Written by Paul Harris at NHL.com
Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and an assist to surpass 900 points for his NHL career and Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and an assist, including the game winner in the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 6-5 win against the Boston Bruins at Joe Louis Arena on Sunday.
“For me it’s a big stepping stone, but it [doesn’t] happen without lots of good players I am playing with,” said Datsyuk , who has 902 points. “Lots of helping and supporting, and lots of teaching me, too. Lots of giving me advice. I appreciate all of them.”
Datsyuk is the sixth Red Wings player with 900 points. The others are Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, Alex Delvecchio, Nicklas Lidstrom and Sergei Fedorov. Each of the other five are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Darren Helm scored twice for Detroit (29-18-9). Justin Abdelkader and Brad Richards each had two assists and Petr Mrazek, who celebrated his 24th birthday Sunday, made 17 saves.
“It looked like 1986 not 2016. It was an interesting game,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “Obviously right off the bat, it was crazy. I thought from a process standpoint we actually did some good stuff. It just seemed like pucks kept going in the net both ways.”
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist, defensemen Zach Trotman, Dennis Seidenberg, and forwards Loui Eriksson and Joonas Kemppainen scored for Boston (30-20-6). David Krejci had two assists and Tuukka Rask made 19 saves before being replaced in the second period by former Red Wings goalie Jonas Gustavsson, who made 10 saves.
“The power-play opportunities that they had, they got momentum back from those,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “Just a weird game.”
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