My picks for Detroit’s stars of the week for 11/30-12/13:

#3: The Penalty Kill
I don’t know if it’s lame to choose the entire penalty kill, but it has just been so good of late as a whole.  Babcock praised Helm and Eaves in particular, for getting into the lanes and blocking shots.  And Stuart has continued to be just a solid, sturdy defender.  This week the Wings killed 11 penalties, and allowed 1 power play goal.

#2: Jimmy Howard
Jimmy started two out of three games this week, with one win and one loss. The loss against the Blues, however, would have been a win on any other night, had the offense showed up. He played a great game against the Blues. I haven’t watched the Anaheim game from Friday, but he was named first star, made 25 saves with a .926 SV%.

#1: Todd Bertuzzi
Maybe Bert heard that Red Wings Nation collectively decided to burn an effigy of him as sacrifice to the Hockey Gods. Whatever the reason, Bertuzzi has looked like a man possessed the past two games, with 4 goals. And two of those being OT GWGs. He’s been responsible defensively all season, but hasn’t been able to make anything of his chances.  The past games he not only has scored a pair in each, but they were, for the most part, gorgeous goals. He’s confident, like someone wound the clock backwards a little bit.  So cheers, Todd.

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