Detroit scores late to beat Blues

ST. LOUIS -- Henrik Zetterberg got the bounce he needed.

Zetterberg scored with 9 seconds to play to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

Zetterberg one-timed a pass from Brendan Shanahan past Jason Bacashihua to give the Red Wings their seventh straight win and their 12th consecutive road victory.

"The puck was a little bit bouncing," Zetterberg said about his 39th goal. "So I just tried to get a swing on it and I got a pretty good hit on the puck."

The play happened so fast that Bacashihua never had a chance to react.

"I was looking behind the net," Bacashihua said. "A little farther to my left, it probably would have hit me right in the shoulder and we would have been in a shootout."

The Blues lost for the third time in their last four games and the 16th time in their last 17.

"You definitely wanted to pull out a win playing these guys," Bacashihua said. "I guess I'll have to wait until next year."

Shanahan, a former Blues player, scored his 40th goal, reaching that mark for sixth time in his career.

"I just try to stay ahead of my age," the 37-year-old Shanahan said. "It means a lot. I think these are all things you reflect on at the end of the season and at the end of your career."

Shanahan is two goals shy of 600 for his career.