THE HIGHLIGHTS

• The Red Wings’ power play continues to hum, as Martin Frk notched his first goal of the season with a hard slapper that Cory Schneider got a piece of. Detroit cycled the puck behind the net and had good movement on the outside before Mike Green found an open Frk.

• Luke Glendening and Mirco Mueller got into a scrap near the end of the second period. Mueller gave Glendening a couple of cross checks, and Glendening threw off his glove and connected with a couple of swings until Mueller was face first on the ice.
• Michael Rasmussen picked up his second goal of the season, once again on the power play. He knocked in a rebound right in front of Schneider off of a Gustav Nyquist shot.

• Dennis Cholowski continues to impress with veteran-like awareness. He got the secondary assist on the Rasmussen goal, which was a quick cross-ice feed in between defenders.
• Justin Abdelkader and Glendening combined for a short-handed goal. On a 2-on-1, Glendening fired a shot, and Abdelkader picked up the rebound to notch the Red Wings’ third short-handed goal of the season.

• Trevor Daley iced the game with a long-range empty-net trick shot short-handed goal.

FINAL THOUGHT