SUNRISE, Fla. -- Todd Bertuzzi is finding open space on the ice, his teammates are feeding him the puck, and good things are happening for the Detroit Red Wings.

Goals have been coming in pairs lately for Bertuzzi. His second goal of the game Friday snapped a third-period tie, sending the Red Wings to a 4-3 victory against the Florida Panthers at the BankAtlantic Center.

Bertuzzi has scored twice in three of the past four games. Detroit has equaled its season-long four-game winning streak by sweeping a two-game trip to Florida, which also was the team’s sixth annual fathers’ trip.

“Good to see him shoot, he doesn’t shoot enough,” teammate Danny Cleary said. “He certainly complements whatever line he’s on. He’s good with the puck, he’s responsible. Nice to see him score.”

Bertuzzi, playing in his 999th NHL game, credited much of his success to linemates Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen.

“A lot of it has to do with who I’m playing with,” Bertuzzi said. “We got good chemistry. Me and Mule (Franzen) complement each other in the corners and working around. With Z’s playmaking and overall game, it’s beneficial to me.”

Franzen set up Bertuzzi for his game-winning goal at 12:28 of the third period, a one-timer that beat goaltender Tomas Vokoun. It was his 14th goal of the season.

“I tried to step into it as much as I could,” Bertuzzi said. “As Pavel (Datsyuk) would say, little knuckleball in there, pretty lucky it went in.”

The Red Wings made the lead stand thanks to a couple of big saves in the final minutes by Joey MacDonald, who made 29 saves for his second win of the season.

Datsyuk continued his outstanding post-injury performance with a goal and an assist. Cleary also scored for the Red Wings. Zetterberg assisted on both of Bertuzzi’s goals.

“When Bert’s skating and being physical and hanging onto the puck, it really helps us,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “He’s excited, he’s going to play his 1,000th game (Sunday in Minnesota), going to take his family with us. That’s a special day for him as well.”

The Red Wings jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Bertuzzi (1:21) and Cleary (6:29). Cleary scored on a tremendous second effort. Sprung free on a breakaway from a pass by Datsyuk, Cleary’s first shot was stopped by Vokoun. But Cleary whacked in the rebound after falling to the ice.

Datsyuk’s unassisted goal at 3:29 of the second period put his team up 3-1.

But the Panthers, who got on the scoreboard with Radek Dvorak’s goal at 16:53 of the first, battled back to tie it on goals by Dennis Wideman (on the power play with 17 seconds to play in the second period) and Stephen Weiss (9:36 of the third).

That led to Bertuzzi’s heroics.

Bertuzzi played in seven games for the Panthers in 2006-07, after Florida traded goaltender Roberto Luongo to Vancouver to get the power forward.

“The only memory I have is the first game I got four points and then played six more and I was on the shelf (due to back surgery),” Bertuzzi said. “I got a beautiful home and a nice golf membership from it, so I can’t complain too much.”

Neither can MacDonald, who won in front of his father, Leonard, the captain of a ferry that runs from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland.

“It’s tough when you come in, not playing a whole lot,” MacDonald said. “They throw a lot of pucks at the net, gets you into the game early. At first I was giving up a few rebounds but Nick (Lidstrom) and (Brian Rafalski) and all them were doing a great job boxing them out.”

MacDonald hurt his knee late in the second period when Jack Skille made contact with him. But he wasn’t about to leave the game if he didn’t have to.

“Don’t get the chance to play often, so I got to battle through it and give the team a chance to win,” MacDonald said.