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Detroit -- Don't look now but the Red Wings, on a three-game winning streak, are one point behind the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Central Division.

What began as a festive night at Air Canada Centre, with a pregame ceremony honoring the 2009 Hockey Hall of Fame class, quickly turned into a debacle for the Detroit Red Wings once the puck dropped.

Once a high-powered offensive juggernaut, the Red Wings have used defense to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season.

In the immortal words of LL Cool J, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years." Despite the fact that the Detroit Red Wings that began the 2009-10 season looked shockingly different than the team that made back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup Finals the past two seasons, there was no denying that team was always there.

Wear and tear from an NHL career that has spanned almost two decades has Brad May cursing as he kicks off his equipment after practice.

As the Red Wings prepare for a surprisingly busy post-West Coast swing schedule, the injury-depleted Wings have welcomed a familiar scorer back into the lineup in Pavel Datsyuk, who has returned to posting multiple points per game.

When Red Wings coach Mike Babcock changed up his lines before Detroit's two-game swing through Alberta, he put Kris Draper on Darren Helm's wing, and a Draper unencumbered by his usual center's defensive responsibilities has looked downright dangerous offensively.

Brad May #20 of the Detroit Red Wings skates towards a loose puck during a NHL pre-season game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Joe Louis Arena on September 25, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit's Chris Osgood makes a save against Calgary on Saturday night. DETROIT -- The season-long frustration that has surrounded the Detroit Red Wings was replaced with a familiar feeling of confidence during the second intermission of Saturday's game in Calgary.

Kris Draper smiled and paused, looking over at fellow forward Pavel Datsyuk as he stretched on the floor of the visitor's locker room in the Saddledome.

In honor of the sugar-fest that is Halloween, the Free Press's Helene St. James asked several Red Wings to discuss their favorite Halloween memories, and the Wings very willingly obliged: November 1, Detroit Free Press : [Dan] Cleary used to go as a hockey player, "in all my dad's gear," he said.

A small thing, it seemed at the time. A quick, deft, almost imperceptible upwards flick of a stiletto.

Brad Stuart and Tomas Holmstrom scored goals 59 seconds apart in the second period, and Alberta native Chris Osgood made 20 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday night.

Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.

Jason Williams' power play goal at 14:57 of the third period lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Canucks tonight in Vancouver.

The Macomb Daily's Bruce MacLeod posted another set of Red Wings-related statistics this afternoon, delving into power plays drawn versus power plays given away , and Brad Stuart, surprisingly enough, leads the Red Wings' defense with 2 power plays drawn: October 27, RedWingsCorner : Pretty impressive for Stuart to be a plus-2. The nature of the ...

With all they're doing right, the Red Wings think a winning streak might begin with their next game.

The Detroit Red Wings are off to their worst start in 20 years, and with three games in Western Canada this week, it could get worse before it gets better.

There was something usual about the Red Wings' practice Monday -- and something quite unusual.

The Detroit Red Wings will head out to Phoenix this afternoon to begin their annual end-of-October West Coast swing, and while they've had a few days to rest, recover, and work on fundamentals, they're well aware of the fact that not winning on a consistent basis--fast--will bite them six months from now, as Dan Cleary told the Detroit News's Chris ...