And Osgood, since he's been doing better on the road, will face host Blues on Saturday.
DETROIT -- You can call them Homey (Ty Conklin) and Roadie (Chris Osgood) for now.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is changing his goalie rotation this week to take advantage of Conklin's success at Joe Louis Arena and also a recent solid performance on the road by Osgood.
Babcock said Conklin, who has a 13-game home winning streak, will start tonight against Calgary. Osgood originally was expected to play based on the alternating system Babcock had been using of late.
Instead, Osgood will go Saturday in St. Louis, where he shut out the Blues last week.
Babcock said he's never used a home-road goalie rotation during his coaching career.
"Never even thought about it, to tell you the truth," he said. "But when you start looking at the numbers, it's showing that (trend). We're in the winning business, whatever we can do to win. I want them both playing."
Babcock hasn't committed to his rotation beyond Saturday's game, much less for the playoffs.
In the past, he's wanted to have that determined with around 12 games remaining. There are 15 games left, and that announcement likely will be delayed.
"With Ozzie's history (playoff success) and the way Conks is playing, both situations appear to be, in my opinion, real positive," Babcock said.
Conklin has a 1.74 goals-against average and .935 save percentage at home compared to 2.99 and .895 on the road.
"I don't know how much goal support I've been getting here, but I'm sure it's over three or four goals a game," Conklin said. "You should win those games. It's a tough place to play for other teams. I've been the recipient of that, I think. We've been good as a team here."
As for the road, he said, "Beginning of the year, I think I started off maybe better on the road. I usually feel really comfortable on the road. I don't think the numbers speak to it, but I felt really good on the road this year, too."
Dry spell
Defenseman Chris Chelios has played 21 games without getting a point.
Los Angeles right wing John Zeiler is the only player in the league who has appeared in more games (23) without a point.
"It's not looking good right now," Chelios said. "I don't think I'm going to get very many games."
DETROIT -- You can call them Homey (Ty Conklin) and Roadie (Chris Osgood) for now.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is changing his goalie rotation this week to take advantage of Conklin's success at Joe Louis Arena and also a recent solid performance on the road by Osgood.
Babcock said Conklin, who has a 13-game home winning streak, will start tonight against Calgary. Osgood originally was expected to play based on the alternating system Babcock had been using of late.
Instead, Osgood will go Saturday in St. Louis, where he shut out the Blues last week.
Babcock said he's never used a home-road goalie rotation during his coaching career.
"Never even thought about it, to tell you the truth," he said. "But when you start looking at the numbers, it's showing that (trend). We're in the winning business, whatever we can do to win. I want them both playing."
Babcock hasn't committed to his rotation beyond Saturday's game, much less for the playoffs.
In the past, he's wanted to have that determined with around 12 games remaining. There are 15 games left, and that announcement likely will be delayed.
"With Ozzie's history (playoff success) and the way Conks is playing, both situations appear to be, in my opinion, real positive," Babcock said.
Conklin has a 1.74 goals-against average and .935 save percentage at home compared to 2.99 and .895 on the road.
"I don't know how much goal support I've been getting here, but I'm sure it's over three or four goals a game," Conklin said. "You should win those games. It's a tough place to play for other teams. I've been the recipient of that, I think. We've been good as a team here."
As for the road, he said, "Beginning of the year, I think I started off maybe better on the road. I usually feel really comfortable on the road. I don't think the numbers speak to it, but I felt really good on the road this year, too."
Dry spell
Defenseman Chris Chelios has played 21 games without getting a point.
Los Angeles right wing John Zeiler is the only player in the league who has appeared in more games (23) without a point.
"It's not looking good right now," Chelios said. "I don't think I'm going to get very many games."
