MARIAN HOSSA and Johan Franzen cooled down red-hot Anaheim by earning Detroit a 2-1 win at the Joe Louis Arena.

The Ducks looked to be on their way to a fifth straight win when Chris Kunitz scored on his team's first shot of the game just under two minutes in.

But the Red Wings rallied as Franzen bagged his 100th career point by tipping in Nicklas Lidstrom's shot from the point in the second period.

And Hossa notched his 14th goal of the season when he hesitated to throw off goaltender Jonas Hillier before converting a pass from Dan Cleary on a two-on-one early in the third frame.

Hillier, who replaced the injured Jean-Sebastien Giguere for the final stanza, admitted: "I was expecting the one-timer and I was already down."

Hossa added: "Clears had the puck and I just tried to wait for him. I knew it was a matter of time when he was going to make the pass to me. Basically I just tried to shoot at the net and I think it surprised the goalie by the five-hole."

It was a deserved victory for Detroit, who comprehensively outshot Anaheim 47-16. Giguere was awesome in making 37 saves before a recurring groin injury flared up.

Hossa added: "We tried to stay patient. We were all over them. It was just a matter of time before one squeezed in."

Franzen insisted: "It was good to get that first one past Giguere. It usually takes a goal like that, a redirection, an ugly goal. He was playing real good."

• PETR STASTNY had two goals and an assist as Colorado beat Minnesota 6-5 in a surprisingly high-scoring affair.

Marek Svatos, David Jones, TJ Hensick and Milan Hejduk also scored for the Avalanche, who went into the game as the lowest-scoring team in the Western Conference.

Stastny admitted: "You don't expect that. The last few years I've been here it's been 1-0, 2-1, 3-2. We just went with it and all four lines played well."

• KRISTIAN HUSELIUS scored with less than five minutes left to lift Columbus to a 3-2 win over Vancouver.

The Blue Jackets star jammed the puck home after Rick Nash carried the puck out of the corner with two players on him.

Huselius said: "It was a great pass, a great effort. Rick caught two guys playing him and made a great pass to me. I just had to one-time it."

Kyle Wellwood put the Canucks ahead before Fredrik Modin tied it. Kevin Bieksa gave Vancouver the advantage again only for Andrew Murray to cancel it out.