It is time for the Wings (25-13-1) annual father/son trip with an Original Six weekend slate, tonight at TOR (20-15-5) and tomorrow night at CHI (24-13-4). The Wings sit one point out of the Central Division lead (with STL), with two games in hand on CHI. To gain ground, DET are going to have to find a way to muster a road winning streak. The Wings are 10-11 on the road. Jimmy F. Howard has alternated wins and loses in his last 8 road games, but that is the only blemish on his stellar season. Howard has won won 20 of his last 26 games, and has earned 49 of the 68 available points in games he has played in, a whopping 72%. Another interesting note, of the Red Wings skaters appearing in more than five games only one is a minus player, Niklas Kronwall -1.
The Leafs are riding a three game home win streak, and will start Jonas Gustavsson tonight in net, 2-0-0, 1.51, .938 in his last 2 games. The Leaf PK is even worse than DET’s, 73.4% is dead last in the league.
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