Wild Snap Skid With 4-1 Win Over Red Wings
By TYLER MASON/Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Eric Staal and Zach Parise scored in the second period, Jason Zucker added two late goals and the Minnesota Wild beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday to end a two-game losing streak.
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves to help Minnesota rebounds from consecutive road losses at Arizona and Colorado.
Staal and Parise scored in a 2:57 span to erase a 1-0 deficit. The goals came shortly after rookie Nick Seeler traded punches with Detroit's Luke Witkowski on a delayed penalty.
Staal tied it on a power play with his team-leading 34th goal. The forward redirected Jared Spurgeon's shot past goalie Jimmy Howard with 12:38 to play in the second.
Parise then completed a tic-tac-toe passing sequence with Nino Niederreiter and Charlie Coyle to put the Wild up 2-1. Minnesota showed plenty of life in the second period after managing just four shots on goal in the first.
Zucker added a pair of goals less than a minute apart, including an empty-net goal with 3:38 to play. He also redirected a pass to give Minnesota some breathing room with a 3-1 lead with 4:18 remaining.
Justin Abdelkader scored for Detriot off a rebound at 3:58 of the first period.
The Red Wings had a good look at an open net midway through the third after Dubnyk was caught out of position behind his goal. Tyler Bertuzzi had a shot, but Spurgeon managed to get in front of the puck to keep it a one-goal game.
NOTES: Detroit has lost three in a row. ... Wild F Nino Niederreiter had his 100th career assist and 200th career point on the same play Sunday. He had the second assist on Parise's goal. ... Howard is 14-4-3 against Minnesota. ... Staal's 34 goals are his most in a season since he had 40 in 2008-09 with Carolina.
UP NEXT
Red Wings: At Boston on Tuesday night.
Wild: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.
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