Detroit Red Wings Power Rankings - 2012-13
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 15 | 24-16-8 | 12 | The Wings won four straight to end the regular season, keeping their playoff streak alive at 22 incredible seasons. | |
| Week 14 | 20-16-8 | 18 | The Wings have not won two in a row in almost a month. No wonder it's nervous time in Hockeytown while Detroit tries to keep its monumental playoff streak alive. | |
| Week 13 | 20-15-7 | 14 | The Red Wings get three out of four points over the weekend and sit two points out of fifth, but also just two points out of the danger zone. | |
| Week 12 | 19-15-5 | 14 | Offense once again deserts the Red Wings, who are 21st in goals scored per game after a 1-0 loss at home to St. Louis on Sunday. The Wings are now hanging on to the eighth spot in the West. | |
| Week 11 | 17-13-5 | 12 | The Wings gave up three goals on three shots in less than five minutes of Sunday's 7-1 loss to Chicago. It's the second loss in a row for Detroit, which continues to make life difficult for itself vis-a-vis solidifying a playoff position. | |
| Week 10 | 16-11-5 | 9 | Two big statement wins in Anaheim over the weekend for a Red Wings team beginning to find its stride with four wins in its past five games. | |
| Week 9 | 14-10-5 | 10 | Just when you want to write off the Wings, they come back with inspired performances, as they did in coming from behind to beat Edmonton in overtime Friday and then spanking the Canucks 5-2 in Vancouver on Saturday. | |
| Week 8 | 12-9-5 | 14 | Just when you think the Red Wings look like they're back, they drop two straight to Columbus. | |
| Week 7 | 10-8-4 | 20 | The Wings still occupy a spot in the top eight in the Western Conference but suffered a tough loss Sunday to Chicago and they have only three wins in their past 10. | |
| Week 6 | 9-7-3 | 11 | Terrific weekend for the Wings, who beat Nashville and Vancouver -- and those wins were timely for a Detroit team that was languishing a bit. | |
| Week 5 | 7-6-2 | 12 | Disappointing weekend for Detroit, which lost at home to Anaheim on Friday and then blew a 2-0 lead against Minnesota en route to a 3-2 defeat Sunday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center. | |
| Week 4 | 7-4-1 | 7 | Mike Babcock still refers to his team as a work in progress, but the 2010 Olympic-champion coach is showing his acumen, finding a way to bring this roster along despite its obvious shortcomings on defense. | |
| Week 3 | 4-3-1 | 13 | The Wings are starting to cook offensively, although the loss to Columbus Saturday blunts some of the positive feelings created by a big win over St. Louis the night before. Niklas Kronwall, with seven assists, is assuming a much bigger role offensively for the Red Wings. But they need to find some relief for workhorse Jimmy Howard in net. | |
| Week 2 | 2-2-1 | 13 | Nice response from the veteran Red Wings this past weekend, picking up three of four points versus the Wild and Blackhawks. They needed that performance. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 19 | The departures of Nicklas Lidstrom and Brad Stuart have created a huge void on the blue line. Can Damien Brunner make the jump from the Swiss league? More to the point, is this the season the Wings finally tumble out of the playoffs? | |
| Preseason | 0-0-0 | 12 | Don't think I've ever rated the Wings this low in preseason. But the loss of Nicklas Lidstrom and Brad Stuart, and the inability to lure Parise or Suter challenged the Wings to retain their spot among the elite. With Mike Babcock as coach and Ken Holland as GM, never count them out. And it wouldn't surprise me if Holland aggressively sought a trade after the lockout. | |
| Spring Training | 0-0-0 | 13 | Not sure what to make of where the Wings are. Defense is definitely a question mark with Nicklas Lidstrom's retirement and Brad Stuart's departure for San Jose. Oodles of talent up front, but the next generation of stars must make itself known to prevent the team from heading into decline. | |
