DALLAS — Jimmy Howard made 44 saves and Henrik Zetterberg scored two goals, leading the Detroit Red Wings
to a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Zetterberg, Joakim Andersson and Drew Miller scored in the first period goals for Detroit. Tomas Tatar
added one in the second, and Zetterberg finished the scoring in the third.
Dallas (20-14-7) outshot the Red Wings 45-27, but went 0 for 7 on the power play.
The Stars had a 20-13 advantage on shots in the first period, but trailed 3-1. They had the game’s first
12 shots, but Zetterberg scored the first goal on the Red Wings’ first shot at 7:04.
After Gustav Nyquist whiffed on a shot, Dallas goalie Dan Ellis tried to clear the puck. It went out to
Zetterberg, who didn’t miss his shot.
Zetterberg has 14 goals this season, including three goals and three assists in four games since
returning from a back injury.
Dallas tied it on Rich Peverley’s short-handed goal with 7:13 left in the period. He shot from the top of
the left faceoff circle past both Shawn Horcoff’s screen and Howard.
Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader missed a penalty shot with 5:58 left, skating to the left of the net and
trying to tuck the puck behind Ellis, but the goalie smothered it with his pads.
Andersson put the Red Wings back ahead for good lead with a shot from the right circle over Ellis’ right
shoulder with 1:55 to go in the first. Just 14 seconds later, Miller scored from a scramble in front.

Dallas appeared to have a goal midway through the second period. Howard stopped Peverley’s backhand shot
but the puck came loose across the goal line after Peverley took another swipe at it. The play was ruled
no goal.
The Red Wings took a 4-1 lead with 8:03 left in the second as Tatar split defenders at the blue line for
a breakaway and his backhand went off Kari Lehtonen, who had replaced Ellis to begin the period, and
into the net for an unassisted goal.
The Stars had nothing to show for a period during which they had a 15-5 advantage in shots and three
power plays.
Zetterberg took a pass from Dan Cleary and one-timed the puck past Lehtonen from the left circle with
7:21 remaining.
Dallas lost its second consecutive game, both at home, by a combined score of 11-5.
NOTES: The Red Wings entered the game with the NHL’s third-best road record, and improved to 13-4-3. …
Detroit C Pavel Datsyuk and D Danny DeKeyser did not dress. DeKeyser has a groin injury, but Datsyuk’s
absence wasn’t explained. He didn’t practice Friday, but skated with the team Saturday morning. … D
Alexey Marchenko, the Red Wings’ seventh-round draft pick in 2011, made his NHL debut. He drew a hooking
penalty 4:30 into the game. … Dallas recalled Chris Mueller from Texas of the American Hockey League
Saturday as insurance because four forwards — Horcoff, Peverley, Tyler Seguin and Ray Whitney — had been
sick. The four all played, so Mueller was inactive. … Stars D Aaron Rome left the game in the second
period because of an upper-body injury.