The Detroit Red Wings continued their home ice domination over the visiting Anaheim Ducks with a 5-2 victory on Friday.
Center Henrik Zetterberg recorded one goal and two assists to help Detroit pull within a point of the San Jose Sharks for the Western Conference top spot.
The streaking Red Wings (39-12-8) have won eight of their last 10 contests and have defeated Anaheim in 11 of the last 12 meetings in Detroit.
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In another strong offensive performance, Detroit added to its NHL-leading totals in goals and power-play markers.
“We’ve been playing well for a while and capitalizing on power plays,” Red Wings goalie Ty Conklin told reporters after tallying 24 saves in place of starter Chris Osgood, who was a healthy scratch.
Daniel Cleary scored the first of three unanswered goals for the Red Wings, who took a 3-1 advantage into the final period after a goal from Pavel Datsyuk and Zetterberg’s power-play score at 11:39 in the second period.
Johan Franzen made it a three-goal advantage one minute into the third and Kris Draper added a bonus score in the dying seconds.
Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan both notched their 20th goals of the year for the Ducks (28-27-5), who missed an opportunity to move into the eighth and final playoff spot in the conference.
Anaheim is ninth in the West, one point behind the Edmonton Oilers.
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In Washington, Colorado won their third straight to give coach Tony Granato his 100th career victory in beating Washington.
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, the Hurricanes made it five wins from five games against Southeast Division rival Tampa Bay this season.
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