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2011-12 regular season

Blues at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Red Wings beat Blues 3–0 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2011.

STL – DET
31–31
Shots on goal
23–18
Hits
13–14
Blocked shots
9–7
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Jiri Hudler
1 G
4 shots · 16:40 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Justin Abdelkader
1 G
3 shots · 14:41 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Jimmy Howard
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐙 Johan Franzen Go-ahead 2nd · 07:28
Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall · beat Brian Elliott
0–1
🐙 Justin Abdelkader 2nd · 08:45
Assists: Drew Miller · beat Brian Elliott
0–2
🐙 Jiri Hudler 2nd · 19:07
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Brian Elliott
0–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Perron · Backes · Oshie 20:15
L2 Berglund · Sobotka · Arnott 16:31
L3 Stewart · D'Agostini · Langenbrunner 15:44
L4 Grachev · Nichol · Crombeen 5:17
D1 Pietrangelo · Shattenkirk 23:57
D2 Colaiacovo · Jackman 19:08
D3 Polak · Cole 15:20
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Filppula · Datsyuk 19:48
L2 Cleary · Franzen · Hudler 18:03
L3 Miller · Abdelkader · Bertuzzi 15:49
L4 Emmerton · Andersson · Nyquist 5:24
D1 White · Lidstrom 24:48
D2 Ericsson · Kronwall 18:12
D3 Stuart · Commodore 15:23

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL DET🐙
31 Shots on goal 31
23 Hits 18
13 Blocked shots 14
9 Takeaways 7
1 Giveaways 8
13 Penalty minutes 11
STL shooting 0.0% (0/31) DET shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brian Elliott
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Johan Franzen · 2nd 07:28 · 0–1 Justin Abdelkader · 2nd 08:45 · 0–2 Jiri Hudler · 2nd 19:07 · 0–3
STL DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 11-3-3 (65% win rate, 17 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 4-5 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Blues
Blues — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Dec 272011 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 2–3 Dec 62011 🐙DET @ 🎵STL 2–3 Nov 152011 🐙DET @ 🎵STL 1–2 Mar 302011 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 10–3 Mar 122011 🐙DET @ 🎵STL 5–3
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Who won Blues vs Red Wings on December 31, 2011?

Red Wings won 3–0. The final score was Blues 0, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jiri Hudler, Johan Franzen, Justin Abdelkader.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Blues vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Blues vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎵 Blues
BeforeDec 30 🐯NSH @ 🎵STL 2–1 AfterJan 3 🌵PHX @ 🎵STL 1–4
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 30 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 2–3 AfterJan 3 🐙DET @ ⭐DAL 5–4
Also on December 31
🛢️EDM 1–4 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 1–3 😈NJD 🌪️CAR 2–5 ⚡TBL 🌵PHX 4–2 🌲MIN 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 🐆FLA 🏛️OTT 3–2 ⚔️BUF 🍁TOR 2–3 ✈️WPG 🦅WSH 4–2 🧥CBJ
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