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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Add the Detroit Red Wings to the Calgary Flames' growing list of Saddledome victims. Marc Savard scored two second-period goals and Valeri Bure added his team-high 22nd as the Flames routed the Red Wings 6-1 Tuesday night. Calgary has won six straight at home and is 12-1-1 in its last 14 games at the Saddledome.
"We're a confident group in here right now," said Savard, who returned to the lineup after missing two games because of a concussion. "We just continue to work hard and fight through all the doubters." Bill Lindsay, Andrei Nazarov and Denis Gauthier also scored, and Fred Brathwaite made 28 saves to help the Flames run their overall winning streak to four games. Detroit's Steve Yzerman opened the scoring at 2:02 of the first period, his 22nd goal of the season and 614th of his career. He moved past Mario Lemieux for sixth place on the career list. "We got beat 6-1 and we got beat easily 6-1, so the goal really doesn't have any significance to me right now," Yzerman said. Detroit is 0-3-1 in its last four games. "Instead of playing hard hockey, we're looking for the easy games, trying to win the games on skill and not generating any attack," Yzerman said. Savard tied it at 2:24 of the second period, and Lindsay made it 2-1 at 8:52. Calgary broke it open with two power-play goals late in the period, with Nazarov connecting with 6:03 remaining and Savard adding his second of the game with 3 seconds left. On his second goal, Savard chased the puck into the corner, then spun and fired a slap shot into the top corner over stunned Detroit goalie Chris Osgood. "I knew there was nothing left on the clock. I just wanted to turn and fire it," Savard said. Gauthier made it 5-1 at 3:49 of the third, prompting Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman to replace Osgood with Ken Wregget. Osgood is 1-5-1 and has given up 24 goals since returning from a hand injury Jan. 2.
Bure completed the scoring with 3:40 remaining. Bure, the
younger brother of Florida star Pavel Bure, had a career-high 26
goals in 80 games last season.
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