Wild 4, Red Wings 2
DETROIT -- Devin Setoguchi scored two goals, Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 at Joe Louis Arena on Wednesday night.
Kyle Brodziak and Mikko Koivu also scored for Minnesota, which won its fourth straight. Pierre-Marc Bouchard had two assists.
Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored for Detroit (14-11-5). Jimmy Howard stopped 15 shots.
Minnesota (17-10-2) led 1-0 after the first period despite being outshot 17-5.
Setoguchi opened the scoring 2:04 when he swept in a shot from the bottom of the right circle. It was Setoguchi's 10th goal of the season.
Brodziak's power-play goal 3:51 into the second period made it 2-0. Brodziak put in a one-timer shot from the edge of the crease, his fifth goal, off a pass from Jared Spurgeon.
Nyquist put Detroit on the scoreboard 9:09 into the middle period. He capitalized on Spurgeon's turnover at the Red Wings' blue line for his first goal of the season, on a breakaway.
Koivu restored the Wild's two-goal lead with 9:11 left in the second on spin-a-round shot from the high slot, which went in off Howard's glove. It was Koivu's seventh goal.
Setoguchi's second goal of the game came on the power play with 2:45 left in the second period when he put in a rebound.
Miller got his third goal in the final minute on a power play.
An apparent goal by Detroit's Jordin Tootoo 7:30 into the first period was waved off because of a high-stick call. However, replays showed the puck went off the glove of the Wild's Dany Heatley instead of the Miller's stick.
NOTES: Detroit right winger Patrick Eaves missed the game with a sore cheekbone. The Red Wings recalled center Nyquist from their AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids. ... Minnesota center Mike Rupp and defenseman Tom Gilbert both missed their second games with lower-body injuries. ... Red Wings center Darren Helm, who has only played one game this season because of a bad back, had a setback at practice Monday. The timetable for his return is unknown. ... Detroit forward Todd Bertuzzi, a 38-year-old veteran who has missed most of the season with a bad back, is trying to avoid having to undergo surgery.
