Ducks In Hamonic Bertuzzi

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The 21-year-old Hamonic has a goal and 11 assists in 51 games played this season.

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Not having their starting goaltender over the weekend did little to help Detroit shake off its road issues. However, a trip to Phoenix just might do the trick. The Red Wings look to record a sweep of their season series with the Coyotes, but must do so once again tonight without All-Star Jimmy Howard in net.

Detroit, though, dipped to 2-1-1 on its swing and 15-14-1 as the guest this year with Saturday's 5-4 shootout loss to Edmonton. Ty Conklin got the start in Howard's absence, but was replaced by the recently-recalled Joey MacDonald at the start of the second after allowing three goals on nine shots.

The Red Wings trailed 3-1 at the end of the first, getting a short-handed goal from Valtteri Filppula, but netted three straight goals in the third. Todd Bertuzzi had two of them to give him 301 goals in his career, but Edmonton tied the game with 39 ticks left in regulation.

The Red Wings have taken their first three meetings with the Coyotes this season by a 11-6 margin, winning the past two encounters in a shootout. Five of the past seven meetings between these clubs have gone past regulation, with Detroit winning four of those.

Phoenix will try to keep the game just 60 minutes long this evening as it tries to avoid its first series sweep versus Detroit since 2007-08. Howard had been in net for the three previous encounters for the Red Wings, who are 10-1-2 in their last 13 trips to the desert.

"I thought we competed hard and did some things better than the other night," Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett said. "We got a couple of good bounces that went our way and we were able to use that as a confidence builder and find a way to get a win."

Whitney is slated to skate in the 1,200th game of his career this evening.

Smith, meanwhile, set a new career high with his 19th win of the season on Saturday. In his first campaign with the Coyotes, the 29-year-old is just two appearances shy of the personal-best 42 games he played in with the Lightning in 2009-10.

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•    Kudos to Mike Brown, but I would've just gone straight Bertuzzi on Subban. #Leafs #TMLtalk

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•    #NHL: Chicago #Blackhawks 0 @ Phoenix #Coyotes 3 (Vrbata, Gordon, Chipchura) Mike Smith 38 save Shutout

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•    I just crushed off on these wings!!! #Outback

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•    Tossing back these shots

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•    #Coyotes win again! Lets keep this train rollin!

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•    buffalo wings #iamapig

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•    Texas road house hit the spot..

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•    This is what happens when Travis Hamonic is non-existent on the ice.

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•    We'll see what detroit has to offer in the AM but not it's time for 💤

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