Red Wings 4, Flames 2
DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings scored three consecutive goals in the second period and defeated the Calgary Flames 4-2 Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena,
Forward Dylan Larkin, forward Brad Richards, right winger Gustav Nyquist and left winger Justin Abdelkader scored for Detroit, which broke a three-game losing streak (0-1-2). Red Wings goaltender Petr Mrazek made 26 saves.
Defensemen Dennis Wideman and Dougie Hamilton scored for Calgary (15-16-2). Flames goalie Karri Ramo made 31 saves.
Hamilton made cut Calgary's deficit to 3-2 with 2:59 left when he scored with the Flames playing five-on-four because Ramo was pulled for an extra attacker. Hamilton put in a slap shot from the high slot for his fifth goal.
Abdelkader sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 30 seconds left.
The Red Wings (17-9-7) took a 3-1 lead in the middle period.
Larkin and Richards scored 45 seconds apart to give Detroit a 2-1 lead.
Larkin put in a rebound from the crease 7:46 into the second period to tie the game 1-1. It was Larkin's 12th goal, which leads NHL rookies.
Richards beat Ramo with a slap shot from the high slot at 8:31 for his third goal.
Nyquist made it 3-1 with 2:29 left in the second period with a screened shot from the left point, his 12th goal.
Wideman's power-play goal gave the Flames a 1-0 lead 1:56 into the second period. His wrist shot from just inside the blue line in the middle of the ice beat Mrazek, who was screened. It was Wideman's first goal of the season.
Calgary defenseman Kris Russell knocked Detroit center Henrik Zetterberg's wraparound attempt away from an open net in the crease about 6:20 into the game.
Mrazek stopped center Sean Monahan from the slot with 4:27 left in the first period. Mrazek made a nice save on left winger Johnny Gaudreau from the right circle with 3:43 remaining in the first.
Wideman's shot deflected off the leg of teammate left winger Micheal Ferland and off the goal post with 1:49 left in the first period.
NOTE: Detroit D Jonathan Ericsson didn't play because of a lower-body injury sustained in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. He was replaced in the lineup by D Jakub Kindl. ... Calgary C Jiri Hudler played with the Red Wings from 2003-04 to 2011-12. ... The Red Wings recalled D Xavier Ouellet and C Tomas Nosek from Grand Rapids of the AHL on Saturday. They were Detroit's healthy scratches Sunday. ... The Flames were without RW Michael Frolik (upper body) and LW Lance Bouma (broken fibula). ... Detroit's other injured players are LW Drew Miller (broken jaw), RW Teemu Pulkkinen (dislocated shoulder), RW Johan Franzen (concussion) and D Kyle Quincey (ankle). ... Calgary scratched LW Brandon Bollig and D Deryk Engelland.