My picks for Detroit’s stars for the week of 11/16-11/22.

#3: Darren Helm
I’m torn between Helm and Stuart here.  But Helm gets the nod because though he hasn’t been racking up a ton of points, he and the rest of his line with Draper and Eaves has looked great.  They’ve been buzzing around the ice, and Helm played a helluva game against Florida, showing that he’s growing nicely into a PK specialist.  If Clemmenson hadn’t been standing on his head, he would have popped in one of those two SH chances.

#2: Jimmy Howard
He played 2 out of 3 games this week, against Dallas and Montreal.  Babcock granted him the Montreal start as a sort of reward for having played so well while Osgood was out with the flu, or whatever it was he had.  He also got the win in the shootout against the Habs (thanks to Z, Pav), and that alone gives him the #2 spot because by the time we made it to the shootout, I’d resigned myself to a loss.

#1: Pavel Datsyuk
He looked like the weight of the world had been lifted from his shoulders when he scored on the power play in the second period against Florida.  And he seems to be on the start of a possible scoring streak as he tallied another PP goal against Montreal, and also scored a glorious one in the shootout.  He also dominated the faceoff circle vs the Habs.

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