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Red Wings’ all-time goals-per-game leader is not who fans expect

Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman are the usual susepcts for everything scoring-related on the Detroit Red Wings. But not in the career goals per game category.

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Any career scoring record from Hockeytown comes down to two names: Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman. The two best players in Detroit Red Wings history are almost always your usual suspects, from most career goals to most career hat tricks.

But when you look at the highest number of goals per game for the Wings, you get a different tale.