Wild bounce back to beat Red Wings, 4-1

3/4/2018
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    Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin, right, leaves Minnesota Wild's Nate Prosser on the ice after a collision.

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    • ST. PAUL, Minn. — 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.

    Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin, right, leaves Minnesota Wild's Nate Prosser on the ice after a collision.
    Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin, right, leaves Minnesota Wild's Nate Prosser on the ice after a collision.

    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.

    Detroit Red Wings' Luke Glendening, center, is squeezed between Minnesota Wild's Ryan Suter, left, and goalie Devan Dubnyk.
    Detroit Red Wings' Luke Glendening, center, is squeezed between Minnesota Wild's Ryan Suter, left, and goalie Devan Dubnyk.

    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.