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Red Wings douse Flames 5-3
Posted: 11.23.2011 at 9:45 PM
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DETROIT (AP) -- Pavel Datsyuk and Valtteri Filppula scored 1:14 apart late in the third period to break a tie and give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.
Tomas Holmstrom had two power-play goals, Datsyuk added two assists and Ian White had a goal and two assists for Detroit.
Nicklas Lidstrom and Jiri Hudler had two assists apiece and Jimmy Howard made 19 saves.
Jarome Iginla, Brendan Morrison,Olie Jokinen scored for Calgary.
Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 25 shots.
Datsyuk's attemped pass went in off the skate of Flames' defenseman Jay Bouwmeetser with 7:21 left for a 5-on-3 power-play goal and Datsyuk's fifth of the season.
Filppula scored on a backhand shot from the left circle with 6:07 left for his fourth goal.
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