Red Wings snap 4-game losing streak with 4-1 win

DETROIT (AP) -- Dominik Hasek got all the help he needed from Pavel Datsyuk -- and the goal posts.
Hasek made 25 saves for his seventh shutout of the season and 75th overall, and Datsyuk scored his 25th goal in the Detroit Red Wings' 1-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
"We didn't give them too much," Hasek said. "They had some chances and hit the post."
The Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak.
"Been a long time around here since we've been able to talk about a win," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said.
Defenseman Mathieu Schneider praised Hasek.
"He just does what he always does," Schneider said. "He always gives us a chance to win the game."
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves for Anaheim.
"Exactly like a playoff game," Ducks star Teemu Selanne said. "We stopped skating in the second period."
The Red Wings have already clinched a spot in the playoffs for the 16th consecutive season. That's the longest playoff streak in North American professional sports. The New York Yankees are second with a 12-season playoff streak.
"You get to this point in the season and you're just dying for the playoff to start," Schneider said. "Anytime you come up against a team that's' a potential rival in the playoffs, you want to raise your game and I thought we did that tonight."
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