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Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Vincent Trocheck had a goal and two assists to guide the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Jimmy Hayes posted a goal and an assist while Aaron Ekbald and Sean Bergenheim also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four. Roberto Luongo turned away 38 shots in the win. Weve got to learn to do a better job of closing things out, said Luongo. But the sooner we learn how to win these one-goal games the better off well be. Pavel Datsyuk posted a goal and an assist while Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar also scored for the Red Wings, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. Jimmy Howard allowed four goals on 31 shots in the loss. Hockey is an honest and fair game and you have to be honest with your work preparation, said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock. As a coaching staff we have to do a better job of getting the guys prepared. Florida took a 4-1 lead eight minutes into the third when Ekbalds slap shot in the high slot hit off a Red Wing and went in for his fourth goal of the season. Detroit cut its deficit to two just 1:32 later as Datsyuk snapped the disc home from the left side during a scrum in front for his 10th of the season. Detroit made it a one-goal game after pulling the goaltender late in the contest. Nyquist shot home a rebound from the left side with 58.7 seconds to play. That was it, though, as Florida was able to hold off the assault to escape with the victory. Detroit scored the initial goal of the game on the power play at 6:47 of the first when Tatar redirected Datsyuks shot for his 10th of the season. Florida, though, tied the game on Hayes marker at 15:11 as he snapped home a rebound down low. Bergenheim gave Florida a 2-1 lead with the only goal of the second at 12:21 on a one-timer from the right circle, and Trocheck scored 27 seconds into the third on a steal and feed from Jonathan Huberdeau. Game Notes Florida hosts Columbus on Thursday ... Detroit hosts Dallas on Thursday ... The Panthers won three of the five games with the Red Wings last season ... Detroit was 1-for-4 on the power play and Florida failed on its one chance. Custom Los Angeles Rams Jerseys . Ghoulam has put pen to paper on a four and a half year deal, tying him to Napoli until 2018. The 22-year-old Algeria international, who played for France at Under 21 level, has made 87 league appearances in four seasons at Saint-Etienne. Brandin Cooks Jersey . PAUL, Minn. http://www.laramsfansshop.com/c-83-rams-ramik-wilson-jersey.aspx . PETERSBURG, Fla. John Kelly Jersey . Its the games against the leagues struggling franchises that have proved to be an issue. John Kelly Rams Jersey . The league-leading New York Rangers outhit and outmuscled the Maple Leafs during a 3-0 victory on Saturday. Backup goalie Martin Biron stopped all 20 shots he faced to complete a nice workmanlike effort by the visitors.ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks were eager to get back on track and the Florida Panthers paid the price. Corey Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped their four-game home skid with a 6-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. "We had the puck and didnt turn it over too much. We played with the puck and found each other. Everybody was moving," said Perry, who notched his team-leading 37th goal of the season to give the Ducks a 5-2 lead at the 11:56 mark of the second period. Getzlaf agreed. "We got back to doing what we need to be doing," said Getzlaf, who is second in the NHL in scoring with 79 points. "We find a way to get open and get shots. Tonight, we clicked better." Teemu Selanne, Jakob Silfverberg, Kyle Palmieri and Perry scored during Anaheims four-goal second period. "I feel re-energized," said Selanne, who recently has been teamed with Getzlaf and Perry. "Today we were really clicking and reading each other well. The more time we spend together, the more youre going to learn from one another. It was fun to play with those guys. Theyre so dangerous and talented, so you have to be ready." Patrick Maroon also scored an early goal before leaving the game with a lower-body injury for the Ducks, who pulled within one point of San Jose atop the Pacific Division standings. Selanne had a goal and an assist, while Jonas Hiller made 28 saves for Anaheim, which is four points behind Western Conference-leading St. Louis with 11 games left. Jimmy Hayes and Tomas Fleischmann scored in the second period for the Panthers, who lost the last three games on their West Coast road trip by a combined 12-3..dddddddddddd Former Anaheim goalie Dan Ellis stopped 34 shots in Floridas seventh loss in nine games overall. The Ducks had lost two straight and six of eight while slipping out of first place in the NHL standings, but they got back to their usual dominant selves during the second period. After Maroon scored his first career power-play goal in the first period against the NHLs worst penalty-killing team, Selanne scored his 684th career goal just 15 seconds into the second. Silfverberg scored an unassisted short-handed goal less than four minutes later, Fleischmanns eighth goal of the season midway through the second trimmed the Ducks lead to 3-2, but Palmieri and Perry scored 1:01 apart later in the period. Perrys 37 goals are second most in the NHL. Getzlaf got his 30th goal early in the third period, and new defenceman Stephane Robidas had an assist for his first point with the Ducks. Florida goalie Dan Ellis has given up 11 goals in his last two appearances. "Its a good hockey team," Ellis said. "They are one of the top teams in the West and the West is arguably stronger than the East. Theyve had a little adversity lately, but you had to be ready for a big push out of them. They are desperate for playoff position, to get home ice. They played us hard. I needed to make some key saves at key times and I didnt." NOTES: Anaheims next eight games are against opponents currently out of the playoff picture. The Ducks begin a three-game road trip Wednesday at Calgary while the NCAA West regional mens basketball tournament occupies Honda Center. ... The Panthers went 1-3 on their four-game road trip. ... Ellis started his 200th career NHL game. ... Anaheim equipment manager Doug Shearer worked his 2,500th game. ' ' '