Red Wings win, close in on record

Henrik Zetterberg scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:22 left to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night in Detroit.

Detroit got its 13th consecutive home win, moving within one of the franchise record set in 1964-65.

Zetterberg added an empty-netter and Dominik Hasek made 26 saves.

Pavel Datsyuk gave Detroit a 2-1 lead with a short-handed goal 9:17 into the third period, just 8 seconds after Chris Chelios was called for accidentally high-sticking James Wisniewski. Datsyuk stole the puck from Adrian Aucoin at the Red Wings’ blue line, went in on a breakaway, and beat Khabibulin with a forehand shot.

Sharks 3, Capitals 2 (SO): At Washington, Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo scored in the shootout to lift San Jose to a victory over the Capitals.

Around the league

Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Knuble had surgery to insert a plate in his face to fixate the broken bones in both his right cheekbone and right orbital bone. … Carolina Hurricanes left wing Erik Cole is expected to miss at least two weeks with a hip injury. … The New York Rangers placed veteran forward Brendan Shanahan on injured reserve and recalled forward Brad Isbister from Hartford of the American Hockey League.