Red Wings Against Blackhawks

Whether it is Chicago, not Detroit have time to nostalgia , and has been trimmed , as the Red Wings ' transfer to the Eastern Conference this season before a long-term competition.

Blackhawk has slipped West standings, because of its current slump, while Detroit is fighting to expand its postseason winning streak to 24 heading into the season, their only visit Chicago on Sunday night .

Original six opponents made ??the most of their last year in the Western Conference semifinals last season division and conference foes , Chicago rallied from a 3-1 series lacks , Brooke won Buren Fantasy game 7 overtime goal in routing connections to its second Stanley Cup championship four years.

This marks the last time Detroit played at the United Center . In a complete regular season as usual held six meetings have been cut off because of an adjustment to the NHL 's home and family .

Red Wings won the first matchup 5-4 in a shootout on Jan. 22 , as the captain Henrik Zetterberg has three assists . Zetterberg , though, may no longer have back surgery during the Olympics after playing this season - and more injuries Detroit ( 30-23-13 ) , as it battles one of the attractions of the East 's final playoff of one .

Pavel autumn half- gram is likely to miss one week with a knee injury , and forward Darren Helm has missed the last five games concussion. Coach Mike - Babcock hopes helmet will return Tuesday against Toronto .

Red Wing , slightly outside the East playoff picture , have lost four or five years before , in Edmonton Friday's 2-1 penalty win. Jimmy Howard stopped all 21 save and three times in the decider .

" Great ( to win ) , " Babcock said. " Howie , obviously, in the shootout , save us from our one true positive , it gives us some confidence ."

Riley Sheahan scored his fifth goal in the third stage . Over the past two seasons after playing only one game , the 22- year-old striker has appeared in 26 games in Detroit trying to make do without some key players.

"I thought Riley Sheahan is a very good player, we ( Friday ) , very, very good , " Babcock said. "He just seems to get better and better to me all the time , he should have a lot of confidence ."

Black Hawk , meanwhile, did not have much positive lately. Since the Olympic break they have gone 3-4-0 , including back-to- back 3-2 loss in Colorado on Wednesday and Nashville on Friday .

Captain Jonathan Santos scored against the Predators , has seven goals and one assist in his past six years, but Patrick Sharp has scored once in his last 11.

Chicago ( 38-15-14 ) has slipped to third place in the West , the fifth Central Division , one point behind the Avalanche .

" We do not start well, but getting away from our team game to put yourself in a difficult situation , " Taos said Friday after his team behind 2-0 for the second consecutive game . "We now know we need better , we need to get rid of this trend, we 're in. "

cheap Blackhawks jersey lead the NHL with 222 non- penalty goals, but they have made seventy-nine two or less. Corey - Crawford made ??26 saves Friday is 6-5-1 with a 1.76 goals against average over his last 12 games .

"This is the last part of the first cycle is difficult to see ( Friday ) , and I think this is as bad as we might have played any stretch throughout the year , " coach Joel Quenneville said. " I do not like our games are not ."

Crawford has won six straight regular-season start before the loss of the piston against January and 1.27 GAA . Howard is not won 2.33 GAA in his last seven non- playoff outings with Chicago.