Detroit Loses Its Third Straight

Dallas Drake had a goal and two assists as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the struggling Detroit Red Wings 6-2 on Tuesday night.

Keith Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick each had a goal and an assist and Juha Ylonen, Teppo Numminen and Bob Corkum also scored for the Coyotes, who have won both their meetings with Detroit this season.

The Coyotes have won two straight following their first two-game losing streak of the season and have 42 points, just two behind first-place Dallas in the Pacific Division.

Brendan Shanahan had a goal and an assist and Igor Larionov scored the other goal for the Red Wings. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions have lost three straight, four out of five and are 4-10 against teams with .500 or better records.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 36 saves in the Phoenix net. Detroit's Chris Osgood had 23 stops.

The teams traded first-period goals from Larionov and Tkachuk.

Larionov took a left-circle pass from Sergei Fedorov and one-timed it past Khabibulin at 11:54. Tkachuk tied it 2:19 later by redirecting Keith Carney's shot from the blue line past Osgood.

Drake went over Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom to push a pass from Roenick into the net just 49 seconds into the second period to give Phoenix a 2-1 lead.

Shanahan tied it with his 16th goal on an outstanding individual effort. He came around the net and, with Phoenix's Gerald Diduck hanging on his left side, put a one-handed wraparound past Khabibulin at 10:35.

Ylonen put the Coyotes back ahead on a power play at 13:15 when he rammed home Jyrki Lumme's rebound. It was just the third goal of the season for Ylonen but his second in two games.

Numminen made it 4-2 when his shot from the slot got over Osgood's left shoulder 10:12 into the third. Renick caught Osgood out of the net and scored his 11th goal 1:09 later.

Corkum scored his third goal of the season with 2:56 remaining.

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