Henrik Zetterberg helps lift Red Wings past Flames

CALGARY, Alberta -- Henrik Zetterberg celebrated his 800th career game the way he has so many others: With a goal and a victory.

His 10th goal of the season helped lift the Detroit Red Wings past the Calgary Flames, 3-2, tonight at the Saddledome to leave Detroit 2-1 on their swing through western Canada.

Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader each had a goal and an assist, and Riley Sheahan scored one of the prettiest goals of his budding NHL career.

The last 2 minutes took place in NBA-like slowness. Jonas Hiller went to the bench with 1:45 to go, and the puck went into Detroit's net 25 seconds later. The goal was immediately waived off, however, because Curtis Glencross was assailing Petr Mrazek in the crease, knocking his mask off. An offsides call later, and the Wings at last held on for the win.

The Wings were without Tomas Jurco, dealing with lower back spasms, and Johan Franzen, sore after a collision during Tuesday's game at Edmonton. That opened room for Joakim Andersson and Daniel Cleary to add fresh legs to the lineup.

As has become a trend, the Wings gave up the first goal, this time just 2:27 into the game, when Mrazek's stop on one shot got him so out of position Mason Raymond found the net open for a wrap-around. The Wings were at one point outshot, 8-1, but they made one of the next ones they got count. Sheahan entered Calgary's zone, briefly flipped the puck and and forth with Darren Helm, and then dangled the puck all the way to the net before firing it behind Karri Ramo.

Ramo was replaced midway through the game after taking a knee to the head. Zetterberg dinged Hiller late in the second period, left uncovered to the left of the net to bang home a pass from Abdelkader.

Abdelkader came through with his second goal in two nights when the Wings finally got a power play in the third period, after killing off three straight Calgary power plays, scoring on a net-front play to give Detroit a two-goal lead. That was cut to one during Detroit's second power play, when Mikael Backlund went around Danny DeKeyser and forced Mrazek off balance to score shorthanded.

The Wings' penalty killers improved to 4-for-4 before the third period was 9 minutes old, holding off a Flames team trying to take advantage of playing a team that had been active 24 hours earlier.