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DETROIT - The Colorado Avalanche had the luxury of calling on a six-time NHL All-Star for the ninth round of a shootout.Jarome Iginla scored in the tiebreaker to lift the Avalanche to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.Iginla got a wrist shot past Petr Mrazek, who had turned away six straight Avalanche shooters. Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene also scored in the tiebreaker as Colorado ended a three-game road trip with five points.Iginla said he thought too many prior shooters were trying to fake their way past Mrazek so he took a more direct approach when it was his turn.No one had really shot, he said. I just wanted to come in and pick a spot.Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar had shootout goals for Detroit, which has dropped six in a row, four of them in tiebreakers. The Red Wings fell to 1-7 this season when the game goes to a shootout.Detroit had a 22-12 shots advantage five minutes into the third period and finally cashed in when Pavel Datsyuk wristed a power-play shot past Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard for his 13th goal.The Avalanche tied it with 4:15 left in regulation when Erik Johnson scored on the power play for his eighth of the season. Colorado was coming off a 5-1 win at Buffalo on Saturday night.Defensively, even if we gave up 30 shots, it was back-to-back games, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. I thought, under the circumstances, we performed pretty well.Mrazek had 22 saves through overtime. Pickard finished with 34.I think we created 35 shots, Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg said. Theres a lot of chances that we thought the puck was going in but (Pickard) came up and made the saves.Colorado had the best chance in overtime when Brad Stuart found himself 10 feet from Mrazek but the goalie made a pad save.Colorados Maxime Talbot received a high-sticking, double-minor penalty late in the first period, but the Red Wings were unable to take advantage of the power play.Red Wings coach Mike Babcock put Datsyuk back together with former linemate Zetterberg, who got his 22nd assist on the third-period goal. The duo skated with wing Justin Abdelkader.The line nearly got a second goal late in the third when Zetterberg got a pass from Datsyuk near the net but shot wide. The duo had a combined 11 shots in regulation and overtime.Four of Detroits last five home losses have been in shootouts. Babcock admitted he was getting tired of seeing his team get better chances in regulation before heading to the tiebreaker.We need to find a way to score goals, he said. We had lots of opportunities and didnt finish.We need to find a way to get the second point. Two adds up better than one.NOTES: Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard was scratched due to a lower-body injury he suffered during Fridays 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders. The Red Wings called up Tom McCollum from Grand Rapids of the AHL to back up Mrazek. ... Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov missed his sixth straight game with a groin injury. ... Red Wings forward Stephen Weiss missed his fourth straight with a separated shoulder. He was eligible to come off injured reserve on Sunday. Sam Reinhart Jersey . Hughes, 30, is a former Major Leaguer with the Baltimore Orioles, having played in 14 games with the Os in 2010. He played with Class AA Binghamton of the Eastern League in the New York Mets system last season. Gilbert Perreault Jersey . 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In a matchup of teams battling head-to-head for the final playoff spot in Major League Soccers Western Conference, the Whitecaps run to the post-season took a hard hit when FC Dallas blew open a tie game with two goals in the final minutes for a 3-1 victory Saturday night.Portland, OR (SportsNetwork.com) - Life without Kevin Durant was fine for the Oklahoma City Thunder through three quarters. Then the Portland Trail Blazers got red hot in the fourth. LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 points and the Blazers pulled away for a 106-89 win over the Thunder in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night. The Thunder led 77-75 after three quarters, but Portland outscored them 31-12 in the final frame. Russell Westbrook, who had 36 points through three, netted just two points on 1-of-6 shooting in the fourth. Wesley Matthews nailed five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, while Damian Lillard netted seven of his 10 points in the fourth for Portland, which went 54-28 a year ago and fell to eventual-champion San Antonio in the Western Conference semifinals of the playoffs. I was pleased the way we did it in the second half with defense, Blazers head coach Terry Stotts said. Defense led to some good offense at the end. Nicolas Batum tallied 16 points, six assists and five rebounds in the triumph. Westbrook posted 26 of his 36 points in the first half, ended 11-of-26 from the field and sunk 15-of-16 foul shots for the Thunder, who lost to San Antonio in the West Finals last season. I thought our guys played their hearts out. We just made too many mistakes in the fourth quarter, Thunder heead coach Scott Brooks said.dddddddddddd The reigning NBA MVP Durant, who led the league in scoring for a fourth time in the last five seasons, will miss the start of the year after undergoing surgery Oct. 16 to fix a bone fracture in his right foot. Portland led 85-81 with 8:13 left before putting the game away with an 18-4 run. Matthews knocked down back-to-back triples to highlight the surge, which was capped on a Thomas Robinson pull-up right elbow jumper for a 103-85 advantage with 1:31 to play. Portland shot 54.5 percent (12-of-22) and limited the Thunder to just a 26.3 percent clip (5-of-19) in the final stanza. Earlier, OKC led 34-29 following a quarter of play. Lance Thomas hit all five of his shots for a 10-point opening frame, while Westbrook added 11. Right after Batum found Matthews for a dunk with 2.8 seconds left in the half, Westbrook received Darren Collisons ensuing inbounds pass near midcourt and raced the rest of the way before finishing with an emphating one-handed dunk right just prior to the horn for a 54-49 OKC lead going into the locker room. Game Notes Westbrook was 7-of-13 in the first half and sunk 12-of-13 from the charity stripe ... Portland put in 20 points off 15 OKC turnovers ... The Thunder were just 2-of-16 from beyond the arc. 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