DENVER -- Niklas Kronwall scored the game-winner with 1:18 remaining in overtime and Chris Osgood stopped a season-high 46 shots in the Red Wings' 4-3 victory over the Avalanche to become the 10th goalie in NHL history to reach 400 wins.
Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler and Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings, who have won three of their past four games.
Osgood was swarmed by teammates after reaching the milestone win. The 17-year veteran has 316 of his wins with the Red Wings.
Osgood came up big all game, but no more than in the second period when he stopped one point-blank shot after another to keep the game tied at 2. He finished with 23 saves in the period, including a solid backhanded attempts by Philippe Dupuis and Adam Foote.
So good was Osgood during a stretch in the middle portion of the period that the Red Wings fans in attendance at Pepsi Center began chanting "Ozzie," which was quickly greeted by a round of boos.
Late in the second period, Kevin Shattenkirk was hit in the forehead on a shot by Kris Draper, knocking the defenseman to the ice. He was helped off by the trainer, a towel covering his bloody face. He returned midway through the third period.
Shattenkirk was the second player to take a puck in the face in the game. Tomas Holmstrom went to the dressing room just before the end of the first period after being hit by a puck on a clearing attempt by Budaj.
Holmstrom returned in the second period.
Detroit's offense didn't seem to lack in production despite missing Danny Cleary, who will be sidelined for at least a month after breaking his left ankle Sunday night in Minnesota.
Cleary is one of the team's leading goal scorers.
Draper said the injury to Cleary is a "big blow for our hockey team." Pavel Datsyuk (hand/wrist) and Mike Modano (wrist) are already out of the lineup.
Source: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/12/detroits-osgood-becomes-10th-goalie-with-400-wins.html
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