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Injured Blues look to snap five-game skid vs. Red Wings

Dec 7, 2006 - 3:12 PM St Louis (7-16-3) at Detroit (15-7-4) 7:30 pm EST

DETROIT (Ticker) - The Detroit Red Wings have Dominik Hasek on their side. The St. Louis Blues just want one healthy goaltender.

Hasek and the Red Wings will take on the Blues, who are looking to end a season-high five-game losing streak, on Thursday in the second game of a home-and-home series.

St. Louis coach Mike Kitchen replaced goaltender Manny Legace with Jason Bacashihua with 6:18 left in the first period against Detroit on Tuesday. Bacashihua just was called up from Peoria of the AHL to replace Curtis Sanford, who will miss up to eight weeks with a torn groin.

However, the news got worse for St. Louis. Bacashihua will remain in goal with Legace going on injured reserve after suffering a head injury at practice on Wednesday.

In the first contest between the teams in St. Louis, Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist and Hasek made 24 saves to lead the Red Wings to a 5-1 victory. Detroit, which had five different players score, jumped quickly in the first period, netting two goals in the opening 4:22.

Henrik Zetterberg scored on a power play and Datsyuk tallied roughly two minutes later to take a 2-0 lead. The scoring barrage was enough to pull the starting netminder.

On a night when Brett Hull had his No. 16 retired, Eric Brewer scored the lone Blues goal on a wrist shot to end Hasek's shutout bid with 3:24 remaining in the game. Bacashihua stopped 18 shots for the Blues, who were 0-for-8 on the power play.

The Red Wings have won 13 of 16 games at Joe Louis Arena this season.