Pavel Datsyuk's streak of five straight games with a point came to an end Monday as the Red Wings were upended by San Jose in a shootout by a score of 1-0. The creative playmaker has recorded 11 points in 10 contests for the year after tonight's shutout. He also padded his stat line with two penalty minutes and a shot on goal.

Pavel Datsyuk scored his fifth goal of the season but he and the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-2 loss to the Coyotes in Phoenix Saturday night. Todd Bertuzzi (second) also scored for the Wings. Both Detroit goals came in the first period, which the Wings finished with a 2-0 lead. But it was all Phoenix after that.

Pavel Datsyuk tallied two goals as the Red Wings won the Avalance 4-2 Thursday night at Pepsi Center. The veteran center now has ten points in eight games with +7 rating. Johan Franzen scored two power play goals for Detroit while Daniel Alfredsson assisted three goals.

Pavel Datsyuk scored a goal for the Red Wings in a season-opening 2-1 win over Buffalo. Datsyuk's backhand snipe in the first period was a vintage play by the talented winger and turned out to be the game-winning tally. Mikael Samuelsson also found the back of the net in the Detroit triumph.

The Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 preseason win against the Toronto Maple Leafs Friday was all about their big stars producing. Daniel Alfredsson, Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg collected one goal and one assist each. Pavel Datsyuk had two assists. Jonathan Bernier stopped 32 out of 37 shots.

The Detroit Red Wings gave the Boston Bruins and Malcolm Subban a serious drubbing on Thursday, beating them 8-2. Subban allowed all eight goals, stopping 20 out of 28 shots. Pavel Datsyuk scored a goal and three assists while Henrik Zetterberg collected three points (2G, 1A) in what had to be a sobering evening for the Bruins prospect.

Pavel Datsyuk is looking forward to playing on a line with Henrik Zetterberg, but he knows that lines change. "It'll be fun, but he (coach Mike Babcock) always says we'll play together at the beginning, and we play, but then they break us up," Datsyuk said. Zetterberg largely echoed those comments. Even if they don't play together for most of the season, both players should have strong seasons offensively.

Sergei Fedorov, a former NHL star player and the current GM of CSKA Moscow, tried to lure Pavel Datsyuk to the KHL. Datsyuk ended up signing a three-year/$22.5 million extension with the Detroit Red Wings, effectively ending the question of whether or not he would leave the NHL in the not too distant future. "Unfortunately for us, Pavel extended his contract with Detroit," Fedorov said. "I had a meeting with him a few days before the signing. We had the chance to get Pavel in a year's time, but as a person who knows what the NHL is all about, I understand perfectly well why he did what he did." Red Wings fans have to be thrilled with Datsyuk's decision, given that he's one of the league's top two-way forwards.

Pavel Datsyuk tweeted Tuesday morning that he signed a three-year contract extension with the Detroit Red Wings. FOX Sports Detroit reported Monday night the two sides were close to an agreement and it appears Datsyuk's agent sealed the deal -- so to speak -- in his meeting with GM Ken Holland on Tuesday. The contract is expected to start after his current one ends next summer, which will carry him until he is 39 years old and essentially means Datsyuk will retire as a Red Wing. There were no financial terms announced, but his last contract averaged a $6.7 million cap hit per season. We'll update as soon as we know the numbers.

Pavel Datsyuk and the Detroit Red Wings are close to a multi-year contract extension, according to FOX Sports Detroit. Datsyuk's agent is scheduled to fly to Detroit on Tuesday to talk with Wings GM Ken Holland and Datsyuk tweeted late Monday night, "big day tomorrow. ." A source told FOX Sports Detroit that negotiations have gone very well and the two sides are extremely close to a deal that would keep Datsyuk is Detroit well beyond next season, when his current contract is set to expire. There had been talk after the lockout that Datsyuk would return to Russia after his contract expired, but it looks now like that was nothing more than leverage for contract talks.