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The Detroit Red Wings hopped a midnight flight to Nashville having accomplished what has become a rare feat of late--winning at home.

ANAHEIM If you are the Ducks and you have won just three games away from home in 13 tries, how reasonable is it to believe you can suddenly become the kings of the road.

The Anaheim Ducks took eleven penalties and gave the Detroit ten power plays during their 3-2 loss to the Red Wings on Friday, and Paul Kukla of Kukla's Korner noted an entry from the Orange County Register's Eric Stephens which treads on playoff territory.

It's bad enough the Anaheim Ducks have the fewest points in the Western Conference.

Todd Bertuzzi scored two goals, including the game-winner 1:07 into overtime to lift Detroit to a 3-2 win over Anaheim.Tomas Holmstrom also scored for the Red Wings, who received 25 saves from Jimmy Howard in the club's second win in three games.

Dan Sexton has been in the NHL for all of six days and already he has been deemed worthy of a nickname by his new teammates.

Maybe Chris Pronger is even better than people thought, although his Philadelphia Flyers are just above .500. But his former team, Anaheim, which visits Detroit Friday night, has been an absolute mystery this season.

Maybe it was the miscommunication in the back end. Maybe it was the turnovers that led to goals.

Ottawa gave up one-goal leads three times against the Anaheim Ducks - each time in less than a minute - before Alex Kovalev and Daniel Alfredsson scored in the first two rounds of a shootout for a 4-3 victory on Sunday night to snap the Senators' four-game losing streak.

Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu , of Finland, puts the puck past Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, right, of Switzerland, as the Ducks' Nick Boynton, left, attempts to defend during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Dec.

Based on pure statistics, the Ducks will take a game from Jean-Sebastien Giguere in which he makes 34 saves and allows two goals any time and every time.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray knew his defense would take a hit when he traded Chris Pronger and basically allowed Francois Beauchemin to seek his riches elsewhere in order to upgrade his limited offensive attack.

It would have been asking a lot for the Blackhawks to match the dominating performance of their previous game against the Western Conference-leading San Jose Sharks.

What started as a sweet day for the Getzlaf family turned sour in the final moments of two games in two countries Sunday.

Most of the time Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has directed these three words at Ryan Whitney, but they might as well have been targeted toward the entire defense corps.

Now that he has tied Teemu Selanne's club record of 17 consecutive games with at least a point, Ducks right wing Corey Perry can take dead aim at Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere #35 of the Anaheim Ducks warms up in the net prior to the game against the Minnesota Wild on October 14, 2009 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Teemu Selanne scored twice on the power play, defenseman Nick Boynton also connected with the man advantage and Jean-Sebastien Giguere posted his first shutout of the season, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-0 victory on Friday that snapped the Chicago Blackhawks' eight-game winning streak.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves in his first victory of the season despite allowing Jarome Iginla's tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation, and Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.

Joe Thornton #19 of the San Jose Sharks battles for the puck alongside the boards against Nick Boynton #4 of the Anaheim Ducks during the game on November 21, 2009 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.