Red Wings too much for Blues in come-from-behind victory

DETROIT — When the Detroit Red Wings raised their game in the third period, the St. Louis Blues couldn't match it.

Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall scored 56 seconds apart in the final frame to give the Red Wings a 3-2 comeback win over the Blues on Tuesday night.

"We showed good determination in the third period," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "We were down 2-0 to a good team that doesn't give up a lot of shots, a lot of opportunity. We worked our way back, had good goaltending."

Datsyuk added an assist, and Nicklas Lidstrom also scored for the Red Wings, who won their 11th consecutive home game. Ian White had two assists, and Jimmy Howard stopped 29 shots.

"We threw everything we had at them," Kronwall said. "We were fortunate to get a couple of those through at the end."

Detroit lost the first two meetings with the Blues this season in St. Louis.

Matt D'Agostini and Alexander Steen scored for the Blues, and Jason Arnott and Kevin Shattenkirk both had two assists. Brian Elliott made 29 saves.

"They dialed it up in the third and forced us into making mistakes," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said.

Datsyuk tied the game at 2 with 8:41 left, deflecting White's shot out of the air off the rush for his 12th goal.

"A shot pass," Datsyuk said. "I just tried to put my stick on it."

Kronwall netted his eighth with a wrist shot from the left point with 7:45 remaining.

"Fil (Valtteri Filppula) made a great play, making their forwards come down on him so I could get some more room," Kronwall said. "Huds (Jiri Hudler) is doing a great job in front of the net and their goalie didn't see anything whatsoever, that's why the puck went in."

Kronwall was impressed by the way the Red Wings took the game to the Blues and gave the home fans something to celebrate.

"Tonight really was a sweet one. Just the fact that we came back, we knew we had a lot of momentum with the crowd in here," he said. "We did a good job in the third coming after them wave after wave. At the same time they sat back a little bit. We really took advantage of that."

Lightning 5, Flyers 1

In Tampa, Steven Stamkos had two goals, Mathieu Garon made 31 saves, and the Lightning beat Philadelphia.

The Lightning went ahead 2-1 on Stamkos' rebound backhand at 7:25 of the second.

After Steve Downie scored at 11:41, Stamkos tied for the NHL lead with his 22nd goal, making it 4-1 with 1:15 remaining in the second.

Penguins 4, Hurricanes 2

In Pittsburgh, James Neal had a goal and an assist, and the Penguins fired a barrage of shots at Carolina goalie Justin Peters before finally breaking him in a victory over the Hurricanes that stretched Pittsburgh's winning streak to four games.

Flames 2, Blue Jackets 1 (SO)

In Columbus, Jarome Iginla netted Calgary's only goal in regulation and then had the only score in the shootout to extend the Blue Jackets' losing streak to six games.

Panthers 5, Maple Leafs 3

In Sunrise, Florida, Kris Versteeg and Jason Garrison scored power-play goals to help the Panthers beat Toronto.

Erik Gundbranson, Bill Thomas, and Tomas Fleischmann also scored for Florida, and Brian Campbell had three assists.

Canadiens 6, Senators 2

In Ottawa, Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec, Louis Leblanc, P.K. Subban and Erik Cole each had a goal and an assist, and Montreal ended a five-game losing streak with a win over the Senators.

Jets 4, Avalanche 1

In Denver, Evander Kane scored two goals, Ondrej Pavelec made 32 saves, and Winnipeg handed Colorado its first home loss in a month.

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