Red Wings 2, Ducks 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Center Riley Sheahan scored with 3:44 to play, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night in front of a sellout crowd of 17,174 at the Honda Center.
Goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 30 shots to earn his fourth consecutive win for the Red Wings, who now have their longest winning streak of the season: four games. Detroit left winger Tomas Tatar scored in the game's opening seconds.
Right winger Corey Perry collected his 16th goal for the Ducks, who took their second loss in three games.
Sheahan broke a 1-1 tie after creating the turnover that resulted in his goal.
While Sheahan was checking Ryan Getzlaf from behind, the Anaheim center lost the puck. Detroit rookie right winger Dylan Larkin retrieved and passed to Sheahan from the left circle. Sheahan one-timed a shot from the slot past goalie John Gibson for his seventh goal.
The Red Wings (22-13-7) needed only 16 seconds to open the scoring. Stationed at the right post, Tatar received center Pavel Datsyuk's pass from the right boards and sent the puck to right winger Darren Helm in front of the crease. However, Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm deflected the puck under Gibson's left leg, and Tatar received credit for his 13th goal.
The large contingent of Midwestern transplants in attendance, many of them wearing Detroit jerseys, responded by loudly chanting, "Let's Go Red Wings!"
Detroit did not concede a shot on goal in the first 10 minutes, but the Ducks (17-17-7) used their second shot to tie the score. Getzlaf backhanded a pass from the right corner to Perry, who flipped the puck from the right post over Mrazek's right shoulder at 13:35 of the first period for his sixth goal in nine games.
Gibson finished with 22 saves.
NOTES: Detroit scratched C Joakim Andersson and D Jakub Kindl, who cleared waivers after being waived Saturday. ... Red Wings D Kyle Quincey (ankle surgery) sat out Sunday, but he is expected to play Monday night in Los Angeles against the Kings after being activated from injured reserve. ... Anaheim scratched D Korbinian Holzer and LW Patrick Maroon. ... Ducks D Simon Depres returned to practice Saturday for the first time since sustaining a concussion Oct. 16 against the Colorado Avalanche. However, he remained out Sunday night. ... Anaheim was one of eight teams that dispatched scouts to Rochester, N.Y., to see LW Jonathan Drouin play for AHL Syracuse on Saturday night. Drouin asked to be traded after the Tampa Bay Lightning demoted him Jan. 2.