Dan Cleary scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:03 left, and Jimmy Howard made 28 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.

The Red Wings, who have been trying to make the most of a sputtering offense, shook off an early 1-0 deficit and won this matchup between Original Six teams.

After Marian Gaborik failed to control the puck and get off a shot in the Detroit end, Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom started a rush the other way. Henrik Zetterberg sent a pass to Cleary, who banked in a shot off the skate of goalie Henrik Lundqvist for his seventh goal.

Detroit also got goals from Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper into an empty net.