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Detroit Red Wings Stats - 2012
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
Pavel Datsyuk	31	13	9	22	+1
Damien Brunner	31	9	9	18	+8
Gustav Nyquist	31	5	12	17	-2
Henrik Zetterberg	23	7	9	16	+2
Johan Franzen	27	3	13	16	-3
Jakub Kindl	31	5	9	14	+4
Niklas Kronwall	30	2	10	12	-2
Valtteri Filppula	31	5	6	11	-1
Todd Bertuzzi	31	7	4	11	-5
Ian White	29	3	5	8	-6
Brendan Smith	27	1	6	7	-2
Justin Abdelkader	31	2	5	7	+1
Kyle Quincey	28	0	6	6	+4
Jordin Tootoo	25	1	4	5	-4
Jonathan Ericsson	30	1	4	5	-11
Daniel Cleary	21	0	3	3	-2
Cory Emmerton	8	2	1	3	+1
Drew Miller	23	2	1	3	-9
Darren Helm	31	2	0	2	-7
Carlo Colaiacovo	9	1	1	2	-3
Mikael Samuelsson	22	0	2	2	-1
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	SV%	SHO
Jimmy Howard	25	10	11	3	2.10	92.17%	2
Jonas Gustavsson	7	5	1	0	2.28	91.62%	0

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NHL Standings - Updated: Dec 22, 2012
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS
Pittsburgh	20	10	3	43
Buffalo	17	11	2	36
Florida	17	12	2	36
Philadelphia	20	10	2	42
Toronto	16	10	4	36
Ottawa	17	12	2	36
Boston	17	13	2	36
New Jersey	14	10	6	36
Montreal	16	15	2	34
Washington	15	14	3	33
NY Islanders	15	15	2	32
Carolina	14	15	4	32
Winnipeg	14	14	2	30
Tampa Bay	12	15	2	26
NY Rangers	12	17	2	26
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS
Chicago	26	4	1	53
San Jose	18	8	5	41
Calgary	15	8	6	36
Columbus	19	10	2	40
Anaheim	17	10	4	38
Los Angeles	16	15	2	34
St. Louis	14	12	5	33
Detroit	15	13	3	33
Minnesota	15	13	3	33
Phoenix	14	11	4	32
Colorado	15	13	2	32
Nashville	13	13	6	32
Dallas	13	17	2	28
Vancouver	12	19	2	26
Edmonton	10	20	1	21

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NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 22,
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Stamkos	18		1. E. Staal	30
	2. Toews	16		2. Kopitar	29
	3. Tavares	16		3. Tavares	28
	4. P. Kane	16		4. Hossa	27
	5. Semin	16		5. P. Kane	22
Points		P	+/-		+/-
	1. Tavares	44		1. Hossa	+23
	2. Kopitar	42		2. Toews	+17
	3. E. Staal	41		3. Kane	+16
	4. P. Kane	38		4. Sutter	+15
	5. Hossa	37		5. Bergeron	+14
Goals Against Average		GAA	Save Percentage		SV%
	1. Reimer	1.76		1. Reimer	94.06%
	2. Crawford	1.80		2. Kiprusoff	93.76%
	3. Kiprusoff	1.93		3. Fasth	93.44%
	4. Lehtonen	2.00		4. Lehtonen	93.44%
	5. Fasth	2.01		5. Miller	93.35%
Wins		W	Shutouts		SO
	1. Crawford	19		1. Smith	5
	2. Bobrovsky	16		2. Miller	4
	3. Niemi	16		3. Price	4
	4. Reimer	14		4. Reimer	3
	5. Miller	14		5. Kiprusoff	3

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Helm Sparks Wings in Win

Detroit, MI - The Red Wings haven't been getting a lot of production from their bottom-six forwards. Darren Helm took offense to that. He scored the game-winner an added an assist in a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Patrick Eaves opened the scoring in the 1st period by taking the puck hard to the net from the corner. Derek Brassard tied the game 1-1 on the powerplay in the 2nd period with a wristshot from a nice feed by RJ Umberger.

Minutes later, Todd Bertuzzi played the body of the defenseman and forced a giveaway, which ended up on Helm's stick and he fired it under Bobrovsky's blocker. Valtteri Filppula was able to score of his own rebound in the 3rd period and Niklas Kronwall scored an empty-netter from center ice with less than a second on the clock.

Jimmy Howard stopped 22 of 23 shots in the victory, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves on 29 shots in a losing effort.

Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings
Dec 22, 2012 1 2 3 F CBJ (19-11-2) 0 1 0 1 DET (16-13-3) 1 1 2 4 Three Stars Helm 1 G, 1 A, 2 shots, +2 Howard 1 GA, .957 SV%, 22 saves Bertuzzi 2 A, 1 hit, +2	Team Stats Comparison CBJ DET Shots on Goal 23 30 Hits 11 9 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14-17 17-14 Penalty Minutes 2:00 12:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 6 1 Time on Attack 7:21 5:39
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD DET 4:19 Eaves (1) (Bertuzzi, Helm) SECOND PERIOD CBJ 4:30 Brassard (7) (PP) (Umberger, Johnson) DET 11:20 Helm (3) (Bertuzzi) THIRD PERIOD DET 11:16 Filppula (6) (unassisted) DET 20:00 Kronwall (3) (unassisted)

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Strong Start Fuels Wings

Raleigh, NC - Detroit scored two goals in each of the first two period en route to a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Valtteri Filppula and Damien Brunner each scored two goals, while Pavel Datsyuk provided the other.

Tim Brent and Alexander Semin were the goal scorers for Carolina.

Jimmy Howard made 24 saves on 26 shots while Cam Ward stopped 31 of 26 shots.

Coach Mike Babcock said he plans to start Jonas Gustavsson in goal tomorrow in Pittsburgh to give Jimmy Howard a day off.

Brendan Smith left the game in the 2nd period after being shaken up by a hit along the boards. He will miss about a week of action and will be replaced by callup Brian Lashoff, as Jakub Kindl is not cleared to return from his lower-body injury.

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Wings Clip Pens

Pittsburgh, PA - Johan Franzen and Damien Brunner each had a goal and an assist, propelling the Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Penguins. Patrick Eaves and Gustav Nyquist scored the other two goals for Detroit and the Penguins got goals from Eric Tangradi and Tanner Glass.

Jimmy Howard stopped 20 of 22 shots and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 34.

To add to the injuries on defense, Carlo Colaiacovo struggled getting off the ice after he appeared to block a shot with his foot in the 2nd period. More details of his injury to follow after he gets x-rays.

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Kindl Dooms Sens in OT

Detroit, MI - Jakub Kindl beat Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner with 40 seconds left in overtime, sending the Red Wings home with a 4-3 OT victory. Darren Helm had a clean faceoff win right to Kindl, who took a couple of strides to his left to create some space and fired a wrister over Lehner's blocker.

Johan Franzen scored two goals for Detroit and Todd Bertuzzi added another. Chris Neil, Jakob Silfverberg and Patrick Wiercioch scored for Ottawa. Jonas Gustavsson started in goal as Jimmy Howard was a late no-go for Detroit due to leg cramps. He stopped 35 of 38 shots for Detroit while Lehner made 26 saves on 30 shots for Ottawa.

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Colaiacovo Out 8 Weeks with Broken Foot; Wings Sign Huskins

Detroit, MI - GM Steve Yzerman announced today that defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo will undergo surgery for a broken right foot suffered Friday in Pittsburgh. He is expected to miss at least eight weeks of action.

Detroit signed defenseman Kent Huskins to a one-year, 750k contract, likely to be the 7th defenseman.