Red Wings 2-0 on their Florida road trip, winning 4-3 against the Panthers

Todd Bertuzzi and the Detroit Red Wings are on a roll.

Bertuzzi had two goals, including the tiebreaker with 7:32 remaining, to lift the Detroit Red Wings to their fourth consecutive victory, 4-3 over the Florida Panthers.

It was Bertuzzi’s third two-goal game during the winning streak.

Pavel Datsyuk and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who matched their longest winning streak of the season. Zetterberg had two assists, giving him eight in his last five games.

Joey MacDonald, making his first start in goal since Feb. 3, stopped 29 shots for Detroit. He made a spectacular glove save on Stephen Weiss' slap shot with 27.8 seconds left.

Earlier in the period, Weiss had beaten MacDonald with a one-timer from the high slot

Datsyuk gave Detroit a 3-1 lead at 3:29 of the middle period when he intercepted a pass in the Florida zone and skated in alone on Vokoun. He faked a deke before lifting a shot over Vokoun’s glove.

Bertuzzi’s first goal came just 1:21 into the game when he tipped in Zetterberg’s backhand pass from the side of the net.

Cleary made it 2-0 at 6:29 before Florida cut the lead when Dvorak’s seemingly harmless wrist shot from a sharp angle at 16:53 of the first trickled through MacDonald’s legs.


The game was played in front of a sellout crowd at the BankAtlantic Center, with many of the fans cheering on the Red Wings.

Late in the second period, a fan threw an octopus onto the ice, forcing the referees to stop play. Another octopus was thrown as the final seconds ticked off in the third period