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Red Wings aim to sweep Predators in home-and-home series
Mar 14, 2007 - 12:45 PM Nashville (46-19-6) at Detroit (44-17-9) 7:30 pm EDTDETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Red Wings look to sweep a home-and-home series from the Nashville Predators and take over first place in the Western Conference.
The meeting will be the third in 19 days between the Central Division rivals.
The Red Wings pulled within one point of the first-place Thrashers with a 5-2 victory at Nashville on Tuesday night. Kyle Calder had a goal and two assists while Robert Lang, Jiri Hudler and Valtteri Filppula each added a goal and assist for Detroit, which is 5-1-1 in its last seven contests.
Alexander Radulov and Martin Erat scored for Nashville, which is 6-1-2 in its last nine games.
Paul Kariya assisted on Erat's goal to extend his points streak to six games. He has three goals and five assists in that span and has six points in six contests against the Red Wings this season.
The Red Wings lead the season series, 3-2-1, and travel to Nashville again on March 29. The Predators posted a 4-3 overtime win over Detroit on February 24.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NASHVILLE 1 1 0 2
DETROIT 0 2 2 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NAS - ALEXANDER RADULOV 14 (UNASSISTED) 18:06
2ND PRD: DET - NICKLAS LIDSTROM 13 (PAVEL DATSYUK) 1:16
NAS - JASON ARNOTT 25 (KIMMO TIMONEN, JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT)
10:12
DET - JIRI HUDLER 13 (KYLE CALDER, ROBERT LANG) 16
Mar 14 10:07 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DETROIT 4
3RD PRD: DET - (EN) KIRK MALTBY 5 (KRIS DRAPER, PAVEL DATSYUK) 19:23
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 10:06 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DETROIT 3
3RD PRD: DET - JIRI HUDLER 14 (ROBERT LANG, NIKLAS KRONVALL) 5:41
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 9:41 PM - ------------------------------
Nashville
1 1 --2
Detroit 0 2 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Nashville, Alexander Radulov 14
(Unassisted), 18:06. Penalties: D Bootland, Det (unsportsmanlike
cond), 3:02; M Schneider, Det (interference), 5:40; J Arnott, Nas
(interference), 10:37.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Detroit, Nicklas Lidstrom 13 (Pavel
Mar 14 9:13 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DETROIT 2
2ND PRD: DET - JIRI HUDLER 13 (KYLE CALDER, ROBERT LANG) 16:23
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 9:07 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DETROIT 1
2ND PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 25 (KIMMO TIMONEN, JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT)
10:12
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 8:54 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 1
DETROIT 1
2ND PRD: DET - NICKLAS LIDSTROM 13 (PAVEL DATSYUK) 1:16
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 8:36 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NASHVILLE 1 1
DETROIT 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NAS - ALEXANDER RADULOV 14 (UNASSISTED) 18:06
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NAS 11 11
DET 12 12
GOALIES: NAS - CHRIS MASON
DET - DOMINIK H
Mar 14 8:14 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 1
DETROIT 0
1ST PRD: NAS - ALEXANDER RADULOV 14 (UNASSISTED) 18:06
Predators vs. Red WingsMar 14 8:11 PM
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