Phoenix (1-2-0) at Detroit (1-1-0) 7:30 pm EDT

Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
PHO	31-46-5	18-20-3	13-26-2	9-18-5	25-42-5
DET	50-19-13	29-4-8	21-15-5	22-4-6	44-16-12
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
211	Goals	252
282	Goals Against	191
66	Power Play Goals	68
92	Power Play Goals Allowed	63
5	Shorthanded Goals	12
13	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	11
1445	Penalty Minutes	982
18	Average Penalty Minutes	12

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Curtis Joseph	55	18	159	3.19	4	1322	.893
	Mikael Tellqvist	30	11	90	3.39	2	690	.885
	David LeNeveu	6	2	15	3.86	0	127	.894
	Mike Morrison	4	0	13	6.13	0	49	.790
	Dominik Hasek	56	38	114	2.05	8	1195	.913
	Chris Osgood	21	11	46	2.38	0	450	.907
	Joey MacDonald	8	1	27	3.46	0	184	.872

Team Stat Leaders
G	Shane Doan 27	Henrik Zetterberg 33
A	Ladislav Nagy 33	Pavel Datsyuk 60
PTS	Shane Doan 55	Pavel Datsyuk 87
PIM	Josh Gratton 188	Mathieu Schneider 66
SOG	Shane Doan 209	Nicklas Lidstrom 224

Phoenix (1-2-0) at Detroit (1-1-0) 7:30 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) -- Reigning Norris Trophy winner Niklas Lidstrom prefers to lead by example as the new captain of the Detroit Red Wings.

Lidstrom tries to guide the Red Wings to their second consecutive victory Wednesday when they host the Phoenix Coyotes in the first of four meetings this season.

After Steve Yzerman ended his 20-year tenure as captain by retiring in the offseason, the Red Wings turned to Lidstrom. The 36-year-old defenseman has won the Norris Trophy four times, led Detroit to three Stanley Cup titles and helped Sweden win an Olympic gold medal February at Torino.

Detroit followed its season-opening loss to the Vancouver Canucks with Saturday's 2-0 triumph over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Dominik Hasek made 13 saves for his 69th career shutout, Kris Draper and Johan Franzen scored their first goals of the campaign and Lidstrom had an assist.

The Red Wings have held their two opponents to just 30 shots on goal.

Phoenix opened the season with a victory over the New York Islanders before absorbing back-to-back losses to the Anaheim Ducks and the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Coyotes are playing the second contest of a four-game road trip.

Ed Jovanovski scored his first tally of the season for Phoenix, which surrendered the final four goals in Monday's 5-1 defeat to Columbus.

The teams split their four encounters last season. Phoenix posted a 5-2 triumph over Detroit in their previous contest on March 7.