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Detroit 2, Anaheim 1 (OT)

DETROIT, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Sergei Fedorov scored with 21 seconds remaining in overtime Friday night to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Netting his league-leading sixth game-winning goal of the season and third in a row for the Red Wings, Fedorov became the all-time regular-season leader in overtime tallies with 12.

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Capping a wild overtime in which both teams had quality scoring chances, the 32-year-old Russian fired a slap shot from just above the circles that got past the stick side of screened goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who was moving in the opposite direction.

Brett Hull also scored for Detroit while Curtis Joseph turned aside 25 shots. The win was the third in a row for the Red Wings, who improved to 14-2-3-0 against Anaheim at Joe Louis Arena.

Giguere stopped 43 shots and Petr Sykora scored the lone goal for the Ducks, who are 4


0-2 in their last six contests.

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