Duel in the D Set for Monday at Little Caesars Arena

Game 30: Michigan State (14-14-1, 10-8-1-0 B1G) vs. Michigan (14-12-3, 9-8-2-1 B1G)
Date | Time: Monday, Feb. 17 | 7 p.m.
Location: Little Caesars Arena
Tickets: 313Presents.com
TV: FS Detroit
Radio: Spartan Sports Network (Listen Live) | Local: WJIM 1240-AM & 106.9-FM

On The Fly…
• Michigan State completes its regular season series with Michigan on Monday tonight with the annual Duel in the D at Little Caesars Arena … MSU is 1-1 at Little Caesars Arena this season (L, 4-2 vs. Michigan Tech; W, 5-2 vs. Ferris State).

• The Spartans enter tonight's game tied with Ohio State for third place in the Big Ten standings at 31 points … MSU is five points back of Minnesota and Penn State, which are tied for first place … Michigan is a point behind the Spartans in fifth place, while Notre Dame is sixth place with 29 points … Penn State and Wisconsin both have just two games remaining.

• Patrick Khodorenko's 31 points rank fifth in the Big Ten, while his 15 goals are tied for second most.

• John Lethemon leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the NCAA in save percentage at .938, while he's second in the Big Ten and 10th nationally GAA at 2.05.

• The Spartans have extinguished 19 of the last 20 opponent power plays (.950) over the last eight games (since Jan. 11) … MSU leads the league in Big Ten play with a .917 penalty kill percentage, which is .076 better than the next closest team (PSU).

• Since Nov. 30, Michigan State leads the country with a .930 penalty kill percentage … Over the 16-game span, MSU has erased 53 of 57 opponent power plays.

• The Spartans went 1-for-2 on the power play on Friday and have a goal on the man-advantage in each of the last three games, going 1-for-2 in all three contests … MSU has a power-play goal in four of the last five games, going 4-for-11 (.363) over the span.

• MSU has four wins this season when trailing in the third period (Nov. 14 at Michigan; Nov. 23 vs. Notre Dame; Dec. 7 vs. Wisconsin; Feb. 8 at Minnesota).

• MSU has outscored Big Ten opponents by a 35-23 margin in the second and third periods (not including empty-net goals), while in the third period of second games of a series, MSU holds a 12-4 edge (not including empty-net goals).

• Michigan State went 37-30 in the faceoff circle on Friday and ranks sixth in the nation and leads the Big Ten in faceoff winning percentage at .541 … Junior Tommy Apap, who went 13-6 on Friday, leads the Big Ten in total faceoff wins (314) and is third in winning percentage (.583).

• Sam Saliba's goal on Friday was his 10th of the season – tying his career high from his freshman season … Saliba's 16 points are tied for fourth on the team and are two shy of his freshman-year total.

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Players Mentioned

Tommy Apap

Patrick Khodorenko

John Lethemon

Sam Saliba