DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 3 vs. COLUMBUS 4 (1/14/23)
1ST PERIOD: CBJ Laine (Gaudreau, Roslovic) 12:47-EV; CBJ Gavrikov (Johnson, Bemström) 13:54-EV; CBJ Laine (Roslovic, Blankenburg) 15:30-EV
2ND PERIOD: CBJ Laine (Boqvist, Gaudreau) 1:32-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Määttä (Kubalík, Larkin) 5:50-EV; DET Walman (unassisted) 7:08-EV; DET Raymond (Hronek, Chiarot) 15:56-EV
SHOTS: DET 28 (8-8-12) / CBJ 25 (14-8-3)
GOALIES: DET Husso (L, 21-25) / CBJ Merzlikins (W, 25-28)
PP: DET 0-2 / CBJ 0-1
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Filip Zadina – lower body (30 / Nov. 5)
Matt Luff – upper body (28 / Nov. 8)
Robert Hägg – undisclosed (15 / Dec. 8)
Total Man Games Lost: 210
Individual Man Games Lost: Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Tyler Bertuzzi (29), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/13 – Reassigned defenseman Donovan Sebrango from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
1/10 – Activated forward Tyler Bertuzzi from injured reserve
1/8 – Assigned forward Elmer Söderblom to Grand Rapids
TODAY’S GAME
RED WINGS at AVALANCHE / 3:00 P.M. EST / Ball Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TODAY: 130th all-time meeting, 66th at Colorado … First of two games this season, only game at Colorado
ALL-TIME vs. COL: 66-48-5-10 / AWAY: 31-28-4-2 / LAST 10: 1-7-2 / IN 2021-22: 0-2-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-0-0
DET top scorers vs. COL: David Perron (20-20-40 in 49 GP), Dylan Larkin (2-8-10 in 12 GP), Oskar Sundqvist (3-4-7 in 12 GP), Dominik Kubalík (3-1-4 in 8 GP), Moritz Seider (0-3-3 in 2 GP), Filip Hronek (1-2-3 in 5 GP), Joe Veleno (1-0-1 in 2 GP), Pius Suter (0-1-1 in 2 GP)
COL top scorers vs. DET: Nathan MacKinnon (10-7-17 in 15 GP), Mikko Rantanen (1-11-12 in 9 GP), Cale Makar (1-5-6 in 3 GP), Devon Toews (0-5-5 in 6 GP), Alex Newhook (0-3-3 in 2 GP), Darren Helm (1-1-2 in 2 GP), Logan O’Connor (1-1-2 in 3 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Tuesday, Jan. 17: RED WINGS at COYOTES / 9:00 p.m. / Mullett Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, Jan. 19: RED WINGS at GOLDEN KNIGHTS / 10:00 p.m. / T-Mobile Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Jan. 21: RED WINGS vs. FLYERS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Jan. 14 vs. Columbus – 4-3 L
Detroit scored three unanswered goals in the third period, but fell 4-3 against Columbus to move to 18-16-7 overall and 11-9-3 inside Little Caesars Arena … The Red Wings finished 2-1-0 against the Blue Jackets in the season series … Additionally, Detroit is 7-5-1 against the Metropolitan Division to begin the 2022-23 season … Detroit is 4-1-1 in its last six home games against Columbus dating back to Jan. 19, 2021 … The Red Wings are 4-4-7 in one-goal games this season, and 19-5-17 since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign … With 43 points at the halfway mark of the season, Detroit has recorded its highest point total through the first 41 games of a season since posting a 21-13-7 record (49 points) to begin the 2015-16 campaign … Olli Määttä put Detroit on the board with his fourth goal of the season … Määttä, who recorded his 150th career NHL point on Jan. 7 at Toronto, has eight points (2-6-8) in 14 games since Dec. 4 at Columbus … Jake Walman cut the Red Wings’ deficit to 4-2 with his fifth goal of the campaign … Walman extended his point streak to four-consecutive games (3-1-4 in 4 GP) … In all, Walman has six points (4-2-6) in nine appearances since Dec. 28 at Pittsburgh … Lucas Raymond made it a one-goal game with his 13th goal of the season … Raymond is on a career-long three-game goal streak (3-4-7 in 3 GP) … Raymond has totaled 14 points (6-8-14) in 12 games dating back to Dec. 17 vs. Ottawa … Raymond scored his 36th career goal to pass Gordie Howe for the third-most by a Red Wings skater before age 21, trailing only Steve Yzerman (83) and Dylan Larkin (40) … Dominik Kubalík recorded the primary assist on Määttä’s goal to extend his point streak to three-consecutive games (1-2-3 in 3 GP) … Kubalík ranks second among Detroit skaters with 31 points (13-18-31) in 41 games … Larkin also picked up an assist on Määttä’s goal to improve his point streak to three-straight games (1-4-5 in 3 GP) … Larkin has tallied 11 points (4-7-11) in 11 games since Dec. 19 at Washington … Larkin continues to pace the Red Wings in goals (14), assists (24), points (38) and shots (126) through 40 games … Larkin (161-235-396 in 544 GP) is one point away from tying Igor Larionov (89-308-397 in 539 GP) for 21st place on Detroit’s all-time scoring list … Filip Hronek logged the primary assist on Raymond’s goal … Hronek (7-23-30 in 41 GP) and Raymond (13-17-30 in 41 GP) both reached the 30-point mark … Ben Chiarot also had an assist on Raymond’s goal, giving him five points (1-4-5) in 10 games since Dec. 21 vs. Tampa Bay … The Red Wings have outscored opponents by a 53-41 count in the third period this season … Detroit is 10-5-3 this season when outshooting its opponent, and 6-5-2 when doing so on home ice.
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Mon, Jan. 16 DETROIT 1 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Wed, Jan. 18 at Calgary 7:30 p.m. Altitude 2 950 AM
Fri, Jan. 20 at Vancouver 8 p.m. Altitude 950 AM
Sat, Jan. 21 at Seattle 8 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TODAY’S GAME
COLORADO vs. DETROIT
1:08 p.m.
Altitude / 92.5
The Colorado Avalanche takes on the Detroit Red Wings in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee this afternoon at Ball Arena… Today’s contest wraps up a two-game homestand for the Avs, who depart tomorrow for a three-game road trip to Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle … Colorado is halfway through its 2022-23 season as the club has played 41 of its 82-game regular season schedule.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
Jan. 14 – Colorado 7, Ottawa 0
Pavel Francouz stopped all 29 shots, Alex Newhook and Artturi Lehkonen each had two goals and one assist and Mikko Rantanen added two goals of his own in a 7-0 Avalanche victory over the Senators at Ball Arena … Twelve Colorado players had at least a point and Logan O’Connor and Nathan MacKinnon notched two assists each.
SF: 33 SA: 29 PP: 1-2 PK: 3-3
Colorado’s seven goals were a season high
The 7-0 victory marked just the second time in Avalanche history and fourth time in franchise history that the club scored seven or more goals in a shutout win … The Avs beat St Louis 8-0 on Jan. 15, 2021 at Ball Arena, Quebec won 8-0 on March 13, 1985 vs. Minnesota and 7-0 on Dec. 13, 1986 vs. Buffalo Rantanen’s two goals gave him 29 for the year, the most-ever by an Avalanche player at the halfway point of the season (41 games) … He topped Joe Sakic’s mark of 28 through 41 games of the 1995-96 campaign Both of Rantanen’s goals came at even strength, his league-leading 23rd and 24th even-strength tallies Rantanen’s first goal was his 28th career game-winning tally, tying Alex Tanguay for 10th place in franchise history Newhook’s three points set a new career high, while Lehkonen’s three points tied his career best (eighth time) Francouz posted his fourth career regular-season shutout
TODAY’S OPPONENT – DETROIT RED WINGS
This afternoon’s contest is the first of two meetings between the Avalanche and Red Wings in 2022-23 … The Avs will visit the Motor City on
March 18 … Colorado has won the last eight meetings against Detroit, the longest win streak by either team in this series … This current 8-0 run is also the Avalanche’s longest active win streak against any opponent … Colorado has won the last five matchups against Detroit here at Ball Arena.
SCHEDULE vs. RED WINGS
Jan. 15 vs. DETROIT
Mar. 18 @ DETROIT
RECORD vs. RED WINGS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: — Overall: 2-0-0 Overall: 58-61-10 Overall: 37-41-6 Series: 6 (3-3)
Home: — Home: 1-0-0 Home: 30-27-8 Home: 18-19-5 W-L: 17-17
Road: — Road: 1-0-0 Road: 28-34-2 Road: 19-22-1 Last: 2008 CSF (L, 0-4)
2022-23 SEASON NOTES
AVS ON MLK DAY
This afternoon marks the ninth time that the Avalanche will host a game on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with the club going 6-1-1 in its previous eight … That includes a 4-3 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild a year ago … Overall, this is the 15th time that Colorado will play on MLK Day (9-4-1 in the previous 14).
HOME GAMES ON MLK DAY (6-1-1)
Jan. 17, 2000 vs. Phoenix W, 2-0
Jan. 21, 2002 vs. Buffalo W, 3-2
Jan. 20, 2003 vs. Dallas T, 1-1
Jan. 18, 2010 vs. Edmonton W, 6-0
Jan. 15, 2018 vs. Anaheim W, 3-1
Jan. 21, 2019 vs. Nashville L, 1-4
Jan. 20, 2020 vs. Detroit W, 6-3
Jan. 17, 2022 vs. Minnesota W, 4-3 SO
2022-23 SEASON INJURIES
Gm Player — injury (games, dates)
15 Shane Bowers – upper body (Nov. 12 – Dec. 13)
31 Bowen Byram – lower body (Nov. 5 – present)
2 Andrew Cogliano – upper body (Dec. 21-23)
1 Jean-Luc Foudy – lower body (Dec. 5)
7 Pavel Francouz – illness (1 game, Dec. 15); lower body (6 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 7)
6 Samuel Girard – lower body (Nov. 10-21)
36 Darren Helm – lower body (35 games, Oct. 12 – Dec. 31); lower body (1 game, Jan. 14 – present)
6 Martin Kaut – illness (3 games, Nov. 29–Dec. 3); upper body (3 games, Dec. 27-31)
41 Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (Oct. 12 – present)
3 Artturi Lehkonen – lower body (Dec. 5-9)
3 Jacob MacDonald – upper body (Oct. 12-17)
16 Kurtis MacDermid – lower body (Nov. 14 – Dec. 17)
11 Nathan MacKinnon – upper body (Dec. 7-29)
4 Dennis Malgin – upper body (1 game, Jan. 7 – present)
20 Josh Manson – lower body (Dec. 3 – present)
26 Valeri Nichushkin – lower body (17 games, Oct. 28 – Dec. 7); lower body (9 games, Dec. 27 – present)
11 Evan Rodrigues – lower body (9 games, Nov. 26 – Dec. 13); upper body (2 games, Jan. 2-5)
2 Devon Toews – upper body (Oct. 21-22)
241 TOTAL
2022-23 TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 10 – Pavel Francouz activated from Injured Reserve … Jonas Johansson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Jan. 14 – Denis Malgin placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Jan. 5) … Sampo Ranta recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Martin Kaut and Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Jan. 16 – Anton Blidh recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
