red Wings Mike Commodore Fighting (major) 5
2nd 11:54 St. Louis Blues Patrik Berglund High sticking 2
2nd 14:36 St. Louis Blues Jason Arnott Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 03:05 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist Tripping 2
3rd 14:23 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg Holding 2

Game information

St. Louis Blues head coach
Ken Hitchcock
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Mike Babcock
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen
Derek Amell, David Brisebois
St. Louis Blues scratches
Alexander Steen, Chris Porter
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Jakub Kindl, Darren Helm, Jan Mursak

2011-2012 season series

Other NHL games on Dec 31

Sources and further reading

More schedules