With the Red Wings on the power play

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Henrik Zetterberg scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist, and Joey MacDonald had 28 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings end a three-game slide with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Larry Grant Jersey . Johan Franzen had a goal and two assists, Niklas Kronwall and Valtteri Filppula both added a goal and assist, and Jan Mursak also scored for the Red Wings, who are 26-3-2 at home but only 16-16-1 on the road. MacDonald, 7-1-1 this season playing behind No. 1 goalie Jimmy Howard, made a big stop on Ryan Russells short-handed breakaway to keep the game tied at 2 in the third period. Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash, who was on the block but not traded before Mondays NHL deadline, scored his 22nd goal of the season. Derek MacKenzie added a short-handed goal for Columbus. MacKenzie took advantage of a Detroit mix-up in the neutral zone and sped by a defender to make it 2-1 at 2:13 of the third period. But 90 seconds later, Kronwall scored on what appeared to be an innocent shot. With the Red Wings on the power play, Kronwall skated through the left circle, and his backhander through traffic beat goalie Curtis Sanford. Zetterberg then unleashed a hard wrist shot from past the goal line near the left corner that slipped inside the near post behind Sanford for his 14th goal. The rout was on. Mursak scored his first of the season and second of his NHL career, spinning in the slot to score on a rebound at 9:15 to make it 4-2. Filppula cleaned up a rebound with 6:08 left to finish the scoring. The Red Wings netted four goals in just over 10 minutes after falling behind on MacKenzies goal. Nash has been the focal point all week in Columbus after it was revealed by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson on Monday that Nash had asked to be traded. When Nash was introduced before the game, fans responded with mostly cheers with a few boos mixed in. He gave them more to cheer later. After the Red Wings took a 1-0 lead when Franzen netted a rebound in front on his second try, Nash took a drop pass from Derick Brassard and muscled his way to the net on the power play. He put a shot on MacDonald before getting levelled from behind by Kronwall. Red Wings defenceman Brad Stuart accidentally poked the puck in the net while trying to clear it. NOTES: Red Wings D Nicklas Lidstrom sat out because of an injured ankle sustained against Colorado on Saturday. D Doug Janik was recalled from the AHLs Grand Rapids before the game. … Nash has goals in four of five games. … D Jack Johnson, acquired in a trade with Los Angeles last week, made his home debut for the Blue Jackets. C Darryl Boyce, a waiver pickup from Toronto on Saturday, also played in his first game for Columbus. … Detroit was without C Pavel Datsyuk (knee) for the fourth straight game. Frank Gore Authentic Jersey . Goalkeeper Bandura, defender Mandziuk and midfielder Stepanenko were the final players trimmed ahead of the finals, which start June 8 and are co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Blokhin made the decisions after a 4-0 friendly win over Estonia on Monday and will now turn his attention toward friendlies against Austria and Turkey ahead of Ukraines Group D opener against Sweden on June 11. Ronnie Lott Jersey . In Tuesday nights 7-2 loss, Travis Snider and J.P. Arencibia each hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a three-game road sweep of Boston over the weekend. Starting pitcher Brett Cecil was solid in a tough-luck defeat, permitting just two runs and fanning eight batters over the first six innings.http://www.49erssuperbowl47shoponline.com/ahmad-brooks-jersey . Kendrys Morales had three hits, including a home run, scored twice and drove in two runs to help the Los Angeles Angels complete their first four-game road sweep of the Seattle Mariners in 27 years with a 4-2 victory Sunday. Mike Iupati Womens Jersey . Headley hit .306 with a league-best 31 RBI in 28 games in August to win his first monthly award. He scored 20 times and slugged .611, eighth in the league. Vernon Davis Elite Jersey . — Calgarys Kevin Koe led his rink past Kelownas Jim Cotter 7-5 on Sunday to win the mens final at the Grand Slam of Curlings Masters event.CHICAGO — Luol Deng scored 18 points while Nazr Mohammed added 13 points and 12 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls beat the Memphis Grizzlies 92-88 in a preseason game on Tuesday night. Trailing 52-49 at half, the Bulls scored the first 14 points in the third quarter to pull away. Richard Hamilton made a jumper to give the Bulls a 63-52 lead and Nate Robinson made a 3 in the cornerr to extend the Chicago lead to 81-65 late in the third quarter. A.J. Jenkins Jersey. Hamilton scored eight points in the third quarter and finished with 13. The Bulls played without Derrick Rose, who is still recovering from knee surgery, stemming from his torn ACL during the 2012 playoffs. Jerome Jordan led the Grizzlies (1-1) with 13 points and Ronald Murray added 11 points. ‘ ‘ ‘

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