head coach: Scotty Bowman

roster: C - Steve Yzerman, Igor Larionov, Kris Draper. LW - Brendan Shanahan, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Doug Brown, Tomas Holmstrom, Kirk Maltby, Brent Gilchrist. RW - Darren McCarty, Joey Kocur, Martin Lapointe. D - Nicklas Lidstrom, Bob Rouse, Slava Fetisov, Larry Murphy, Jamie Pushor, Aaron Ward, Anders Eriksson, Mathieu Dandenault. G - Chris Osgood, Kevin Hodson.

injuries: Kris Draper, rw (broken thumb, 2-3 weeks).

transactions: None.

standings:

Western Conference - Central Division
Team         GP   W   L   T   PTS   GF   GA   
Dallas       51  32  11   8    72  155  103
Detroit      52  29  13  10    68  160  117
St Louis     52  26  19   7    59  151  130
Phoenix      50  22  20   8    52  141  137
Chicago      50  20  21   9    49  121  117
Toronto      48  17  24   7    41  117  138

game results:

1/12 at NY Islanders  T 1-1
1/14 Vancouver        W 4-0
1/20 at New Jersey    L 3-1
1/21 Toronto          L 3-0
1/24 Philadelphia     W 1-0

team news:

by Dino Cacciola, Detroit Correspondent

DETROIT 1, NY ISLANDERS 1 (OT)

The Professor Igor Larionov's goal with about 15 minutes remaining lifted the Red Wings into a 1-1 tie with the New York Islanders. Larionov took a pass from Slava Kozlov at the top of the right faceoff circle and snapped a shot through goaltender Wade Flaherty's pads. It was Larionov's sixth goal of the season, second in as many games and helped the Wings extend their unbeaten streak to four (2-0-2). Timely goals for the master passer, where goals are few and far between.

Kevin Hodson, making a rare appearance in goal, turned aside 28 shots and is 4-1-2 in his last seven starts. The game was evenly played with both teams getting some great offensive chances but the defenses prevailed as well as the goaltending.

DETROIT 4, VANCOUVER 0

Goalie Chris Osgood made 26 saves and captain Steve Yzerman had three assists as the Red Wings posted their third straight home shutout, 4-0 over the Vancouver Canucks. Kirk Maltby, Larry Murphy, Brendan Shanahan and Brent Gilchrist all scored. The Wings are 3-0-2 in their last five games. They still trail Dallas by two points in the Central Division.

Ozzie, who improved to 5-1-1 in his last seven home games, was rarely tested. The shutout was his fourth of the season and 18th of his career. The Red Wings took the lead for good at 10:44 of the first period. Kirk Maltby took a nice pass from Brent Gilchrist and fired a wrist shot from the right circle past Sean Burke for his 10th goal of the season and third against Vancouver. Larry Murphy beat Sean Burke with a wrist shot also from the slot doubling the lead. The Wings had 28 shots to 26 by the struggling Canucks.

NEW JERSEY 3, DETROIT 1

The New Jersey Devils scored three times in the third period to defeat the Red Wings, 3-1. Slava Kozlov had the lone tally for the Wings.

The Wings had killed off 26 straight shorthanded situations over the last eight games before Jason Arnott's goal. The Wings have allowed just two power-play goals in 50 chances since Dec. 22, including stopping six of seven Devil power plays. The Devils limited the Red Wings to just one shot in the second period. It was not a pretty sight. Trap, trap, trap.

Chris Osgood made 33 saves but fell to 22-10-8. The loss snapped Detroit's five-game unbeaten streak and dropped them to just 0-2-2 in their last four road contests.

TORONTO 3, DETROIT 0

Felix Potvin made 28 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings 3-0 at the Joe Louis Arena. Igor Korolev gave Potvin all the support he needed nine minutes into the first period. Former Maple Leaf defenseman Larry Murphy tripped at the blue line and lost control of the puck, allowing Korolev to skate in alone and beat Chris Osgood with a backhander between the pads. Five-hole city.

The Red Wings, who had recorded shutouts in their last three home games, had not allowed a goal at Joe Louis Arena since San Jose's Mike Ricci scored with less than a minute to play on Jan. 2. A very impressive streak came to an end.

"Goals are hard to come by, the goalies are so big. They have to make the goalies smaller or the nets bigger," Detroit coach Scotty Bowman said. "We had some good chances, we had a good third period." The Red Wings suffered consecutive losses for only the second time this season.

The game featured a bout between Tie Domi and Jamie Pushor. Pushor held his own, but for the most part Domi was the winner rather easily.

DETROIT 1, PHILADELPHIA 0

Chris Osgood recorded his third shutout in two weeks and winger Brendan Shanahan scored the game's only goal with about three minutes left as the Detroit Red Wings blanked the Philadelphia Flyers, 1-0, in the first rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Finals. Osgood turned aside 20 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and 19th of his career, moving him within one of Roger Crozier for third on the Red Wings' all time list.

Shanny deflected SWEDISH defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom's shot from the left point between the pads of Ron Hextall for his 21st goal of the season and just his second in eight games.

Detroit avoided its first three-game losing streak of the season and improved to 4-2-2 in its last eight games. The Flyers were shut out for the fourth time this season and fell to 0-7-2 in their last nine trips to Detroit. The game had all of the makings of a playoff type game. However the Flyers seemed tentative for the most part. Nonetheless a very good game.

Notes:

No news on the Fedorov front. Both teams seem miles apart. The Wings will trade him for the right price but are prepared to lose him for the entire season. Also, Kris Draper has resumed skating and should be returning immediately after the Olympic break. He is recovering from a broken thumb.

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