Senators 3, Red Wings 1
DETROIT -- Goaltender Andrew Hammond made 29 saves to backstop the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena on Friday night.
Center Kyle Turris, left winger Matt Puempel and right winger Bobby Ryan scored goals for Ottawa.
Center Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit, which lost its sixth in seven games (1-5-1). Goalie Jimmy Howard stopped 32 shots.
Hammond stopped left winger Justin Abdelkader's tip attempt 8:20 into the third period.
Ryan scored into an empty net with 55 seconds left for his third goal.
Turris opened the scoring with 1:14 left in the first period. He walked across the top of the crease from the bottom of the left circle, fought off poke-check attempts by center Luke Glendening and defenseman Dan DeKeyser and stuffed a shot past Howard. It was Turris' sixth goal.
Puempel made it 2-0 with 9:50 left in the second period. He converted a centering pass from right winger Bobby Ryan, who was positioned at the left corner of the net. It was Puempel's first goal.
Zetterberg picked up a 5-on-3 power-play goal with three minutes left in the second period by banging in a loose puck from the bottom of the right circle. It was his third goal of the season and 299th of his NHL career.
Hammond made a big glove save on right winger Gustav Nyquist from the inside edge of the left circle with 1:24 left in the second period.
Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson hit the goal post with 8:05 left in the second period.
NOTES: Detroit was without C Pavel Datsyuk (ankle), RW Johan Franzen (concussion-like symptoms), D Mike Green (upper body), C Brad Richards (back) and D Kyle Quincey (concussion protocol). ... Ottawa was missing LW Clarke MacArthur (concussion), LW Mike Hoffman (lower-body injury) and RW Curtis Lazar (concussion). ... Hoffman could return on Saturday. It was the first of a back-to-back, home-and-home series between the two teams. They play at Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday night. ... F Landon Ferraro was a healthy scratch for the Red Wings. ... D Chris Wideman was a healthy scratch for the Senators.