DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings are hoping to win enough before the trade deadline the franchise chooses to make a run for the postseason instead of trades for the future.Dylan Larkin and Frans Nielsen scored in the first two periods and Detroit held off the Anaheim Ducks for a 2-1 win on Tuesday night.”We’re not folding Mattias Janmark Jersey ,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said.Detroit has won two straight, hoping this is the beginning of a push to rally into a wild-card spot in the playoff race before the NHL trade deadline Feb. 26.”It’s desperation,” Larkin said. ”We know our situation and what has to be done.”Adam Henrique pulled Anaheim within a goal with 3:54 left in the game. The Ducks took goaltender John Gibson off the ice with a minute remaining in regulation to have an extra skater, but couldn’t score to extend the game.The Red Wings went off the ice with a sense of relief after blowing third-period goals in recent games.”We hit that crossbar and then they score right after, you do think for a second, `Oh, is it one of those again?”’ Nielsen acknowledged.The Ducks were dominant in the first, outshooting Detroit 16-5, and still trailed after Larkin scored off Kevin Bieksa’s giveaway in front of net with 6:28 left in the period.Nielsen scored late in the second to put the Red Wings up 2-0 even though they were held to single digits in shots.”We had two turnovers that ended up in our net Radek Faksa Jersey ,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. ”That’s what the game is like when teams are going for the playoffs.”Detroit’s Jimmy Howard held up to intense pressure in the first period stopping 15 shots, and he finished with 32 saves. He kicked out his left leg to stop Corey Perry’s shot in front of the net on a power play midway through the third period.”When he plays like that, we play with confidence and it’s easier for us to play better,” Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said.Anaheim generated a lot of scoring chances and had two potential goals were waved off after video reviews, but could only score once.”We played well early,” Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf said. ”But we had those two goals called back that we thought could have counted, especially the first one, and we missed an empty net. That took something out of us.”John Gibson had 14 saves for the Ducks, who have lost five of seven to slip in the Pacific Division standings.”The last week or so has been frustrating because we aren’t competing at the level we need to compete Authentic Stephen Johns Jersey ,” Getzlaf said. ”We have to push for the playoffs right now. We can’t wait. At this time of the year, everyone plays hard.”NOTES: Former Ducks C Dennis Rasmussen cleared waivers and chose to play in Europe. … Larkin’s goal gave him a team-high 43 points in 55 games, extended his point streak to four games and ended his third goal-scoring drought of at least eight games. … Howard won the 215th game of his career, moving past Tim Thomas for seven on the all-time list of NHL wins by an American-born goalie. Ryan Miller, the Ducks’ No. 2 goalie, is leads all U.S.-born active goaltenders with 365 victories and is third on the all-time list behind John Vanbiesbrouck (374) and Tom Barrasso (369). … The Ducks recalled D Marcus Pettersson from the AHL and he was scratched at Detroit.UP NEXTDucks: Play at Chicago on Thursday night, the second of a four-game road trip that includes stops in Minnesota and Las Vegas.Red Wings: Visits Tampa Bay on Thursday night.— CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dallas starting goaltender Ben Bishop went down with an injury. Anton Khudobin took over and the Stars never missed a beat.Alexander Radulov and Miro Heiskanen scored and Bishop and Khudobin combined for 35 saves to lead Dallas to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.Play was stopped with Bishop on his knees in obvious discomfort at 13:22 of the second period. He skated off under his own power and went straight to the dressing room.Bishop appeared to wince earlier in the period after dropping into the butterfly and shuffling across his crease to track a shot.“(Bishop) made some great saves in the first 30 minutes and (Khudobin) made some great saves in the third. They’re making the saves they’re called upon, and we’re not asking them to make secondary saves sprawling out Youth Tyler Pitlick Jersey ,” said Dallas coach Jim Montgomery.No update was available on Bishop’s condition. He has missed games due to injury three times this season, most recently missing two games in mid-March. Montgomery said he suspected Wednesday’s injury was related to the last one, but didn’t know for sure.Dallas, which holds down the first wild card spot in the Western Conference, swept the season series against Calgary and moved within four points of St. Louis for third in the Central Division. The Blues hold a game in hand.“There’s good teams behind us and we want to catch the good teams in front of us. It’s important to keep on going and finish this regular season out strong,” Stars captain Jamie Benn said.TJ Brodie scored for Calgary. The Flames’ lead over idle San Jose atop both the Pacific Division and Western Conference remained at six points.The Sharks, who hold a game in hand, have six games remaining.Khudobin made 15 saves in relief of Bishop and was credited with the win. He improved to 14-16-4.David Rittich made 21 saves for the Flames. The loss drops his record to 26-8-5.The only goal of the opening two periods came at 17:26 of the first on a power play.Picking up the puck behind his own net, Radulov slowly carried the puck up ice uncontested. As he approached the Flames’ blue line Tyler Seguin Jersey , he stickhandled right through the closely bunched Calgary trio of Mark Jankowski, Elias Lindholm and Brodie and broke in alone on Rittich, beating him through the pads with a move to his backhand.“I just went through the middle and I think the puck bounced over their sticks and I just continued to skate and ended up on a breakaway,” Radulov said.That goal was part of an early theme for Calgary, suggested frustrated Flames coach Bill Peters.“Our level of desperation needs to increase across the board,” Peters said. “All three zones, 200 feet, their D are blowing by us in the first five minutes like crazy and jumping by us in the rush. It’s almost as if we were unaware.”The Stars made it 2-0 on a second power-play goal at 12:24 of the third, with Heiskanen scoring from a scramble. Dallas converted on both its man-advantage chances.Brodie got Calgary on the scoreboard at 18:28 of the third Anthony Duclair Jersey Womens , converting a rebound of a shot by Johnny Gaudreau.“It’s playing harder. You can get looks throughout a game, but you don’t count looks on the scoreboard. We’ve got to get to the net, we’ve got to get in the crease,” Flames center Sean Monahan said.The NHL’s highest scoring team at home, Calgary has mustered just one goal in the first two games of this three-game homestand. The Flames lost 3-0 to Los Angeles on Monday night.The Flames scored 29 times at the Saddledome during their five-game winning streak that preceded this stretch.NOTES: Dallas improves to 29-1-2 when leading after two periods. … The Stars have won six straight games against Calgary. … Sam Bennett (upper body) missed his fifth game in the last six. He could play on Friday.UP NEXTStars: At Edmonton on Thursday.Flames: Host Anaheim on Friday.