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Detroit Red Wings: December

Posted on March 27, 2013 at 06:18 PM.

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Davidakiis' Detroit Red Wings
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Season 1: December

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Christmas Season Woes

After a superb November the Red Wings faltered some over the course of December. In the first six games, the wings had a 4-1-1 and a 6 point lead on the Western conference. However, after they ended the month on a 4 game losing streak, in which they were outscored by a 3:1 ratio.(3 for, 9 against) they have lose that lead and are currently tied with Anaheim for the #1 spot with 50 points. Valtteri Filppula is struggling to produce points, even though he is playing with Patrick Elias and Johan Franzen who both have 20+ points. In 36 games this season he has 7G and 8A for 15P and is shooting at 6.3%.
The rumors are that the Red Wings are looking to ship him out of town at the trade deadline. Filppula had 66 points in 81 games in the 2011/12 NHL season.

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Game of the Month
Howard sets career high against the Penguins
December 27, 2012

My Penguins came into Pittsburgh, the town that has the NHL Leading scorer in Sidney Crosby (22-28-50). The pens, despite Crosby's point totals, the penguins are struggling to hold on to their 6th spot in the East with 3 teams just 2 points behind them. In desperation mode, the penguins out shot the Red Wings by an astonishing rate, recording 59 shots to Detroit's 21. Despite the amazingly lop-sided shot totals, the Red Wings, led by G Jim Howard's career high 56 saves were able to secure a point as they entered overtime tied at 2. The Penguins would eventually, however, get the win on a breakaway goal by Tyler Kennedy at the 4:12 mark of OT.

Dec 27, 2012	1	2	3	OT	F
DET (23-7-3)	0	2	0	0	2
PIT (20-11-3)	0	2	0	1	3

Three Stars
	JIMMY HOWARD - G - DET 56 SV, 59 SHA, .914 SV%, 3.00 GAA
	TYLER KENNEDY - LW - PIT 1 Goal, +1, 4 Shots, 2 Hits
	EVGENI MALKIN - C - PIT 2 Goals, +3, 7 Shots, 1 Hit

Team Stats Comparison
	DET	PIT
Shots on Goal	21	59
Hits	19	15
Faceoffs Won-Lost	34-41	41-34
Penalty Minutes	19	7
Power Plays Converted	1	1
Power Play Opportunities	1	7
Time on Attack	4:21	11:32

Scoring Summary
SECOND PERIOD
PIT	17:32 EVGENI MALKIN , (SIDNEY CROSBY), (KRIS LETANG), POWER PLAY GOAL
PIT	12:59 EVGENI MALKIN, (KRIS LETANG), (JAMES NEAL)
DET	7:21 PAVEL DATSYUK , (HENRIK ZETTERBERG), (DAMIEN BRUNNER)
DET	1:00 PAVEL DATSYUK, (PATRICK ELIAS), (JOHAN FRANZEN), POWER PLAY GOAL
OVERTIME
PIT	4:12 TYLER KENNEDY, (PASCAL DUPUIS), (MARC-ANDRE FLEURY)

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Team Leaders

Goals: PAVEL DATSYUK (15)
Assists: HENRIK ZETTERBERG (24)
Points: PAVEL DATSYUK (37)
+/-: HENRIK ZETTERBERG (20)
PIM: KYLE QUINCEY (45)
Takeaways: PAVEL DATSYUK (79)
PPG: PAVEL DATSYUK (5)
SHG: HENRIK ZETTERBERG (2)
GWG: PATRIK ELIAS (5)
Shots: HENRIK ZETTERBERG (126)
SH%: JOHAN FRANZEN (13.3%)
FO%: PAVEL DATSYUK (59.9%)
Hits: KYLE QUINCEY (86)
Minutes: NIKLAS KRONWALL (971)

WINS: JIMMY HOWARD (20)
SHUTOUTS: JIMMY HOWARD (4)
SAVE %: JONAS GUSTAVSSON (.964%)
GAA: JONAS GUSTAVSSON (.047)

SEASON MVP TO THIS POINT:JIMMY HOWARD (1st in NHL - Wins)
(3rd in NHL - GAA) (3rd in NHL - SV%) (2nd in NHL - 4 Shutouts)
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Transactions

Philadelphia counter offered me this offer.
Calgary came to me with this offer.

To Detroit: LW Tye McGinn (3.5), G Brian Boucher (3)
To Philadelphia: G Petr Mrazek (3.5), 2014 3rd Round Pick (DET)

To Calgary: C Landon Ferraro(3), 2013 2nd Round Pick (DET)
To Detroit: 2013 1st Round Pick (CGY)

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AHL Team Update(Grand Rapids Griffins)

Record: 17-9-4 (6th in Conf.)
Goal Leader:GUSTAV NYQUIST (14)
Assist Leader: JAKUB KINDL (19)
Points Leader: BRANDON SAAD (27)
+/- Leader: BRANDON SAAD (+13)
Hits Leader: KENT HUSKINS (123)
Win Leader: TOM MCCOLLUM (11)