Goalie Jason LaBarbera was too ill to play. Defenseman David Schlemko tried to go, but spent more time in the hallway than on the ice. So many other players were ailing that the Phoenix Coyotes had to keep buckets on the bench in case someone got sick. Hit by a virus a day after losing three veteran players at the trade deadline and at a key juncture in the season, the win by the Coyotes on Thursday night might have been their most impressive victory...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Mon 3/25	Pho	Det 3 - 2	W:
Thu 4/4	Pho	Pho 2 - 4	W:
Mon 4/22	Det	Det 0 - 4	W:

Game Stats

Red Wings (18-14-5) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM D. Cleary 1 0 2 -1 0 V. Filppula 1 0 5 -2 0 J. Franzen 0 1 4 0 0 G. Nyquist 0 1 3 -2 0 H. Zetterberg 0 1 5 -2 0 J. Abdelkader 0 0 3 -1 2 J. Andersson 0 0 0 -2 0 P. Datsyuk 0 0 1 0 2 P. Eaves 0 0 0 -1 0 C. Emmerton 0 0 1 0 0 D. Miller 0 0 1 -2 0 J. Tootoo 0 0 0 0 4		Coyotes (16-15-6) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM M. Hanzal 1 1 3 2 0 C. Conner 1 0 3 2 0 S. Doan 1 0 7 2 0 M. Boedker 0 2 2 3 2 A. Vermette 0 1 1 2 0 P. Bissonnette 0 0 0 0 2 C. Brown 0 0 3 0 0 K. Chipchura 0 0 0 0 0 B. Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 R. Klinkhammer 0 0 2 0 2 D. Moss 0 0 1 0 0 R. Vrbata 0 0 3 1 0
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM B. Smith 0 1 1 -1 0 C. Colaiacovo 0 0 3 -3 0 J. Ericsson 0 0 0 0 0 J. Kindl 0 0 3 -1 0 N. Kronwall 0 0 3 -2 2 B. Lashoff 0 0 1 -1 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Stone 1 1 2 2 2 K. Yandle 0 2 4 2 0 O. Ekman-Larsson 0 0 3 1 2 R. Klesla 0 0 1 1 0 D. Morris 0 0 3 2 4 D. Schlemko 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% J. Howard(L, 15-11) 37 34 3 .919		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% C. Johnson(W, 2-0) 36 34 2 .944

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PLAYER NEWS

Red Wings Joakim Andersson (DET - Center) News: Andersson picked up an assist against the Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday. He also was a plus-1 and had two penalty minutes. [+] Impact: Andersson, a rookie with limited NHL experience, has tallied assists in back-to-back games, giving him four in 10 playoff contests. (RotoWire - Mon. May 20, 2013) Jimmy Howard (DET - Goaltender) News: Howard turned aside 39 of the 40 shots he faced in a Game 3 win over the Blackhawks on Monday. [+] Impact: The Wings now have a 2-1 lead in the series, and Howard has only let in one goal in each of Detroit's last two games. (RotoWire - Mon. May 20, 2013) Jimmy Howard (DET - Goaltender) News: Howard will start Monday's Game 3 against the Blackhawks, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports. [+] Impact: As expected, Howard will back between the pipes at home Monday, looking to give his team a 2-1 series lead. (RotoWire - Mon. May 20, 2013)

Coyotes Rob Klinkhammer (PHO - Left Wing) News: The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed forward Rob Klinkhammer to a two-year contract Thursday. [+] Impact: The 6-foot-3, 214-pound Klinkhammer had five goals and six assists in 22 games for the Coyotes this season. He has five goals and eight assists in 38 career games for Chicago, Ottawa and Phoenix. (STATS - Thu. May 16, 2013) Rob Klinkhammer (PHO - Left Wing) News: The Coyotes have signed Klinkhammer to a two-year contract. [+] Impact: One of the team's free agents, Klinkhammer made himself a priority for the team's front office this offseason after posting a career-high 11 points in 22 games at the NHL level. Klinkhammer also finished second on the team with a plus-7 rating. He should figure prominently into their plans in 2013. (RotoWire - Thu. May 16, 2013)

Injury Report

Red Wings Player Injury Status M. Samuelsson Sore pectoral muscle day-to-day D. DeKeyser Broken right thumb IR D. Helm Back IR

Coyotes Player Injury Status D. Morris Lower-body injury day-to-day