| |
RECAP
|
BOX SCORE
CHICAGO (AP) -- Alexei Zhamnov is back at full speed for the
Chicago Blackhawks.
Zhamnov, playing his fifth game after missing eight because of a
pulled hamstring, scored two goals in a 6:11 span in the third
period as Chicago beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-4 Sunday.
|  | | Chicago's Bryan McCabe, right, and Detroit's Chris Chelios demonstrate new ways to wear their helmets after a collision. |
Zhamnov, who also had an assist, gave Chicago a 4-3 lead at 7:08, scoring off a rebound of Tony Amonte's shot. Zhamnov made it 5-3 with 6:41 left, bursting up the slot and beating goalie Ken Wregget on the short side.
"Right now, I'm feeling more comfortable," Zhamnov said. "I
think we had a great effort in the third period and had a lot of
jump. That's why we beat Detroit."
Detroit's Vyacheslav Kozlov cut it to 5-4 with 6:04 remaining,
but Michael Nylander added a power-play goal with 3:06 left as
Chicago snapped a three-game losing streak.
Amonte had a goal and two assists for Chicago, and Eric Daze and Josef Marha each had a goal and an assist.
"A lot of games we lack an edge, but today we had an edge," Amonte said. "Everyone was in the game. Detroit brings out the best in us."
Chicago, last in the Western Conference at 20-31-7, finished its
season series against the Red Wings at 3-2-1.
Steve Yzerman had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings, who have lost two straight. Brendan Shanahan and Martin Lapointe also scored for Detroit, which outshot Chicago 38-28.
"We had our chances until the third," Detroit coach Scotty
Bowman said. "We didn't play that badly, we just didn't put them
away when we had the chances."
Detroit outshot Chicago 18-7 in the first period, but managed only a 1-1 tie. Daze opened the scoring for Chicago at 11:16 when he converted Steve Sullivan's feed. Yzerman tied it with 2:56 left in the period off a rebound.
The Blackhawks appeared to take a 2-1 lead with 1:50 remaining
in the period when Bob Probert's centering pass was deflected in by
Detroit's Mathieu Dandenault.
The goal was disallowed after video review because the back of
the net wasn't flat on the ice. However, replays showed Wregget had rocked the net with his glove.
The Red Wings took a 2-1 lead on Shanahan's power-play goal at
2:45 of the second period, but Amonte tied it 1:22 later on a rebound shot that caromed in off Wregget's stick.
Lapointe made it 3-2 at 6:22 of the second, flipping a shot over
Jocelyn Thibault's shoulder from the slot. Marha tied it at 2:55 of
the third with a 15-foot shot off a pass from Daze.
| |
ALSO SEE
NHL Scoreboard
Detroit Clubhouse
Chicago Clubhouse
RECAPS
Chicago 6
Detroit 4
Dallas 2
Colorado 1
Philadelphia 3
NY Rangers 2
Phoenix 4
Atlanta 2
AUDIO/VIDEO
 Michael Nylander stuffs the puck into the back of the net.
avi: 676 k
RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1
|
