Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: Nashville 3, Detroit 2

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 27, 2008 at 12:03 AM

NASHVILLE, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Dan Ellis cooled off Detroit by making 38 saves Friday and carrying the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Red Wings.

Vernon Fiddler scored the game-winning goal, giving the Predators their third victory in five outings. Kevin Klein and Greg Zanon also scored for Nashville and Martin Erat added two assists.

Detroit had won its previous three games and four of its last five. The Red Wings also came into the contest leading the Western Conference in goals scored with 123.

Ellis, however, came through with just his second win in seven starts. He allowed a goal to Daniel Cleary late in the first period that tied it at 1-1 and then surrendered a score to Mikael Samuelsson 3 minutes into the third period that made it 3-2.

Ty Conklin allowed three goals in 31 shots to take the loss. He was making his fourth straight start in place of Chris Osgood, who is out with a groin strain.

Topics: Dan Ellis, Greg Zanon, Kevin Klein, Martin Erat, Vernon Fiddler
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade N.Y. Giants win Super Bowl XLVI Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
China: All the loans we took out to grown our economy at 10% a year are going bad. We are just going...
Regular Facebook updates are not recommended after you flee the country on drug charges
Today's Fark-ready headline: "Lessons of a very sexy pirate costume"
Good morning, all. Here's 15 tons of pure meth
I see your teenager who eats nothing but chicken nuggets and raise you a woman who has eaten nothing...
The eight creepiest ingredients found in fast food. Sand, duck feathers, and wood made the list,...