A quick look at the recent road trip
There’s nothing to complain about after the Red Wings completed a romp through western Canada. Here’s how the main contributors by TOI performed at even-strength.
| Player | Goals | Assists | EV TOI | EVGF | EVGA | EV+/- |
|
Henrik Zetterberg |
3 | 1 | 50:38 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
|
Pavel Datsyuk |
0 | 4 | 51:53 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
|
Tomas Holmstrom |
1 | 0 | 45:22 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
|
Mikael Samuelsson |
1 | 2 | 34:27 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
|
Valtteri Filppula |
1 | 1 | 32:55 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
|
Jiri Hudler |
2 | 0 | 24:42 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
Kris Draper |
0 | 2 | 41:56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
Kirk Maltby |
0 | 0 | 39:23 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
|
Dan Cleary |
1 | 0 | 40:13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
Tomas Kopecky |
0 | 0 | 20:43 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
|
Nick Lidstrom |
0 | 4 | 59:40 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
|
Brian Rafalski |
0 | 2 | 60:27 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
|
Andreas Lilja |
0 | 0 | 49:51 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
|
Brett Lebda |
0 | 1 | 48:13 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
|
Chris Chelios |
0 | 0 | 30:22 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
|
Derek Meech |
0 | 0 | 31:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And here is how the point distribution worked out by line for the road trip.
| Line | Goals | Assists | Points | % of Points |
|
Datsyuk-Z-Homer |
4 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
|
Hudler-Fil-Sammy |
4 | 3 | 7 | 28% |
|
Cleary-Draper-Maltby |
1 | 1 | 2 | 8% |
|
Ellis-Kopy-Downey/Drake |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Thoughts:
-The return of Mikael Samuelsson has coincided with the second line becoming a scoring line. Since returning for the game in Phoenix he’s been on the ice for 7 even-strength goals for and only 1 even-strength goal against. He’s had direct contributions as well, scoring 1 goal and notching 4 assists over that time frame.
-Samuelsson and Brian Rafalski had the highest plus/minus rating amongst the skaters due to being on the ice for three even-strength goals during the trip. Datsyuk, Filppula and Nick Lidstrom were the other skaters on the ice for as many even-strength goals.
-Brett Lebda and Chris Chelios seemed to struggle a bit. Lebda moved up to playing on the second pairing and went -1. Cheli, working with a new defensive partner in Derek Meech also went -1. Although the one even-strength goal while Chelios was on the ice his defensive partner was some schlub named Nick Lidstrom.
-The second line, which struggled during the first road trip, made significant contributions during this trip. Even better, two of their goals ended up being game-winners.
I’ll take a look at the second power play unit next. Christy over at Behind the Jersey has a recap on the first month of the Red Wings season so be sure to stop by and check that out.
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