Red Wings 3, Senators 1
DETROIT -- Petr Mrazek made 22 saves and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Wednesday at Joe Louis Arena.
Defenseman Danny DeKeyser and forwards Henrik Zetterberg and Darren Helm scored for Detroit.
Forward Zack Smith scored for Ottawa and Goalie Craig Anderson made 25 saves for Ottawa.
Defenseman Dion Phaneuf, who was acquired in a trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, made his debut with the Senators. He wore No. 2 for Ottawa after previously wearing No. 3. Defenseman Marc Methot has No. 3 for the Senators.
Smith scored with 2:24 left on a power play with Anderson pulled for the 6-on-4 advantage. It was Smith's 12th goal and third in three games.
Helm scored an empty net goal with 1:11 left.
DeKeyser gave Detroit a 1-0 lead 3:03 into the game. His shot from the inside edge of the left circle deflected off Methot's stick and over Anderson's shoulder. It was DeKeyser's career-high seventh goal of the season.
Zetterberg made it 2-0 at 2:01 of the third period. He put a shot over Anderson's shoulder on the short side from the bottom of the right circle after making a move on Phaneuf. Pavel Datsyuk got the puck to Zetterberg just outside the Senators blue line while lying on the ice along the right wing boards.
It was Zetterberg's 10th goal.
Mrazek stopped Smith from the top of the left circle as Smith cut in off the left wing 9:01 into the second period.
The Red Wings killed off successive penalties, including a 27-second 5-on-3 disadvantage, early in the third period.
DeKeyser was helped off the ice 45 seconds into the third period after Phaneuf's shot hit him in the right leg. He returned in the middle of the period, took a short shift and returned to the bench. He talked to trainer Piet Van Zant and went to the dressing room.
NOTES: Ottawa sent D Jared Cowen, LW Milan Michalek, LW Colin Greening and F prospect Tobias Lindberg along with Ottawa's second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft to Toronto for veteran D Dion Phaneuf and RW Matt Frattin, F Casey Bailey, F Ryan Rupert and D Cody Donaghey on Tuesday. ... Detroit D Mike Green missed his second game with a sore groin. He participated in an optional morning skate on Wednesday and is day to day. The Red Wings were also without D Niklas Kronwall (knee), LW Drew Miller (knee) and RW Johan Franzen (concussion). ... The Senators were missing LW Clarke MacArthur (concussion), D Chris Phillips (cracked vertebra) and LW Dave Dziurzynski (undisclosed). ... Red Wings F Joakim Andersson was a healthy scratch.