CALGARY, Alberta (AP)—Mike Modano(notes) and Justin Abdelkader(notes) scored second-period goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.
The Flames led 1-0 after the first period on a power-play goal by Mark Giordano(notes) before the Red Wings rallied for their second straight win and fifth in six games.
The Flames have lost three straight and finished their five-game homestand— their longest of the season—with a 2-3 record.
After missing the past two games with back spasms, Detroit's Jimmy Howard(notes) returned to the lineup and made 16 saves to improve his record to 5-0-1.
Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff(notes) made 31 saves.
On Calgary's third power play of the game, Giordano one-timed a pass from Jerome Iginla into the top corner over Howard's glove hand to give the Flames a 1-0 lead.
Early in the second period, Modano broke into the Calgary zone and wired a shot into the top corner over Kiprusoff's outstretched glove hand to tie the game.
Later in the period, Abdelkader took a pass from Pavel Datsyuk(notes) and fired a shot over Kiprusoff's left pad to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead.
Calgary had a great chance to tie the game in the third period when Detroit defenseman Ruslan Salei(notes) took a double-minor for high-sticking Niklas Hagman(notes) in the face, but the Flames couldn't get anything going on the extended power play and only managed two shots on goal.
Notes: The Flames held the lead after the first period for the seventh straight game and their record in those games fell to 3-4. … The Flames scored the first goal of the game for the eighth straight time. They are 4-4 in those games. … Heading into the game, the Red Wings had scored at least one power-play goal in every game except their first of the season. They went 0 for 5 with the man advantage against the Flames. … F David Moss(notes) was in the Calgary lineup after missing the first 11 games of the season with a shoulder injury.
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