Detroit at Anaheim

Detroit is 3,000 miles from home and playing its fourth straight road contest. It's also their seventh road game over the last eight games, nearing the end of a brutal stretch playing nine of 10 away. The offense has scored two goals or less in six of the last seven. Detroit is #21 in the NHL in goals scored and #22 on the power play. Goalie Jimmy Howard is 0-1-2 over his last four starts (he was pulled in another) with a 4.49 goals against average. Howard was in net the last time the Red Wings faced the Ducks, a 4-3 shootout defeat Feb. 23rd. They face an Anaheim defense that is #9 in goals allowed. Anaheim enters this matchup on a 5-1-1 run since the league returned from the holiday break. It beat St. Louis 4-3 in a shootout Friday as Ryan Kesler's second goal of the game tied it early in the third. The Ducks held the Blues scoreless on four power plays and have killed off their opponents' last 26 chances with the man advantage. They lead the league with an 89.4 percent kill rate. The Ducks are 40-14 in their last 54 Sunday games, and the home team is 41-19-1 when these teams clash. Play Anaheim.