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Red Wings' power players best Wild's top penalty killers

The Detroit Red Wings' top-ranked power play vastly outplayed Minnesota's No. 1 penalty kill unit in a 3-2 victory on Sunday.

The Red Wings scored two power play goals in the second period, both assisted by Steve Yzerman, to get their 27th road victory of the season, one shy of the NHL record for road victories in a season. New Jersey set the record in 1998-1999.

Brendan Shanahan, Henrik Zetterberg and Robert Lang scored for Detroit, which thoroughly dominated the final 40 minutes of action to bounce back from an eyebrow-raising home loss to lowly Chicago on Friday.

Devils 3, Penguins 2, OT

In Pittsburgh, Brian Gionta scored with 2:38 left in overtime to help New Jersey beat the Penguins.

Gionta scored his 42nd goal of the season when he picked up a loose puck at his own blue line and skated down the left wing before firing a slap shot past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Patrik Elias tied the game for New Jersey with less than 20 seconds to play, scoring after the Devils had two extra skaters when they pulled goalie Martin Brodeur during a power play.

Jay Pandolfo also scored for the Devils, who have won four in a row and five of their last six to take over sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

Flyers 4, Islanders 1

In Uniondale, New York, Robert Esche stopped 31 shots and four different Philadelphia players scored to lead Philadelphia.

Mike Knuble, R.J. Umberger, Jeff Carter and Sami Kapanen all scored for the Flyers, who are now two points behind the first-place Rangers in the Atlantic Division with eight regular-season games left for both teams.

Mighty Ducks 6, Canucks 2

In Anaheim, California, Teemu Selanne and Samuel Pahlsson scored two goals apiece to help Anaheim win its seventh straight at home and eighth of 10 overall.

Rookies Ryan Getzlaf and Francois Beauchemin each added a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who four points behind fourth-place Nashville in the Western Conference.
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