Darren Helm finally is figuring things out, not the least thanks to having a dynamo like Kris Draper as a linemate and as a lockermate in the Red Wings' locker room.

The Detroit Red Wings, for the second consecutive game, were stymied by a backup goaltender.

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

Without the depth and firepower they have had in the past, the Detroit Red Wings are leaning more on their role players to provide speed and energy, be responsible defensively and chip in some offense.

The Red Wings lost scorers in the off-season and had three top-six forwards suffer injuries over the first month of the season -- and here they are, the top-scoring team in the Western Conference.

P Jimmy Howard, Red Wings. Backup playing in place of flu-ridden Chris Osgood stopped 31 shots and rubbed it in with an assist.

With the exception of the giant egg laid in Toronto the Detroit Red Wings are starting to show signs of shaking the off cobwebs.

Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason didn't try to hide his frustration after the longest night of his short NHL career.

Update from the Detroit Red Wings' practice on Tuesday: The team spent a lot of time working on the power play, which has struggled recently.

TORONTO -- General manager Ken Holland said Sunday the solution to the Red Wings' injury losses up front has to come from within and that he does not plan to look for outside help.

Just as Patrick Eaves appeared to find his niche with the Red Wings, he has to sit out a game with a bruised foot.

The Red Wings lost Jason Williams' services for an extended period of time during their 5-1 loss to the Maple Leafs, and it sounds like Williams will be out until January, at the earliest, as the Detroit News's Chris McCosky notes: November 8, Detroit News : Adding to the night's misery, the Wings lost yet another forward.

TORONTO -- Red Wings forward Jason Williams left early in the second period of Saturday's game at Air Canada Centre after suffering a fractured fibula.

The Detroit Red Wings can't seem to catch an injury-related break...The Free Press's Helene St.

After sitting as a healthy scratch in six of the first 10 games, Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves has seized the opportunity to play regularly following Valtteri Filppula's injury.

Might as well get used to this. The way the Red Wings handled their business against a red-hot San Jose team Thursday, taking a hard-fought, 2-1 shootout win, is the way, the only way, they are going to have success this season.

The Sporting News's Craig Custance discussed the staggering number of NHL players injured from an "injury equals opportunity" perspective on Wednesday night, suggesting that the Red Wings' latest injuries may give a player who didn't even dress for half of the Wings' first dozen games earn the opportunity to become a regular contributor: November ...

On July 24, hockey was not on Patrick Eaves's mind. The three-year Boston College star was on his honeymoon with wife Katie in Bora Bora.

Another bad break for the Detroit Red Wings , literally. The Wings, already without forward Johan Franzen due to knee surgery, lost another key piece Thursday night when center Valtteri Filppula broke his wrist in the second period against the Edmonton Oilers during a 6-5 shootout loss for Detroit.

Injured center Valtteri Filppula will not need surgery on his broken right wrist, which puts his return closer to six weeks rather than eight weeks.