NHL: Red Wings hold off Bruins for victory

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Boston • Stephen Weiss and Daniel Cleary scored second-period goals, reserve goaltender Jonas Gustavsson made 28 saves in his first action of the season and the Detroit Red Wings edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 Monday.

Henrik Zetterberg had the other score for Detroit (4-2), which won its second straight game.

Loui Eriksson and Milan Lucic had Boston's goals. The Bruins had a two-man, power-play advantage for nearly 2 minutes early in the third period, but couldn't mount a comeback.

Gustavsson, playing in place of No. 1 goaltender Jimmy Howard, bobbled a few shots in the opening period, but improved as the game went on. He made a pair of stops on Jarome Iginla's shots from the left point when the Bruins had the two-man edge for 1:54 early in the third period.

Tuukka Rask made 24 saves for Boston (3-2).

Capitals 4, Oilers 2 • Joel Ward, Alex Ovechkin and Troy Brouwer scored goals in less than four minutes of the second period, and host Washington snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Edmonton.

Wild 2, Sabres 1 • Jason Pominville scored the winning goal in his return to Buffalo as Minnesota beat the winless Sabres. Kyle Brodziak also scored for Minnesota (3-1-2). Josh Harding made 21 saves.

Pominville, a former Sabres captain, played his first game in Buffalo since he was traded to Minnesota last April.

Buffalo (0-6-1) tied a franchise record for longest winless streak to start a season.