Red Wings defeat Rangers

NEW YORK - Dan Cleary scored the tiebreaking goal with 2 minutes, 3 seconds left and Jimmy Howard made 28 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers last night.

Detroit shook off an early 1-0 deficit and won the match between Original Six teams.

After Marian Gaborik failed to control the puck and get off a shot in the Detroit end, Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom started a rush the other way. Henrik Zetterberg sent a pass to Cleary, who banked in a shot off the skate of goalie Henrik Lundqvist for his 11th goal.

Detroit also got goals from Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper into an empty net.

Detroit 0 1 2 – 3

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 0 – 1

First period: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Boyle 3 (Higgins), 15:56. Penalties: Abdelkader, Det (roughing), 6:27; Avery, NYR (hooking), 13:44.

Second period: 2, Detroit, Datsyuk 7 (Zetterberg, Lidstrom), 11:59. Penalties: Staal, NYR (roughing), 9:55.

Third period: 3, Detroit, Cleary 7 (Zetterberg, Lidstrom), 17:57. 4, Detroit, Draper 6, 19:53 (en-pp). Penalties: Zetterberg, Det (tripping), 4:13; Bertuzzi, Det (high-sticking), 7:33; Draper, Det (tripping), 10:01; Rozsival, NYR (interference), 19:04.

Missed Penalty Shot: Callahan, NYR, 1:37 second.

Shots on Goal: Detroit 14-10-7–31. N.Y. Rangers 6-11-12–29.

Power-play opportunities: Detroit 1 of 3; N.Y. Rangers 0 of 4.

Goalies: Detroit, Howard 8-5-1 (29 shots-28 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 12-11-1 (30-28).

Referees: Marc Joannette, Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Derek Nansen.

Attendance: 18,200 (18,200). Time: 2:25.

Senators 4, Ducks 3

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Ottawa gave up one-goal leads three times against Anaheim before Alex Kovalev and Daniel Alfredsson scored in the first two rounds of a shoot-out to snap the Senators' four-game losing streak.

Ottawa's Brian Elliott finished with 33 saves and stopped two of three shots in the tiebreaker.

Anaheim 2 0 1 0 – 3

Ottawa won shoot-out, 2-1.

First period: 1, Ottawa, Ruutu 5, 12:01. 2, Anaheim, Getzlaf 6, 12:16. 3, Ottawa, Spezza 3 (Alfredsson, Kovalev), 15:17 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Lupul 9 (Getzlaf, Perry), 15:48. Penalties: Carkner, Ott, major (fighting), 11:41; Parros, Ana, major (fighting), 11:41; Lupul, Ana (cross-checking), 13:07; Marchant, Ana (tripping), 14:20; Niedermayer, Ana (hooking), 19:53.

Second period: None. Penalties: Foligno, Ott (hooking), 10:16; Carkner, Ott (hooking), 11:44; Lupul, Ana (boarding), 12:50; Boynton, Ana (tripping), 13:54; Kovalev, Ott (high-sticking), 17:37.

Third period: 5, Ottawa, Kuba 2 (Spezza, Foligno), 1:04. 6, Anaheim, Perry 15 (Niedermayer), 1:54. Penalties: None.

Overtime period: None. Penalties: None.

Shootout–Ottawa 2 (Kovalev G, Alfredsson G), Anaheim 1 (Perry NG, Getzlaf G, Lupul NG).

Shots on Goal–Ottawa 9-11-6-3–29. Anaheim 12-11-12-1–36.

Power-play opportunities: Ottawa 1 of 5; Anaheim 0 of 3. Goalies: Ottawa, Elliott 6-5-3 (36 shots-33 saves). Anaheim, Giguere 3-4-4 (29-26). Attendance: 14,946 (17,174). Time: 2:38. Referees: Tim Peel, Chris Rooney. Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Pierre Racicot.