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Red Wings remain unbeaten in nine games
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CHICAGO (AP) – The Detroit Red Wings are spreading the wealth on
offense, and it's resulting in victories.
|  | | Detroit goalie Chris Osgood makes one of his 24 saves. |
Sergei Fedorov had two goals and an assist, and Igor Larionov
added three assists as the Red Wings routed the Chicago Blackhawks
7-3 on Wednesday night.
Six players scored for Detroit, which extended its season-high
unbeaten streak to nine games (7-0-2).
"We're getting a good contribution from everyone," Steve
Yzerman said. "Just not to have to rely on one line to do the bulk
of the scoring makes it so much easier."
With its recent surge, Detroit trails St. Louis by one point in
the Central Division.
"We played pretty good in January and February," Detroit coach
Scotty Bowman said. "We've been playing about .750 hockey since
the start of the second half."
Fedorov scored his first goal on the power play at 17:58 of the
first period. With the game tied at one, Yzerman passed to a
cutting Fedorov, who beat Chicago goalie Jocelyn Thibault.
The loss was Chicago's first at the United Center in four games,
and dropped its home record to 11-14-2.
Eric Daze scored two goals for the Blackhawks, giving him 23 for
the season and extending his goal-scoring streak to five goals in
four games. It was also Daze's third two-goal game this season.
But Daze and the Hawks failed to capitalize on their chances.
"We had a chance to get ahead in the game 4-2 and we didn't get
the goal," Daze said. "They scored a big goal at the end of the
second."
Nicklas Lidstrom's 10th goal of the season with less than three
minutes remaining in the second period left the teams tied 3-3.
"I lost Lidstrom on the third goal," Daze said. "And he was
all alone in the slot."
After rallying to beat the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night,
the importance of getting the tying goal was not lost on the
Red Wings.
"We haven't scored a lot of goals," Bowman said. "It was
important to tie the game at the end of the second period."
With only 59 seconds elapsed in the third period, Vyacheslav
Kozlov fed Fedorov in the slot for his team-leading 30th goal of
the season. It was the first of four third-period goals and gave
the Red Wings the opportunity to open up the game and play with a
lead.
"We were just trying to exchange offensive chances with them,"
Chicago captain Tony Amonte said. "We played back and forth, give
us a chance, give them a chance, and that's not the way you're
going to beat them."
Game notes
Amonte entered tied with Jaromir Jagr for the most goals
scored during the last three seasons with 118. ... Yzerman has 17
points in his last 17 games and a points total of 37 in 37 games
played. ... Detroit goalie Chris Osgood started for the 10th
straight time. ... The Blackhawks lead the season series 3-2-0.
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Carolina 6
Atlanta 3
Pittsburgh 3
Florida 2
Washington 2
Nashville 1
Vancouver 2
Montreal 1
Detroit 7
Chicago 3
Dallas 6
Minnesota 2
Phoenix 3
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Boston 2
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