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Detroit slide deepens

The last time the Detroit Red Wings looked this bad, Henrik Zetterberg was 9 years old.

San Jose rookie Devin Setoguchi scored midway through the third period, giving the Sharks a 3-2 win Friday night over the slumping Red Wings.

Detroit has won only one of its last 11 games, slashing into its massive lead in the standings. It's the worst stretch for the Red Wings since a 12-game winless streak from Oct. 21-Nov. 16, 1989.

"I don't want to say there is panic in the room, but you can see disappointment on our faces," goalie Dominik Hasek said. "But we still believe we can play the way we did before."

After games on Feb. 5, The Red Wings had an NHL-leading 86 points, a full 17 ahead of Dallas. Detroit has added just four points in 24 days, and now leads Dallas by three points.

At Newark, N.J., Cristobal Huet stopped 18 shots in his first start for Washington and fellow newcomer Sergei Fedorov made a sensational no-look pass to help break a scoreless tie.

At Aneheim, Calif., defensemen Mathieu Schneider and Scott Niedermayer each had a goal and an assist to help and Anaheim to its fifth straight victory.Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 22 saves for the Ducks.The Flames had to play shorthanded for the final 3:18 after Kristian Huselius got a double-minor for cutting Rob Niedermayer with a high stick in the Anaheim zone.

At Buffalo, N.Y., Tomas Plekanec had three power-play goals for his first hat trick, and rookie Carey Price won his second straight start since taking over as Montreal's top goalie.

At Tampa, Fla., Dan Boyle scored a power-play goal with 2:58 left in overtime and Tampa Bay beat Toronto.Tampa Bay's John Tortorella tied Bob Johnson for the most NHL wins by an American-born coach with 234.

At Vancouver, British Columbia, Jason Chimera scored in overtime and Columbus rallied from a two-goal third period deficit to beat Vancouver.

At Sunrise, Fla., Mikko Koivu, Stephane Veilleux and Brent Burns scored and Minnesota beat Florida for the sixth straight time.

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