Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood, off to a fast start this season, signed a three-year extension with the team on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old Osgood leads the NHL in both goals-against average (1.68) and save percentage (.932), and has a 19-2-1 record in 22 appearances. Both losses were 3-2 decisions. No other NHL goaltender with at least 10 appearances has only two regulation losses.
Osgood will make $1.7 million next season, $1.45 million in 2009-10 and $1.1 million for the 2010-11 season.
Osgood has 355 victories, third among active goaltenders and tied with Rogie Vachon for 15th on the career list.
*Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen’s season is likely over after finding out he’ll need an additional two months to recover after having open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve.
*Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo said he will skip the NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta so he can spend time with his pregnant wife, Gina, at their home in Ft. Lauderdale. … Former Red Wings forward Darren McCarty began his NHL comeback attempt Wednesday, skating for the IHL Flint Generals against the Muskegon Fury.
