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Mrazek, Red Wings shut out Avs

Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season, a 3-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Thursday.

Justin Abdelkader scored a power-play goal in the second period, and the Red Wings added empty-net goals from Darren Helm with 2:36 remaining and Luke Glendening with 14.8 seconds to go.

Mrazek, who has three NHL shutouts, has gone 7-2-0 with No. 1 goalie Jimmy Howard out with a groin injury.

Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves before he went to the bench for an extra skater with 3:08 to play.

The Red Wings (30-12-9) are 8-1-0 in their past nine games.

The Avalanche (22-19-11) were 3-0-1 in their previous four games and had won four consecutive home games.

The Red Wings used the NHL's top-rated power play to take a 1-0 lead at 13:25 of the second period. Abdelkader's 12th goal of the season was his first in 10 games.

He accepted a pass from Henrik Zetterberg and stickhandled in front of Varlamov before chipping the puck over his right pad.

Zetterberg's assist gave him 11 points (five goals, six assists) in the past seven games.

The Red Wings killed two Avalanche power plays in the first period and one in the second. Colorado has gone 22 consecutive power plays without a goal.

Mrazek made second-period saves against Maxime Talbot and Marc-Andre Cliche from the slot and deflected a shot from Ryan O'Reilly skating down left wing.

An apparent goal by Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog at 6:09 of the first period was disallowed following a video review because it was preceded by Nick Holden's hand pass.

O'Reilly took a shot Mrazek deflected into the air and Holden knocked down with his glove. The puck hit Red Wings defenseman Kyle Quincey's skate and Landeskog shot it inside the left post. The Red Wings never had possession before Landeskog's shot, therefore the goal was wiped out.

Avalanche right wing Nathan MacKinnon was assessed his first NHL fighting major when he exchanged punches with Jonathan Ericsson 44 seconds into the game.

-- by Rick Sadowski for NHL.com --