Red Wings-Blues Preview

GAME: Detroit Red Wings (56-15-8) at St. Louis Blues (21-44-14).

TIME: Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT.

The Detroit Red Wings look to extend their NHL-record road winning streak to 12 games as they visit the St. Louis Blues.

The Red Wings set the record Thursday in a 7-3 rout of Chicago. The 11 consecutive road wins bettered the old mark shared by New Jersey, Buffalo and St. Louis.

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Red Wings center Datsyuk hopes to be ready for playoffs (AP)

Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk hopes to be on the ice when the playoffs start this weekend, despite not playing since injuring his left thigh two weeks ago. "With fingers, I hope," Datsyuk said Monday, crossing the index and middle fingers on his right hand as he spoke following a morning skate before the Red Wings' scheduled night game against Dallas.

• Red Wings center Datsyuk hopes to be ready for playoffs (AP)

Red Wings 2, Oilers 0

The Detroit Red Wings slowly skated to Manny Legace, tapping his pads with their sticks as if it was an ordinary victory - not the one clinching the best record in the NHL.

Legace made 29 saves and Kris Draper and Donald MacLean scored to help Detroit beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 on Tuesday night.

The Presidents' Trophy-winning Red Wings, with 118 points, will have home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

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Oilers-Red Wings, Sums

Edmonton 0 0 0-0

Detroit 1 0 1-2

First Period-1, Detroit, MacLean 1 (Kronwall, Samuelsson), 9:46 (pp). Penalties-Dvorak, Edm (hooking), 6:52; Peca, Edm (tripping), 8:16; Harvey, Edm (holding stick), 11:13; Staios, Edm (interference), 16:15; Shanahan, Det (hooking), 19:52.

Second Period-None. Penalties-Lilja, Det (tripping), 6:52; Moreau, Edm (high-sticking), 14:54.

Third Period-2, Detroit, Draper 9 (Lilja), :19.

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Yzerman ties Lemieux for eighth on goals list in win

Steve Yzerman scored his 690th goal to tie Mario Lemieux for eighth place on the career list and help the NHL-leading Red Wings beat the Blues 4-1.

• Yzerman ties Lemieux for eighth on goals list in win

Blue Jackets best Wings in shootout

The Columbus Blue Jackets took the hard way in becoming the first team to rally to victory in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings.

Jaroslav Balastik capped a comeback with the only goal of the shootout to give the Blue Jackets a 5-4 win over Detroit on Saturday night.

David Vyborny, Rostislav Klesla and Rick Nash each had a goal and an assist, and Manny Malhotra also tallied for Columbus, which scored four times in the third period after trailing 3-0. Ron Hainsey added two assists.

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Red Wings-Blues, Sums

Detroit 1 2 1-4

St. Louis 0 0 1-1

First Period-1, Detroit, Maltby 5 (Cleary, Lidstrom), 2:01. Penalties-Lilja, Det (holding), 6:22; Draper, Det (holding), 6:53; Lidstrom, Det (hooking), 15:01; Schneider, Det (hooking), 17:24; Rycroft, StL (hooking), 19:56.

Second Period-2, Detroit, Yzerman 12 (Lang, Kronwall), 9:45. 3, Detroit, Franzen 11 (Maltby, Cleary), 10:32. Penalties-Maltby, Det (hooking), 3:53; Woywitka, StL (interference), 7:25; Lilja, Det (hooking), 16:31.

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Red Wings 4, Blues 1

Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings just keep rolling along.

Yzerman scored his 690th goal to tie Mario Lemieux for eighth place on the career list and help the NHL-leading Red Wings clinch a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.

However, you won't hear Yzerman compare himself to Lemieux.

"I don't really know the significance," Yzerman said. "If anything, it shows how good (Lemieux) is; he played almost five years less than I did.

• Red Wings 4, Blues 1

Red Wings-Predators Preview

GAME: Detroit Red Wings (49-15-7) at Nashville Predators (42-22-8).

TIME: Thursday, 8 p.m. EST.

The Detroit Red Wings became the first Western Conference team to secure a playoff spot to start the week. Their Central Division rivals, the Nashville Predators, look to pull closer to a berth when the teams meet at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

Detroit defeated St. Louis 4-1 on Monday night to clinch a postseason spot.

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Red Wings-Blues Preview

GAME: Detroit Red Wings (48-15-7) at St. Louis Blues (20-37-12).

TIME: Monday, 8 p.m. EST.

One more point will assure the Detroit Red Wings their NHL-leading 15th straight playoff berth.

The St. Louis Blues, who were the active leaders with 25 before suffering elimination last week, aim to prevent the Red Wings from celebrating at the Savvis Center.

The Red Wings also seek to increase their one-point lead over the Ottawa Senators for their second straight Presidents' Trophy.

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Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA.