TORONTO - NOVEMBER 7: Matt Stajan #14 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates the puck away from Kirk Maltby #18 of the Detroit Red Wings during game action November 7, 2009 at the Air Canada...

...Abdelkader, left, gets squeezed up against the boards by Florida Panthers' Bryan Allen (5) while teammate Kirk Maltby, second from right, tries to get past the defense of the Panthers' Kenndal McArdle, right, during...

DETROIT - JUNE 06: Kirk Maltby #18, Jiri Hudler #26, Pavel Datsyuk #13, and Chris Osgood #30 of the Detroit Red Wings...

DETROIT - MAY 10: Ryan Whitney #19 of the Anaheim Ducks and Kirk Maltby #18 of the Detroit Red Wings battle for the puck during Game Five of the Western...

DETROIT - FEBRUARY 25: Ville Leino #21, Kirk Maltby #18, Kris Draper #33, Derek Meech #14 and Andreas Lilja #3 of the Detroit Red Wings...

Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock coaches behind Valtteri Filppula, left, Kris Draper, middle, and Kirk Maltby, right, during the first period in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup hockey finals against the...

...12: Alex Tanguay #40 of the Calgary Flames carries the puck as Danny Markov #55 and Kirk Maltby #18 both of the Detroit Red Wings defend during the 2007 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals on...

Andy McDonald #19 of the Anaheim Ducks skates with the puck past Kirk Maltby #18 of the Detroit Red Wings during game one of the 2007 Western Conference finals on...

Kirk Maltby's second clutch goal lifted Detroit past the Oilers 3-2

Wings wing Kirk Maltby may be seeing stars (and Stars

The Wings' Kirk Maltby, left, scored two early short-handed goals

...contained Sergei Fedorov in Game 2, so the Red Wings got their offense from elsewhere, with Kirk Maltby, Nicklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper scoring goals

Kirk Maltby of the Red Wings exchanges unpleasantries with Hurricanes winger Erik Cole near the end of Game...

Kirk Maltby got Detroit on the board in the 7th minute

Brad Larsen of the Colorado Avalanche upends Detroit's Kirk Maltby as fans gasp