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Detroit Todd Bertuzzi has one goal in the last 12 games. He hasn't produced a point in the last five.

Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi discussed his frustration with his inability to produce points with MLive.com's own Ansar Khan on Monday, and the Free Press's Helene St.

The Detroit Red Wings' Drew Miller, right, scores on Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne in the second period as Nashville's Kevin Klein looks on.

The Red Wings are on a roll _ and not without a few issues _ so this recent 6-1-0 run is really quite impressive.

The Detroit News's Chris McCosky notes that the Red Wings' 10-6-and-4 record over the first 20 games of the regular season doesn't inspire the once-annual, "Can we break 62 wins?" questions from Red Wings nation.

Detroit -- It's hard to imagine a point feeling any more worthless than the one the Red Wings took from their 2-1 overtime loss to the Panthers on Friday at Joe Louis Arena.

On a night when the Red Wings honored Nicklas Lidstrom for scoring his 1,000th point with Detroit, the fourth Red Wing to do so discussed the now-clarified rumor regarding Anaheim Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer, who recently hinted that he might accept a trade back to the New Jersey Devils.

Alex Auld stopped 31-of-32 shots to lead Dallas past Detroit, 3-1, at Joe Louis Arena.

The Detroit Red Wings' slightly wacky 7-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks this past Saturday showcased two of the NHL's best players in Henrik Zetterberg and Ryan Getzlaf, and the Orange County Register's Eric Stephens duly noted that Getzlaf ended up on the short end of the performance stick despite a substantial offensive output: November 16, Orange ...

As the Red Wings have moved deeper into the season, they've had to reinvent lines to mask the absences of Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula and Jason Williams.

Nine players on the Detroit Red Wings roster were not with the club at the start of last season.

Detroit scored four times early in the first period and Niklas Kronwall had two power-play goals and an assist to lift the Red Wings past the Columbus Blue Jackets 9-1 on Wednesday night.

Detroit If the Red Wings are going to climb back to the top of the Central Division, it might be up to players such as Ville Leino and Patrick Eaves.

Ville Leino replaced injured forward Jason Williams on a line with Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg at Detroit Red Wings practice today at Joe Louis Arena.

Toronto -- Organizational depth has been a point of pride for the Red Wings over the past decade or so.

Detroit Red Wings left wing Brad May said he was surprised to feel as good as he did Monday, less than 48 hours after he was hit in the right eye by the errant stick of teammate Jason Williams during Saturday's game.

Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson had the unfortunate distinction of being the first Wing to succumb to the flu bug during Detroit's West Coast swing, and as he took Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall down with him, Wings coach Mike Babcock told the Detroit News's Chris McCosky that he welcomed Ericsson back to practice the old-fashioned way: ...

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock spoke to NHL.com's Dan Rosen about a variety of topics on Sunday, positing a very logical take on the Wings' rough October... November 3, NHL.com : "We played nine exhibition games in 12 nights, traveled to Sweden and went on a five game road trip for 11 days," Babcock told NHL.com Monday.

CALGARY, Alberta -- Valtteri Filppula's broken wrist has prompted Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock to put three of his fastest skaters on one line.

Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula suffered a broken wrist in Thursday's 6-5 shootout loss to Edmonton and will miss the next 6-to-8 weeks.