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Weber was booed each time he touched the puck and the star defenseman didn't seem fazed.
"It's part of it," he said. "Whatever."
Weber's shot broke Datsyuk's stick on the first power play of the game and the stickless forward was crowding the crease, freeing the star defenseman to score off a rebound. The Red Wings had killed their last 37 penalties, including the previous 12 in the series.
"If you keep giving them chances, they will eventually score," Zetterberg said.
Soon after Detroit failed to score on its second power play early in the second, Klein sped through the middle of the ice, deked defenseman Brad Stuart and his wrist shot from the slot beat Howard high on his glove side.
"He looked like a 40-goal scorer the way he jumped into the play," Trotz said.
The two-goal lead quieted Joe Louis Arena, but Datsyuk revived the crowd with just less than 5 minutes left in the second period in a 4-on-4 situation.
Datsyuk lost a faceoff in the Nashville end, then snatched the puck from Roman Josi behind the net while Rinne stood and seemed to relax for a moment and scored before the 6-foot-5 goaltender could get in position to do anything about it. Datsyuk had an opportunity to tie the game a couple minutes later on a rebound, but his shot slid wide of the open net.
The Red Wings, who had just 17 shots in their 3-2 win Friday night, peppered Rinne with pucks without 19 shots in the third period without much success on Sunday.
Zetterberg scored on a power play in which Detroit pulled Howard, giving them a 6-on-4 advantage to help him get space to shoot from the right circle.
NOTES: Nashville D Hal Gill (lower body injury) was scratched for the third straight game. ... Red Wings D Ian White (left foot) was healthy enough to play after injuring his left in Game 2. ... The Predators put F Jordin Tootoo in the lineup in place of Matt Halischuk and played D Ryan Ellis instead of Jack Hillen. ... The score has been 3-2 in each of the first three games. ... Faces in the crowd included Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, who used to play for the Titans, and Colts quarterback Drew Stanton.
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