Red Wings Beat Predators, Datsyuk Scores With 5 Seconds Left (VIDEO)

DETROIT -- Pavel Datsyuk scored with 5 seconds left to give the Detroit Red Wings 22nd consecutive home victory, 2-1 over the Nashville Predators on Friday night.

Three nights after breaking the NHL single-season record for consecutive home victories, the Red Wings tied Boston's multiple-season mark. The Bruins closed the 1929-30 season with 20 victories at home and won their first two the following season.

Detroit can break the record Sunday against San Jose.

Datsyuk beat Rinne with a high wrist shot from the slot after making a move to elude defenseman Ryan Suter. It was Datsyuk's 16th goal,

Datsyuk also had an assist on Johan Franzen's goal. Joey MacDonald made 20 saves, allowing only Nick Spaling's goal. Pekka Rinne stopped 29 shots.

Earlier in the day, Nashville acquired veteran defenseman Hal Gill and a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2013 draft from Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2012 and forwards Blake Geoffrion and Robert Slaney.

Spaling tied it at 1 with 5:02 left in the second period with his ninth goal. He beat MacDonald with a one-time shot from the bottom of the left circle after Jordin Tootoo took the puck from Detroit defenseman Jakub Kindl in the left corner and set up Spaling.

Franzen opened the scoring with 7:16 left in the first period. He beat Rinne from the slot after taking a pass from Todd Bertuzzi. Datsyuk passed the puck to Bertuzzi while lying on the ice along the left-wing boards. It was Franzen's 23rd goal.

NOTES: Gill arrived at Joe Louis Arena and met his new Predators teammates before the game but didn't play. ... Detroit center Henrik Zetterberg played Friday night after sustaining a lower-body injury Tuesday night against Dallas. The team originally thought he would miss Friday's game but he improved faster than expected. He got his 600th career point with an assist on Datsyuk's goal.

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Comments

[seal62]

08:57 AM on 02/20/2012

That # is now 23 ...LETS GO RED WINGS ,,

[emrogers]

11:11 AM on 02/19/2012

Unfortunately, championships are won by the hot team at the time. The Bruins were scalding hot for 30 games, Detroit is right now. They might be peaking just a tad too soon...

[thebirdstheword]

11:02 AM on 02/19/2012

Datsyuk!

[Oakland]

10:48 AM on 02/19/2012

They are the best hockey team in the country. They can't possibly be Stanley Cup champs each and every year, but they are winners more often than losers, and their trend line consistently points up.

[JustinP213]

09:57 PM on 02/18/2012

Nice

[AllegroTroppo]

03:18 PM on 02/18/2012

Let's enjoy it while it lasts.
If the past is any indication Wings will lose in the first round to some bargain-basement team like Sharks or Kings.

[structurequity]

01:36 PM on 02/18/2012

Yes, my team since 1959 when I arrived on these shores

[sankariabuharb]

01:35 PM on 02/18/2012

Did she say original "SIX" hockey team? They are original EIGHT come on! Unless she is only counting American hockey teams...either way if she's reporting on hockey she MUST know of the octopus tradition come on!

Thats whats up Detroit! Hockey and football this year, first time in decades both sports had a good season.

[dwilson424]

01:48 PM on 02/18/2012

Are your kidding me the Lions.

I still have my Brown bag.

[keith w oliver]

02:52 PM on 02/18/2012

nooooo...... in 1917 the montreal canadians joined teams like the quebec bulldogs, the toronto st. patricks, montreal wanderers, etc.

by the 1926-27 nhl season, the "original six" were all in the league:
» new york rangers
» chicago black hawks (formed and absorbed the portland rosebuds)
» detroit red wings (merged with the old detroit cougars)
» toronto leafs (formed and absorbed the toronto st. patricks)
» montreal canadians
» boston bruins.

from 1927 to 1967 those were all of em excpet:
» ny americans (folded in 1941 i think)
» pittsburgh pirates (moved to philadelphia and became the quakers, but disbanded)
» ottowa senators (folded in 1935)
» and montreal maroons (folded early on).

the six: bos ... chi ... det ... mon ... nyr ... tor

those teams ended their era of being called the original six
in 1967 when the nhl granted franchises to:
» bay area (oakland seals -- disbanded in 77 after moving to cleveland)
» los angeles (kings)
» minnesota (north stars -- now dallas)
» philly (flyers)
» pittsburgh (pens)
» st louis (blues)

just in case i screwed something up.... ::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Six

[detroitblkmale30]

11:22 AM on 02/18/2012

what a totally sick move by Datsyuk! Great win keep the streak going

[keith w oliver]

03:03 PM on 02/18/2012

pavel is the man!!!

next 3 at home: tomorrow vs san jose / thu vs. vancouver / sat. vs colorado

keep it up guys!!!