Modin scores twice as Blue Jackets rout Red Wings

VIDEO PLAYLIST

• Blue Jackets Hand Red Wings Fifth Straight Defeat

WERE YOU THERE?

Did you attend this game? If so, start chronicling your sports memories today with ESPN's Sports Passport. Enter the games you attend, upload your photos and share your memories! I was there »

Game Information

Arena: Joe Louis Arena Location: Detroit, Michigan

Referees: DanMarouelli, JustinSt. Pierre Linesmen: ScottCherrey, ThorNelson

Attendance: 20,066 (100.0% full)

Team Stat Comparison
190	Goals	252
210	Goals Against	179
53	Power Play Goals	81
63	Power Play Goals Allowed	57
8	Shorthanded Goals	5
5	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	7
1325	Penalty Minutes	937
16	Average Penalty Minutes	11

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD			CLS	DET
7:29		Rick Nash (Power Play) Assists: Ron Hainsey, Dick Tarnstrom	1	0
13:05		Fredrik Modin Assists: Rick Nash, David Vyborny	2	0
14:59		Nikolai Zherdev Assists: Michael Peca, Jason Chimera	3	0
2ND PERIOD			CLS	DET
11:18		Fredrik Modin Assists: Adam Foote, Rick Nash	4	0
3RD PERIOD			CLS	DET
1:25		Pavel Datsyuk (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg	4	1
4:59		Ron Hainsey (Power Play) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev, Dick Tarnstrom	5	1

DETROIT (AP) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets went from their worst to best in a matter of 48 hours. The Detroit Red Wings settled for their worst, again.

Fredrik Modin scored twice and Columbus beat Detroit 5-1 on Friday night, handing the NHL-leading Red Wings their fifth-straight loss.

Rick Nash had a goal and two assists and Nikolai Zherdev added a goal and an assist for Columbus. Ron Hainsey scored the other goal and Dick Tarnstrom had two assists. Pascal Leclaire made 20 saves.

Os-Bad As It Gets

Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood has had a rough opening period in his last two games. Here's a look at just how bad they have been.

Time on ice	28:49
Shots faced	13
Goals allowed	6
Save pct.	.538

Columbus dropped a 7-2 decision to the Chicago Blackhawks at home in its previous game.

"We play our worst game of the year and follow it up with our best game of the year," Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock said.

Detroit seemed out of it from the opening face-off.

"We were at our worst tonight, for sure," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "We didn't have any opportunity to win this game from the start."

Pavel Datsyuk scored for Detroit and Chris Osgood stopped nine shots before being pulled.

Columbus jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead. Nash opened the scoring with his 30th goal when he put in a rebound on the power play 7:29 into the game. Modin made it 2-0 with 6:55 left in the first period when he skated between Brett Lebda and Andreas Lilja, who fell. Modin went in alone and beat Osgood. Zherdev scored on a backhand shot from the slot with 5:01 left in the opening period for his 23rd goal.

"The first period the other night was pretty much as bad as it can get," the Blue Jackets' David Vyborny said. "But this was a great first period against the best team in the league."

Modin got his second goal and fifth of the season when he tipped in Adam Foote's shot from the point with 8:42 left in the second period.

Modin has played only 13 games this year because of back spasms and a hamstring injury.

"Getting a couple of goals really helps your confidence," said Modin, whose goal also sent Osgood to the bench in favor of Jimmy Howard. It's the second consecutive game that Howard has replaced Osgood.

Datsyuk foiled Leclaire's shutout bid 1:25 into the third period with a shot from the left circle that slipped between the goaltender's body and arm for Datsyuk's 21st goal.

"We're not generating any offense. We're not generating any chances," Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "We're not playing very well 5-on-5.

"It's going to be tough for us now, we're going to Dallas and Colorado, so we've got to find a way to get it done."

Hainsey restored the four-goal lead with a power-play goal at 4:59. It was his seventh of the season.

Game notes
Detroit G Dominik Hasek missed his second game because of a sore hip flexor. ... Columbus RW Jared Boll didn't play because of an illness. ... Red Wings D Brian Rafalski missed the game because of a sore groin. ... Hitchcock said C Sergei Fedorov, who has missed 13 games because of post-concussion syndrome, will return Sunday at St. Louis.