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Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Tomas Tatar tallied two goals and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings cooled off the hot Nashville Predators in a 5-2 victory on Saturday. Gustav Nyquist tallied a goal and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg and Kyle Quincey each scored and Pavel Datsyuk, Riley Sheahan and Niklas Kronwall each had two assists. Detroit netminder Petr Mrazek turned aside 34-of-36 shots in the Red Wings third straight win. I thought the guys got off to a good start, Detroit head coach Mike Babcock said. Then (Mrazek) was big and square. Mike Fisher and Mattias Ekholm each lit the lamp as Nashville had its five- game winning streak come to an end. The Predators also entered the contest with at least a point in each of their previous 10 games (8-0-2). Marek Mazanec made 18 saves in relief of Carter Hutton, who allowed three goals on just four shots. The Red Wings got on the board quickly as Nyquist finished off a 2-on-1 with Sheahan for an early lead 57 seconds into the game. Quinceys shot from the left point deflected off a couple defenders, skipped off the ice and bounced into the net at 11:22, and Tatars snap shot from the left circle went past a screened Hutton 1:10 later for a 3-0 score. They got some breaks early, Fisher said. It was their night for sure. Ekholm got Nashville on the board after his shot from the high slot deflected off the knob of Mrazeks stick and in with 1:22 to play in the opening stanza. After Paul Gaustad went off for hooking, Zetterberg skated down below the goal line and fired a shot that ricocheted off Mazanecs mask and hit twine for a 4-1 Detroit lead 2:14 into the middle frame. On the power play, Tatar deflected Sheahans pass over the glove of Mazanec for his second of the night with 38.7 seconds left in the second. Fisher notched an early power-play goal 49 seconds into the third by shuffling the rebound of Roman Josis point blast over the blocker of Mrazek for a 5-2 game. Game Notes Tatar scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season, eclipsing his previous best of 19 which was set last season ... The Red Wings played in their first home game since New Years Eve ... Prior to the game, Nashville recalled defenseman Anthony Bitetto from Milwaukee (AHL) ... The two teams will meet again on Feb. 28 at Bridgestone Arena. Ryne Sandberg Jersey . On Thursday, a judge said Varlamov could be released if he posted $5,000 bond and be allowed to travel with the team but he was ordered to stay away from his girlfriend, among other restrictions. Kyle Hendricks Jersey .ca has you covered for whos in, whos out and what to expect from all 30 teams. http://www.thecubsteamshop.com/Cubs-Kos ... ds-Jersey/. PETERSBURG, Fla. Chicago Cubs Jerseys . The 26-year-old Sobotka injured his left leg playing for the St. Louis Blues in a 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. The Blues said he would not recover from the injury in time for the Olympic tournament. Brandon Morrow Jersey . "I knew it was gone. I mean, I felt it," the 2012 NL Rookie of the Year said. "I havent felt like that in a while. I havent got extension on a ball in a pretty long time.DETROIT -- Josmil Pinto was rounding third when he suddenly realized his coach was holding him up. Then he noticed something else: The throw from the outfield wasnt heading anywhere near the plate. So Pinto went home, and the comeback was only beginning for the Minnesota Twins. They scored three more runs the following inning -- thanks in part to more poor defence by Detroit -- for a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Sunday. "A great win for us, when you take advantage of a mistake any time you can get one," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, who was ejected in the fourth inning. "Winning two out of three here against this team is good. You take them any way you can get them." Eduardo Nunez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth for the Twins, who had a bit of help from Detroits outfield in the late innings. Right fielder Torii Hunter threw to the wrong base to allow Pinto to score in the seventh, and an error by Rajai Davis in left was even more costly in the eighth. The Twins handed the AL Central-leading Tigers only their second series loss of the season. Detroit left-hander Robbie Ray pitched six scoreless innings in his second big league start and Ian Kinsler homered to put the Tigers up 3-0 in the fifth. The bullpen couldnt hold on. Minnesota pinch-hitter Danny Santana hit an RBI single in the seventh, when Pinto ran through a stop sign and scored from second. He may well have been out at the plate, but Hunter tossed the ball quickly to second instead of throwing home. "When I started running, I felt something in my foot, and I stopped, and then I started running. When I touched third base, I saw (the third base coach) like, Hey," said Pinto, pantomiming a stop sign. "And then I turned my head a little bit, and I saw Torii throw the ball to second base." So Pinto kept going. "Torii assumed, that with that kind of bloop single, the guy is scoring easy," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "But they held him up and he read Toriis throw." Detroits problems were only beginning. In the eighth, Pinto singled to left off Joba Chamberlain (1-2) with runners on first and second. One run scored on the hit, and the ball skipped past Davvis for an error that enabled another run to come home and allowed Pinto to reach second.dddddddddddd Nunez followed with his single to make it 4-3. Jared Burton (1-1) won in relief. Glen Perkins got four outs for his 10th save in 11 chances. With a runner on second and one out in the bottom of the eighth, Victor Martinez hit a line drive up the middle that hit reliever Casey Fien. The right-hander picked up the ball and threw a one-hopper to first to retire Martinez, then Fein left the game with a bruised right arm. Perkins came on and got pinch-hitter Nick Castellanos on a flyout with a runner on third. Minnesota starter Samuel Deduno gave up three runs and six hits in six innings. Miguel Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly in the first, and the Tigers made it 2-0 in the fourth on an RBI single by Austin Jackson. Detroit had the bases loaded later that inning when Gardenhire was ejected. With one out, Andrew Romine hit a grounder toward shortstop, but the Twins had no chance to turn a double play because the ball hit Jackson, who had been on second. Jackson was called out, Martinez was sent back to third and Romine was awarded first, leaving the bases still loaded with two outs. Gardenhire came out to argue, wanting the umpires to award a double play. Third base ump Joe West, the crew chief, ejected him. "In their opinion, which I was told, he didnt intentionally let the ball hit him. I know what happened. I think we all saw that he was trying to screen the (fielder). It was going to be a routine double play. Maybe the ball took a funny hop and hit him, but he didnt have to be there," Gardenhire said. "My opinion didnt work, lets just put it that way. So I ended up in here." The play didnt cost Minnesota any runs. Davis followed with a groundout to end the inning. NOTES: It was Gardenhires first ejection of the year and the 68th of his career in the regular season. ... Detroit plays at Baltimore on Monday night. Rick Porcello (5-1) starts for the Tigers against Bud Norris (2-2). ... The Twins have Monday off before hosting Boston. Ricky Nolasco (2-3) takes the mound for Minnesota on Tuesday night against Felix Doubront (1-3). 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