Filip Zadina scored his first goal of the season after missing over three months as the host Detroit Red Wings edged the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday.
Zadina was sidelined since early November by a foot injury before going on a rehab assignment last week. Dylan Larkin scored the other goal for Detroit, while Ville Husso made 35 saves.
Blake Coleman scored the lone Flames goal, while Dan Vladar made 15 saves.
Calgary had a 12-5 advantage in shots on goal in the opening period but the game remained scoreless.
The Red Wings were awarded a four-minute power play when Nikita Zadorov was called for high-sticking Jonatan Berggren. The Flames were able to kill off that penalty as Vladar made six saves during that span.
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Detroit had another power play in the period when Michael Stone was called for high sticking but the Red Wings spent a majority of those two minutes in their own zone.
The Flames finally broke the drought with 1:53 left in the period when Coleman redirected Noah Hanifin's shot from the point. The puck snuck just inside the crossbar. Mikael Backlund had the second assist on Coleman's 12th goal this season.
The Flames' Dillon Dube was whistled for tripping with just over a minute left in the period. The Red Wings cashed in with 14 seconds left when Larkin lifted a shot over Vladar's right shoulder off a feed from David Perron. Larkin's 16th goal was also assisted by Moritz Seider.
Zadina put the Red Wings on top at 5:51 of the third on a two-on-one situation. Zadina passed the puck from the right circle to Oskar Sundqvist, who gave it right back to Zadina. Vladar was unable to recover in time as Zadina fired it in. Robert Hagg had the second assist.
Detroit's Ben Chiarot was called for a slashing penalty with 3:51 left. The Wings were able to kill that off, then hold on in the final minute.
--Field Level Media
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