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Red Wings look to stay hot against Blue Jackets

Feb 13, 2009 - 11:22 AM Detroit (37-11-7) at Columbus (26-23-5) 7:00 p.m. EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- A recent scoring spree has helped the Detroit Red Wings rebound from a season-long losing streak by matching their season-high winning streak.

Detroit will look to extend that winning streak to seven games when it pays a visit to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.

The Red Wings have scored 29 goals during the hot stretch, led by Marion Hossa. While the Slovak had his five-game goal streak snapped in Thursday's 4-2 win over Minnesota, he still collected two assists.

Hossa has seven goals and three assists in his last six games and has recorded a point in 10 of 11 contests. Jiri Hudler, Kris Draper and Ville Leino scored second-period goals to lift the Red Wings past the Wild.

Ty Conklin and Chris Osgood have each won their last three starts, with Osgood making 21 saves Thursday.

Rookie goaltender Dan LaCosta has carried Columbus to a pair of wins in his first two starts, including a 3-0 win over Colorado on Tuesday. The 22-year-old made 31 saves and the Blue Jackets scored three times in the third to earn the win.

After dropping the first two meetings with Detroit this season, Columbus captain Rick Nash capped off a hat trick with an overtime goal to lift the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win over the Red Wings on January 27.