BY THE NUMBERS: Valtteri Filppula
Monday, 08.15.2011 / 12:00 AM
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By Dave Burke
- DetroitRedWings.com Intern
By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2010-11 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on forward Valtteri Filppula.
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The number of game-winning goals scored: Oct. 19 at Chicago; Nov. 5 at Edmonton; Nov. 26 at Columbus; Nov. 28 vs. Columbus; and Jan. 26 vs. New Jersey.
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300
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Played in his 300th career regular-season game at Calgary Nov. 3. The Wings pulled out a 2-1 win, and Filppula had a plus-2 rating. |
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Games missed with a lower body injury, but then returned when the Wings took on the Sabres in Buffalo in a 3-2 win. Filppula was a plus one in the game. |
100
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Career assists for Filppula. He collected it in the season finale against Chicago in the 4-3 win, assisting on Drew Miller's third period goal. |
13.9
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His 13.9 shooting percentage was third best among regulars on the Red Wings only behind Pavel Datsyuk (16.8) and Tomas Holmstrom (14.4). |
50
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Filppula has quickly become known around the league as a very deft defensive forward and showed it once again with 50 takeaways for the Red Wings, third only to Zetterberg (54) and Datsyuk (71). |
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