CHICAGO - The Detroit Red Wings stormed back from an early deficit for the second time in two nights. This time, the Red Wings pulled out a hard-fought win instead of taking a hard-luck loss.
Pavel Datsyuk banked in a shot from a bad angle off Chicago defenseman Nick Leddy for the winning goal 3:08 into overtime, and the Red Wings beat the Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night.
After Corey Crawford made point-blank saves on Jonathan Ericsson and Johan Franzen, Datsyuk got to the loose puck along the goal line to the goalie's left. He whiffed once and then snapped a rising shot that hit Leddy and bounded into the open upper portion of the net as Crawford was down in the crease.
Detroit's Dan Cleary scored with 4:45 left in regulation to tie it at 2 after Henrik Zetterberg fired a loose puck into traffic in front.
Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Red Wings, who fell behind 2-0 early in the first when Dave Bolland and Patrick Sharp scored 44 seconds apart.
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"We showed a lot of character," said Detroit backup Ty Conklin, who made 29 saves. "It could have been easy to quit, I guess, or not pull it out like we did."
The Red Wings were coming off a 4-3 loss in Toronto on Saturday after rallying from a 3-0 deficit.
Conklin was sharp in his sixth start of the season and first win since beating Colorado 3-0 on Oct. 8.
• Senators 6, Flyers 4: In Ottawa, Filip Kuba scored the go-ahead goal with 1:11 left and the Senators beat Philadelphia to earn a split of the weekend home-and-home series.
Kuba fired a slap shot from the left point past goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, and Nick Foligno sealed Ottawa's win with an empty-net goal with 45 seconds to go.
Colin Greening and Erik Karlsson scored earlier in the third period for the Senators, who erased a 4-2 deficit. Daniel Alfredsson and Chris Neil had goals in the first, and Craig Anderson made 33 saves for Ottawa, which is on a 5-0-1 run.
Matt Read scored a power-play goal in the second and assisted on one of three Flyers goals in the first.
• Ducks 7, Blue Jackets 4: In Anaheim, Calif., Corey Perry completed his fourth NHL hat trick by scoring into an empty net in the final minute, Teemu Selanne had two goals, and Anaheim beat Columbus despite losing goalie Jonas Hiller in the first period.
Saku Koivu added a goal and two assists. Hiller left with a lower-body injury, but backup goalie Iiro Tarkki stopped seven of 10 shots in his NHL debut.
The Ducks, coming off a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday, have won back-to-back games for the first time since starting the season 4-1.
