DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk scored his seventh goal in five games and added an assist, and Curtis Joseph stopped 21 of 22 shots to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4-1 victory Monday night over the Florida Panthers.
Kirk Maltby, Mark Mowers and Mathieu Schneider got the other goals for the Red Wings. Lukas Krajicek scored for Florida, getting his first NHL point.
Joseph stopped Nathan Horton from in close in the opening two minutes and foiled Stephen Weiss on a point-blank tip and rebound attempt during a Panthers' power play early in the second period.
Datsyuk has five assists in his last five games and leads the NHL with 39 points. His 18th goal tied him for second with Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk.
WILD 5, COYOTES 2: At Phoenix, Andrew Brunette had a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild spoiled Phoenix's final game at America West Arena.
A crowd announced at 13,462 turned out in the built-for-basketball venue, where 4,000 seats have an obstructed view of the ice.
After a four-game road trip, the Coyotes return to play Nashville on Dec. 27 in their first game at their new arena in suburban Glendale. The $220 million, 17,799-seat building has been under construction since April 2002.
HURRICANES FIRE MAURICE: Coach Paul Maurice was fired Monday by the struggling Carolina Hurricanes in his ninth season, the longest current stretch with one NHL team. Maurice, who took the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup finals in 2002, was replaced by former New York Islanders coach Peter Laviolette.
"He brings experience and an aggressive coaching style to the Hurricanes," general manager Jim Rutherford said. The Hurricanes are 8-12-8-2 for 26 points, next to last in the Southeast Division. Their next game is Thursday at home against Pittsburgh.
HEATLEY CANCELS SKATE: Thrashers All-Star Dany Heatley canceled plans to skate Tuesday for the first time since the car wreck that killed teammate Dan Snyder.
The Thrashers said Heatley's knee was sore after a rehab session Monday, so his return to the ice was postponed until later in the week.
Heatley had surgery in October on a broken jaw and two torn knee ligaments. He's been out all season and planned to work out alone at the Thrashers' headquarters in suburban Atlanta.
FEDOROV'S BROTHER CALLED UP: The younger brother of Anaheim star Sergei Fedorov was called up by the Vancouver Canucks from the AHL on Monday. Center Fedor Fedorov will join the team in Nashville and play Tuesday night against the Predators. He leads Manitoba in scoring with 11 goals and 20 points in 26 games.
LEMIEUX STILL AILING: Mario Lemieux's left hip is still ailing more than six weeks after his injury, and he has told the team he has trouble with such routine tasks as getting in and out of a car.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' player-owner has not been on skates since attempting to practice Nov. 10.
"He's still doing rehab and getting treatment along with the rehab," general manager Craig Patrick said. "But he still feels pain."
The Penguins have an NHL-worst 7-16-4-2 record and have won only four of the 19 games Lemieux has missed with a left hip flexor.
Lemieux, 38, missed three-fourths of the 2001-02 season with a right hip injury, but team officials have said the injuries aren't related. Lemieux has declined to discuss the latest injury, his rehabilitation or treatment.