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HEAD COACH

Scotty Bowman

ROSTER

C - Steve Yzerman, Igor Larionov, Kris Draper, Sergei Fedorov. LW - Brendan Shanahan, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Doug Brown, Tomas Holmstrom, Kirk Maltby, Brent Gilchrist. RW - Darren McCarty, Martin Lapointe, Mathieu Dandenault, Stacey Roest D - Nicklas Lidstrom, Larry Murphy, Jamie Macoun, Aaron Ward, Uwe Krupp, Anders Eriksson, Todd Gill, Yan Golubovsky . G - Chris Osgood, Norm Maracle

INJURIES

Brent Gilchrist, lw (hernia, indefinite); Todd Gill, d (broken arm, day-to-day); Joe Kocur, rw (abdominal strain, day-to-day); Kevin Hodson, g knee strain, indefinite); Uwe Krupp, d (back problems, two weeks).

TRANSACTIONS

Yan Golubovsky, d, recalled from Adirondack (AHL).

GAME RESULTS

1/26 at Nashville   W 4-1 
1/30 NY Rangers     L 3-2 
2/01 at New Jersey  T 2-2 
2/03 NY Islanders   W 5-1  
2/05 Colorado       L 3-1 
2/07 at Pittsburgh  L 2-1 

STANDINGS

 Central Division    GP   W   L   T   PTS   GF   GA  
   Detroit           52  25  23   4    54  150  134  
   St Louis          48  19  20   9    47  128  123  
   Nashville         51  18  28   5    41  117  162  
   Chicago           52  14  30   8    36  112  164  

TEAM NEWS

by Dino Cacciola, Detroit Correspondent

DETROIT 4, NASHVILLE 1

When Sergei Fedorov scores a goal, the Red Wings are 11-1. "Good stat," Fedorov said after he scored the game's second goal in the opening minutes as the Red Wings beat the Nashville Predators 4-1. The only problem is he doesnt score that much anymore.

Steve Yzerman was out with a broken nose and did not play. Coach Scotty Bowman said they were counting on Fedorov and liked what he did, especially when center Kris Draper was ejected at the end of the second period for a high sticking major. "Obviously, we were looking to play him ... quite a bit," said Bowman. Sergei ended up playing 18 minutes on a line with Brendan Shanahan and Dougie Brown.

Martin Lapointe scored his 10th goal of the season 1:07 into the game with the Red Wings' first shot off a pass from winger Slava Kozlov. Detroit fans celebrated by tossing an octopus onto the ice, a first in a soldout Nashville Arena. Fedorov put Detroit up 2-0 just over a minute later on a short wrist shot off a pass from Shanahan.

Nashville's power-play goal on a rebound past Chris Osgood was their first with extra man advantage in 13 attempts. The Wings solidified the lead 17:34 into the second period to 3-1 as Kozlov put a soft wrist shot past Mike Dunham. Larry Murphy added an empty-netter with 1.3 seconds left for the final margin.

N.Y. RANGERS 3, DETROIT 2

The Rangers' Niklas Sundstrom scored with 4:42 remaining and Mike Richter made 38 saves as the Rangers beat the Red Wings 3-2 with their first victory in Joe Louis Arena in nearly seven years. John MacLean scored the other goal and Brian Leetch had two assists for the Rangers, who were 0-4-1 at Detroit since their last victory on March 20, 1992. The Rangers won despite the Red Wings' 40-14 shot advantage. But only Igor Larionov and Brendan Shanahan got shots past Richter.

Shanahan's goal, which made a 2-2 tie in the second, ended a career worst 15-game goal less slump. "I've been getting a lot of chances lately and I was due," Shanahan said. "Unfortunately it doesn't really mean anything. It tied the game up, but without the win it becomes meaningless."

Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman returned to action after missing one game with a broken nose suffered when he was hit by a shot by Paul Coffey on Jan. 21 against Carolina before the All Star break.

"We played pretty good, but again we made mistakes," Yzerman said. "The Rangers pretty much sat back and waited and their goalie played well. They just waited for mistakes and they capitalized on them."

NEW JERSEY 2, DETROIT 2 (OT)

Despite losing defenseman Larry Murphy to a concussion in the opening minutes of the game, the Red Wings got 32 saves from Chris Osgood in skating to a 2-2 tie with the New Jersey Devils. The point was a rare one for the Red Wings, who have struggled against the NHL's elite teams this season, posting a 6-16-1 record against teams with a .500 or better record.

"Different guys stepped up, it's was a gutsy effort in that way," winger Darren McCarty said. "But we have to find ways to win games like this no matter who is in the lineup. Hopefully this is something we can build off."

"We've been playing hard and well for a while now," said Osgood, who has not given up a goal in 32 straight overtimes (7-0-25). "We're starting to get some breaks. The month of January we played well and this a good game to build on. We're back to playing like we are capable of playing, but not as stingy as we should be on defense."

Devils defenseman Lyle Odelein got the game tying goal late in the second period. Petr Sykora also scored for New Jersey. Aaron Ward and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored for the Red Wings. The Wings had taken a 2-1 lead halfway through the first period when Ward and Kozlov scored 1:59 apart.

Krzyysztof Oliwa ran Larry Murphy into the boards in what appeared to be an intent to injure charge. Murphy was knocked unconscious briefly then left the game. Tests were negative and no severe concussion was the diagnosis.

Oliwa also broke the arm of Todd Gill in a collision later in the game.

DETROIT 5, N.Y. ISLANDERS 1

Despite a shorthanded defense, there was no way the Red Wings were going to play passively against the lowly New York Islanders. Darren McCarty scored two goals and keyed a physical attack that helped the Red Wings beat the Islanders 5-1 Wednesday night.

But the Red Wings were aggressive right from the start against the Islanders, beginning with a left jab from McCarty that knocked down Islanders defenseman Rich Pilon. McCarty had been criticized by fans for not retaliating against Oliwa.

"I take responsibility for what didn't happen," McCarty said. "It's something you don't forget. It didn't sit well with me. We can't let teams take advantage of us. We have to play with fire and emotion, and everybody feeds off of that." Before the first period was over, winger Kirk Maltby drove star Zigmund Palffy head first into the boards, which drew a minor skirmish with the Isles' Bryan Smolinski but no penalty. McCarty then put a huge check on giant Zdeno Chara. "You don't go out there with the intention of starting something," McCarty said. "You just want to make a good play or a good hit. I'm better when I play with high emotion."

Steve Yzerman and Martin Lapointe gave the Wings a 2-0 lead after the first period. After McCarty scored, Sergei Nemchinov made it 3-1 in the second. McCarty added his second goal 10:30 into the third and Brendan Shanahan finished the scoring with just five tenths of a second remaining in the game to add insult to injury.

Norm Maracle and Kevin Hodson, who both dressed because Red Wings regular Chris Osgood was ill, combined for 27 saves. Hodson, who hadn't played since Nov. 13, started and stopped eight shots before leaving with a cut hand late in the first period. Maracle allowed only Nemchinov's goal the same day it was revealed that he was arrested earlier in the week and charged with drunken driving.

COLORADO 3, DETROIT 1

Public Enemy number 2 in Detroit, Patrick Roy earned his 400th victory as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Red Wings 3-1. The Wings could not muster any fire toward their long time rivals. The Avalanche collapsed the middle on countless occasions to easily squash any of the Wings chances.

Joe Sakic, Adam Deadmarsh and Sylvain Lefebvre scored for the Avalanche, who have not lost since a 3- 2 loss to the Wings back on Jan. 9. Vyacheslav Kozlov scored for the Red Wings, who were outshot 30-28 in the loss.

Another record was made in the loss. Veteran Larry Murphy played the 1,447th game of his NHL career, breaking Tim Horton's league record for games by a defenseman. "Roy's situation is probably similar to mine," Murphy said. "If you stay around long enough years, the numbers will add up. With the talent he's got, it was inevitable he'd get to 400 some time."

Steve Yzerman is playing with a face shield to protect his broken nose as is Kirk Maltby. Yzerman's play does seem to be affected. But you cannot question his work ethic. He does seem to be the only Red Wings to show up every night. Ozzie's play was questionable during this game.

PITTSBURGH 2, DETROIT 1

Tom Barrasso stopped 35 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 win over the Red Wings. He stopped everything that came his way. Scotty Bowman was the head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres in 1983 when he brought the 18 year old Barrasso from a Massachusetts high school to the NHL. Bowman was so upset over the Red Wings' failure to capitalize on their chances that he dismissed a question about Barrasso's performance. "We've been making a lot of goalies look good lately," Bowman said. "We have to find a way to score. You can win scoring one goal but not very often."

Martin Lapointe's 12th goal of the season tied it at 1-1, a power-play tally off assists from Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov at 9:36 of the second period. Alexei Kovalev intercepted an errant Larionov pass at 15:43 of the first period and quickly fired a 20 foot shot over goalie Chris Osgood's glove. Except for a 5-1 win over the lowly New York Islanders, the Red Wings haven't scored more than two goals in their last five games.

"At different points during the year you're going to have your down times," defenseman Larry Murphy said. "We're going through one now. Tommy played really well. We had chances, we just couldn't get it by him." Barrasso's best sequence came six minutes into the third period when he got his stick on Kris Draper's shot from the left side, then was able to slide across the crease to keep out winger Kirk Maltby's rebound shot.

The Wings for the most part kept Jagr in check as planned and they controlled most of the offensive play of the game. But as for the whole season finishing has become a problem.

TIDBITS

Norm Maracle was arrested for drunk driving. He had two women in the car with him while he was going 85 on the freeway. The passengers were intoxicated as well. Not a smart thing to do obviously. Uwe Krupp has missed 30 games due to his injury. Rumor has it the Wings are interested in Mark Tinordi come trade deadline time in March. Other names are Theo Fleury and Mark Recchi. Jesse Wallin is said to be the asking price. Whether the Wings will sacrifice their future defensive prospect for a possible rent a player is still unknown. Aaron Ward has played well with his increased ice time. Gilchrist is said to return any day now. He has not played a game all season. Bowman and Sergei have been exchanging words through the press expressing their unhappiness. Sergie is unhappy with line changes and ice time. Bowman is obviously not pleased with the lack of production from Fedorov. He is seventh on the team in scoring. Despite the sub par performance this season the Wings are still in first in their division. Enough for a first round home playoff seed.




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