Athanasiou scores in OT to lift Red Wings past Minnesota

DETROIT >> Andreas Athanasiou scored 1:52 into overtime and lifted the Detroit Red Wings over the reeling Minnesota Wild.

Jimmy Howard made the game-winning goal possible by making one of his 24 saves.

Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist got the rebound and made a long pass to set up Athanasiou, who faked out Devan Dubnyk with a move before flipping the puck in the net.

The Wild have lost eight of nine and are 3-10-1 in March. They still clinched a playoff spot late Saturday night when the Los Angeles Kings lost to the New York Rangers. The Wild extended their postseason streak to five under firstyear coach Bruce Boudreau.

Mike Green and Tomas Tatar also scored for Detroit. STARS 2, DEVILS 1 >> Tyler Seguin scored on a power play 20 seconds into overtime, and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the New Jersey Devils.

Ales Hemsky also scored a power-play goal with 6:36 left in regulation as the Stars came back to avoid being eliminated from playoff contention.

Kari Lehtonen made 20 saves for Dallas, including a stop on a short-handed breakaway attempt by Blake Pietila about a minute before Hemsky tied the game.

Blake Coleman scored his first NHL goal for New Jersey. Keith Kinkaid made 30 saves. JETS 2, CANUCKS 1 >> Michael Hutchinson made 28 saves and Adam Lowry scored a power-play goal in the third period to lift Winnipeg past Vancouver.