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NHL: Ducks clip Detroit’s wings in overtime

The Anaheim Ducks won a match-up of the past two Stanley Cup champions, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime in the National Hockey League on Wednesday.

Francois Beauchemin batted in a rebound 1 minute, 39 seconds into overtime for the winner, capitalizing on the efforts of Teemu Selanne, who scored three goals for his 21st NHL hat-trick, and Ryan Getzlaf, who had five assists.

Brian Sutherby gave the Ducks a 4-3 lead with 7 minutes, 4 seconds left to play, but the Red Wings pulled even with 1 minute, 23 seconds remaining when Henrik Zetterberg notched his second goal of the game and seventh of the new season.

Beauchemin scored the overtime winner with a swat after a save sent the puck fluttering in the air. The score was scrutinized by video replay before the Ducks could celebrate.

The loss was the first in six road games for reigning champions Detroit, who also got two goals from Pavel Datsyuk.

Selanne, whose three goals doubled his season total, tied the franchise record for power-play goals in a game, tying the mark set by Paul Kariya in 2001 at San Jose.

The hat-trick was his 12th with Anaheim. His 558 career goals moved him past Johnny Bucyk into 21st place on the NHL career list.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, DEVILS 5

In New Jersey, Niklas Hagman scored on a backhand in the fourth round of the shootout to give Toronto a narrow win over New Jersey.

After Hagman gave Toronto the shootout lead, goalie Vesa Toskala secured the win with a block save from Jamie Langenbrunner.

In regulation, Matt Stajan scored twice and Alex Steen, Jamal Mayers and Alexei Ponikarovsky added goals for Toronto.

The Devils got goals from David Clarkson, Dainius Zubrus, Jamie Langenbrunner, Colin White and Zach Parise, but lost their third straight game.

STARS 4, WILD 2

In Dallas, stand-in goalie Tobias Stephan made 19 saves and Brenden Morrow scored 13 seconds into the game as Dallas handed Minnesota their first loss this season in regulation time.

Stephan, filling in for Marty Turco, made his first start of the season and the second of his career.

The Stars jumped to a 3-1 lead after the first, forcing goalie Niklas Backstrom out of the game in favor of backup Josh Harding.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Andrew Brunette had power-play goals for the Wild (6-1-1), who had allowed just 14 goals coming into the game.

Steve Ott and Brad Richards each had goals in the first and Sean Avery had two assists for the Stars. Matt Niskanen added a power-play goal, the first allowed by the Wild after seeing off the first 24 this season.
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