Game 5 Wings vs Ducks Game Day Updates

The Dirt

All is quiet on the Western Front.

The biggest update is that there are no updates. No expected lineup changes. Samuelsson will start on the top line again, and Babcock said he'll see how things go from there. Morning skate was eerily quiet.

Lydman is still out with headaches, but they're not as severe as they were before. Still no word on when he'll be back

Datsyuk being Datsyuk

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Rarely get a straight answer from Datsyuk. I asked him what will be the key in tonight's game 5. He said, "get one more goal than the Ducks"</p>&mdash; Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenKalDRW/status/332224862494019584">May 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Stats

Zetterberg has 18 points (6-12-18) in 21 career postseason games vs ANA

Cleary has 14 points (4-10-14) in 17 career postseason games vs ANA

Franzen has 12 points (9-3-12) in 17 career postseason games vs ANA

Datsyuk has 11 points (4-7-11) in 21 career postseason games vs ANA

Nyquist became the first DET rookie in team history to register two OT points in one playoff year with his assist on Brunner's GWG in Game 4 (also scored DET's OT GWG in Game 2)

Since 2000, only one other NHL rookie has recorded two OT points in one postseason - Adam Henrique, NJD (two OT goals in 2012 Playoffs)

Smith (1-1-2) recorded his first career postseason goal and assist in Game 4 vs ANA

Andersson (0-2-2) recorded his first two career postseason points in Game 4 vs ANA

Only two DET players (Nyquist, Filppula) failed to record a shot on goal in Game 4 vs ANA

Zetterberg fired a team high 8 shots on goal in Game 4 vs ANA

Eaves delivered a team high 6 hits in Game 4 vs ANA

Ericsson logged a team high 28:56 TOI in Game 4 vs ANA

Zetterberg has 103 career playoff points and is currently one point shy of Alex Delvecchio (104) for 5th all-time in team history

Datsyuk has 97 career playoff points and with his goal in Game 4 vs ANA moved into a tie with Tomas Holmstrom (97) for 7th all-time in team history

Howard has started 19 straight games and 24 of the last 25 for DET (includes regular season and playoffs)

DET has six players who have made their NHL postseason debuts in this series vs ANA (Smith, Kindl, Brunner, Andersson, DeKeyser and Lashoff)

Howard has 131 career regular season wins and is tied with Roger Crozier for 4th-most in team history

Lineup

Forwards
Henrik Zetterberg	Pavel Datsyuk	Mikael Samuelsson
Johan Franzen	Valtteri Filppula	Daniel Cleary
Gustav Nyquist	Joakim Andersson	Damien Brunner
Patrick Eaves	Cory Emmerton	Todd Bertuzzi

Defense
Niklas Kronwall	Jonathan Ericsson
Kyle Quincey	Brendan Smith
Jakub Kindl	Brian Lashoff

Goalies

Jimmy Howard

Jonas Gustavsson

Healthy Scratches

Carlo Colaiacovo

Ian White

Injured

Danny DeKeyser (Broken Thumb)

Darren Helm (Back)

Drew Miller (Broken Hand)

Suspended- Abdelkader 1 more game

PP#1

Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Franzen

Kronwall-Brunner

PP#2

Nyquist-Filppula-Cleary

Kindl-Samuelsson

Ducks Lineup

Forwards
Daniel Winnik	Saku Koivu	Andrew Cogliano
Bobby Ryan	Ryan Getzlaf	Corey Perry
Kyle Palmieri	Nick Bonino	Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey	David Steckel	Emerson Etem

Defense
Sheldon Souray	Francois Beauchemin
Cam Fowler	Ben Lovejoy
Bryan Allen	Luca Sbisa

Goalies

Jonas Hiller

Viktor Fasth

Happy thought:

On this date in 1997,the Wings record 73 shots on goal, 28 in OT, as Detroit defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3-2 in double OT

LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!