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Red Wings 2021 final grades: Progress due to defensive improvement
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Playing in a nearly empty Little Caesars Arena during this COVID-affected season exemplified how strange 2021 was for the NHL and the Red Wings. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Nobody scored more than 11 goals in games played with the Red Wings.
Their goals per game was marginally better at 2.23 (from 2.00) but the power play worse.
They still improved in points percentage, from .275 to .429, due to better team defense and solid goaltending.
The Red Wings (19-27-10) finished with nine more points (48) in 15 fewer games than in 2019-20 (17-49-5), despite a rash of injuries and COVID-related absences to key players.
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Toews Leading Avs On And Off The Ice
Defenseman scored twice and tied his career high in the victory at the Kings by Ron Knabenbauer @RonKnab / ColoradoAvalanche.com
Devon Toews has made his presence known in his first season with the Colorado Avalanche.
The defenseman already set a new career high for goals in a single campaign and has now matched his personal best for points in a season after scoring twice on Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings.
Toews and defensive partner Cale Makar provided the offense for the Avalanche in a 3-2 victory at Staples Center in downtown L.A. to help the team keep pace with the Vegas Golden Knights for the top spot in the West Division. Colorado trails Vegas by four points but owns a game in hand and controls its own destiny to take first place with the Avs and Knights set to
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