By the Numbers: Darren Helm

By the Numbers will highlight the Red Wings' on-ice accomplishments in the 2019-20 season. Each week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on forward Darren Helm.

With the attention focused on the upcoming NHL Entry Draft in a few weeks, it is interesting to see how other drafts have played out.
There's no question that Darren Helm will go down as one of the successes in Detroit Red Wings' draft history.
The Wings selected Helm in the fifth round, 132nd overall, in the 2005 draft, the same draft in which Pittsburgh took Sidney Crosby first overall.
Only 18 players have played in more NHL games than Helm, including his own teammate, Justin Abdelkader, who has played 739.
The only picks taken later in the draft than Helm who have played more games are Anton Stralman, chosen 216th overall by Toronto, who has played 818, and Patric Hornqvist, taken 230th by Nashville, who has played 770.
Helm made his debut late in the 2007-08 season and ended up playing more games in the playoffs -- 18 -- than the seven he did late in the regular season.
Since that Cup-winning season, Helm has done whatever the team needed, playing center or wing, playing in the top six forward group when injuries demanded and killing penalties.
With his still-elite speed and strong work ethic, Helm remains an effective forward and veteran presence on the team.
Helm, 33, has one year remaining on his five-year, $19.25 million contract.
650- On Nov. 14 at Los Angeles, Helm played in his 650th career game. He had one hit and one blocked shot in 10:27. Helm finished the season with 697 games.
21 - Helm moved past Marty Pavelich, Darren McCarty, Shawn Burr, Jonathan Ericsson and Bruce MacGregor into 21st all-time on Detroit's list of games played.
68 - Helm played 68 games during the 2019-20 season, which was fourth on the team. Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi tied for the team lead with 71.
3 - Along with Dennis Cholowski and Givani Smith, Helm missed three games with an injury. Danny DeKeyser led the team with 63 man-games lost.
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9 - In his 68 games, Helm scored nine goals, two more than he had in the 2018-19 season, when he recorded seven goals in 61 games. Helm's career high is 15 goals, set in the 2014-15 season. FIlip Hronek also had nine goals. Bertuzzi led with 21.

1 - Helm was tied with Valtteri Filppula, Luke Glendening and Frans Nielsen for the team lead in shorthanded goals. Each had one. Helm's came on Feb. 15, in a 4-1 loss at Boston. He scored unassisted at 3:12 of the first period.
2 - Helm and Nielsen tied for the team lead in shorthanded points with two. Helm also scored two goals in a 3-2 loss at Buffalo on Feb. 11.

7 - Helm also had seven assists during the season, three fewer than he had the previous season. His career best was 20 helpers in 82 games during the 2010-11 season.
88 - With 88 hits, Helm was sixth on the Wings. Glendening led with 147.
-6 - Among those who played more than 21 games, Helm was tops on the team in plus-minus at minus-6. It was also an improvement from the minus-11 he had in 2018-19.