Published November 20, 2014
Todd Bertuzzi had two goals, including the tiebreaker with 7:32 remaining, to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.
Pavel Datsyuk and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who matched their longest winning streak of the season with their fourth consecutive victory. Henrik Zetterberg had two assists, giving him eight in his last five games.
Joey MacDonald, making his first start in goal since Feb. 3, stopped 29 shots for Detroit. He made a spectacular glove save on Stephen Weiss' slap shot with 27.8 seconds left.
Weiss had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who have lost seven of eight at home. Radek Dvorak and Dennis Wideman had Florida's other goals. Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves.
Datsyuk also had an assist, giving him five goals and four assists in six games since returning from a broken wrist. The Red Wings have scored 20 goals in their last four games after being held to only four in their previous four.
Bertuzzi scored his game-winner when his one-timer off a pass from Johan Franzen ricocheted in off the far post.
Detroit led 3-1 in the final minute of the second period before Florida came back.
Wideman scored a power-play goal with 16.9 seconds left in the period after Weiss cleanly won the faceoff back to the point. Wideman skated toward the middle of the ice before firing a slap shot that beat MacDonald through traffic.
Weiss then tied it at 9:36 of the third when he one-timed a slap shot from the high slot.
Datsyuk gave Detroit a 3-1 lead at 3:29 of the middle period when he intercepted a pass in the Florida zone and skated in alone on Vokoun. He fake a deke before lifting a shot over Vokoun's glove.
Bertuzzi's first goal came just 1:21 into the game when he tipped in Zetterberg's backhand pass from the side of the net.
NOTES: Florida D Bryan McCabe returned after missing 13 games because of a broken jaw. ... Panthers recalled F Kenndal McArdle from Rochester of the AHL. ... Detroit improved to 22-0-2 when leading after two periods. ... Detroit D Ruslan Salei returned to the lineup after missing Thursday's game to spend time with his family in California.
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