ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Detroit Red Wings displayed much energy Wednesday in their second game in as many nights. They skated fast, fired a lot of shots and had ample scoring opportunities.



But they didn't bury enough of them, as Jonas Hiller made 46 saves to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-1 victory at the Honda Center.



"We got to bury 'em. That's all there is to it,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "You get your chances, you got to bury 'em.''



The Ducks appeared to be buried in the Western Conference playoff race a month ago. But after an 11-4 run that began with a 4-1 win against the Red Wings on Jan. 5, Anaheim is only three points behind Detroit.



Other than his club's inability to finish, Babcock was pleased with its effort.



"I didn't mind the way we played. I thought we could have been a little bit harder in our own zone in the first period,'' Babcock said. "In saying that, on back-to-back nights, we battled hard, we gave ourselves every opportunity.''



The Red Wings trailed 3-0 when Pavel Datsyuk provided a spark just before the second intermission, scoring a power-play goal with 9.9 seconds remaining in the period. Datsyuk took a pass from Brian Rafalski and broke in alone to flip a shot over Hiller's glove for his 15th goal.



It snapped Hiller's shutout streak at 155 minutes, 3 seconds and tied Datsyuk for the team lead in goals with Tomas Holmstrom and Todd Bertuzzi.



The Red Wings, who outshot the Ducks 37-16 over the final 40 minutes, could not complete a second consecutive comeback on the road.



"Coming back from (a deficit) on the road in back-to-back games isn't the ideal spot you want to be in,'' Bertuzzi said. "I don't think we played horrible. I thought there was a little bit running around there early in our zone, but then, I thought we settled down. We had enough chances to score, but Hiller played pretty good.''



The Red Wings dominated early in the second period, peppering Hiller with shots and getting several quality chances. But then, Bobby Ryan converted on one of Anaheim's few chances, scoring from the slot on a pass by Ryan Getzlaf at 8:55 to make it 3-0.







"They got a couple of goals early on by just throwing the puck at the net and creating traffic and the puck finding its way in,'' Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "(Hiller) played real well for them. He saw a lot of shots, too, but he made some big saves and he was there for the rebounds.''



The Ducks capitalized on a pair of fortunate bounces to take a 2-0 lead in the first period.



Ryan Whitney opened the scoring at 1:11 on a long-range wrist shot that was deflected in past Jimmy Howard. The Ducks made it 2-0 at 16:13 on a goal by Kyle Chipchura. Steve Eminger flung the puck at the net from the point. It hit Chipchura's glove and sailed past Howard.



The goal was allowed to stand after a video review determined that Chipchura didn't direct the puck into the net with his arm.



"I asked the ref why it was a goal, and he said because he didn't intentionally (direct it in),'' Howard said. "I figured when it went in off the glove, whether it was intended or not intended, it was no goal.''



Said Babcock: "There was four (officials) on the ice, they all saw it the same way. Even when we saw it on replay, it was hard to tell.



"They had some breaks that way, but we got to box them out better at the net and we got to cut off the top better.''



It was Howard's 19th start in the past 21 games.



"They were getting pucks back to the D and just firing it on net,'' Howard said. "You get out of the net and try to cut it down the most you can, but when the deflections happen up around the hash marks, it's really hard to react to them.''



These teams have split their four-game season series, with each club winning twice at home.



"We did a great job,'' Howard said. "We just didn't get the bounces like they got.''



