SB Nation Detroit - Red Wings Vs. Blues: Detroit Wins 17th Straight At Home, 3-1https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2012-01-23T22:27:50-05:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/24930282012-01-23T22:27:50-05:002012-01-23T22:27:50-05:00Red Wings Vs. Blues Final Score: Detroit Wins Seventh Straight Overall, 17th Straight At Home
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> are unstoppable at home -- at least their last 17 games there anyway. The Red Wings won their seventh straight game overall to move three points ahead of the next best team(s) in the National Hockey League and the two teams nipping at their heels in the Central Division, including these <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stlouisgametime.com/">St. Louis Blues</a>. </p>
<p>St. Louis scored nine minutes into the game and held a 1-0 lead going into the second period, but it was all Detroit from there. In the second period, <span>Pavel Datsyuk</span> scored his 14th goal of the season on a beautiful power play backhand from about 10 feet out. Eight minutes later <span>Johan Franzen</span> cleaned up the garbage in front of the net and scored what was ultimately his NHL leading ninth game winner. <span>Niklas Kronwall</span> added the Geico with about three minutes left in the game. </p>
<p><span>Jimmy Howard</span> was fantastic, stopping 21 shots and winning his NHL best 30th game. </p>
<p>The Red Wings hit the road for six now, starting in Montreal on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>The Detroit Red Wings have won sixteen straight at home and six straight in general, can the white-hot St. Louis Blues end the streak?</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> are on a heck of a hot streak as of late, with sixteen wins in a row at Joe Louis Arena and six straight victories in general including their Friday 3-2 win over the Columbus Bluejackets. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stlouisgametime.com/">St. Louis Blues</a> are also doing quite well as of late with four straight wins, their last coming against the reeling <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/">Buffalo Sabres</a> on Friday.</p>
<p>St. Louis has been absolutely tearing it up on the ice since they hired <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Ken Hitchcock<b> </b>earlier in the year and will bring a very strong defensive game into the Joe. It's going to be hard for Detroit to crack through but the Wings have shown plenty of offensive mettle in recent games with four 3-2 shootout victories and a 5-0 drubbing of Buffalo dotting their previous five. </span></p>
<p><span>Jimmy Howard</span> has been impressive in the shootouts that Detroit have forced, so St. Louis are going to need to win it in regulation if they want to win it at all and finally break that amazing streak that the Wings have put together.</p>
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