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Red Wings return home to face struggling Blackhawks

Jan 13, 2007 - 3:46 PM Chicago (17-21-5) at Detroit (27-12-5) 7:00 pm EST

DETROIT (Ticker) -- After ending their five-game road trip with two straight wins, the Detroit Red Wings hope to bring the momentum home with them when they face the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.

After losing the first three games of the trip, the Red Wings closed with two straight victories, including an impressive 5-1 drubbing of the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday, which snapped Phoenix's seven-game win streak.

Tomas Holmstrom led the Red Wings with a hat trick and added an assist while Pavel Datsyuk added a pair of goals. Dominik Hasek stopped 15 shots to earn the win.

Holmstrom has been on a bit of a roll lately with seven goals in his last seven games. Hasek, in his second stint with Detroit, leads the league with a 2.03 goals-against average and is tied for third with 23 wins. He is tied for second in the NHL with five shutouts.

Detroit is 14-3-3 at home.

The Blackhawks have dropped four straight games. Chicago was edged, 2-1, by the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Denis Arkhipov scored the lone Chicago goal while Nikolai Khabibulin made 27 saves.

Khabibulin, who is 15-12-2 this season with a 2.55 goals-against average, has lost his last four games while surrendering 12 goals.

Martin Havlat, Chicago's leading scorer with 13 goals and 26 points, missed the Blackhawks' last three games and is listed as day-to-day with a sore groin. The center has just one goal and two assists in his last seven games.