the severity of the injury.It is worrisome,

ST. LOUIS -- Detroits Frans Nielsen had no doubt who was the difference for the Red Wings on Thursday night: goalie Petr Mrazek.Henrik Zetterberg scored in the eighth round of a shootout to give Detroit a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Zetterbergs goal gave the Red Wings a six-game winning streak.I think the goalie stole the game for us, said Nielsen, who scored the only goal in regulation for Detroit. I dont think weve been perfect but we found a way to win.That is what Mrazek found important.This was a huge win on the road for us, Mrazek said. St. Louis is a very good team. You know in the first period we didnt play how we wanted to play but from that second half of the game, we were better.In the shootout, St. Louis first shooter, Alexander Steen, scored but then Vladimir Tarasenko, Kevin Shattenkirk, David Perron, Nail Yakupoc, Robby Fabbri, Patrick Burgland and Dmitrjij Jaskin all came up short.I still think we could have pulled off some more moves, some better moves to give us better scoring chances, Shattenkirk said. We need to bury our chances.Gustav Nyquist scored on Detroits second attempt but Nielsen, Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou, Tomas Tatar, Riley Sheehan and Darren Helm all missed.St. Louis had the better chances in overtime. Center Jaden Schwartz missed a wide-open net early in the extra session. Jori Lehtera was stopped on a breakaway midway through the period by Mrazek.We played really well and had a lot of good stuff but we dont finish, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. Weve got to look at whats working and whats not working. Youve got to finish at the end of the day.Were scoring one goal and getting points. Thats a hell of a feather in these guys caps but youre going to have score goals in this league.Fabbri was called for hooking with 19 seconds left but Detroit could not cash in. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 3-2 in the overtime.We found a way to grind it out, Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. We had a big short-handed goal and it was big for us to get the two points.The Blues and Red Wings have played to overtime in four of their last five meetings. The teams split their games last season with the road team winning each time.The Blues scored first at 2:31 of the second period on a goal by Shattenkirk. The puck came to Shattenkirk after Berglund won a faceoff. Shattenkirk sent in a wrist shot and the puck deflected in off the skate of Nielsen.Nielsen got it back for Detroit on a short-handed goal, tying the game 1-1 at 13:54. Helm got a loose puck at the top of the slot. He dropped the puck to the trailing Nielsen, who got around Shattenkirk and beat goalie Jake Allen with a backhand shot.St. Louis outshot the Red Wings 14-4 in a scoreless first period. Mrazek made two standout saves in the period, thwarting the Blues, who had a 23-15 shot advantage after two periods.Weve got to find a way to get wins, Allen said. Youre not going to win every single game in a shootout but that was a tough one tonight.Game notes Detroit LW Thomas Vanek sat out the game with a lower-body injury. The Red Wings listed him as day to day. ... LW Justin Abdelkader was back for the Red Wings after missing the last two games with a lower-body injury. ... Lehtera was back in the lineup after missing four games with an upper-body injury sustained in a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers on Oct. 15. To make a roster spot for Lehtra, the Blues put Magnus Paajarvi on waivers. ... Former Blues D Barret Jackman dropped the ceremonial first puck. Jackman spent 14 years in the NHL, 13 with the Blues. He signed a one-day contract to retire a Blue on Oct. 4 at Scottrade Center. Jackmans first game as a Blue was in a Stanley Cup playoff game against the Detroit Red Wings on April 14, 2002.UP NEXT:Red Wings: Will play visiting Boston Bruins on Saturday.Blues: Will play visiting Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Gump Worsley Jersey . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. Craig Hartsburg Jersey . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. http://www.thedallasstarshockey.com/gump-worsley-hockey-jersey/ . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Esa Lindell Stars Jersey . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. Miro Heiskanen Stars Jersey . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. BALTIMORE -- New York Yankees starter Chad Green left Friday nights start in the second inning with right elbow pain, the team announced.He will undergo an MRI on Saturday to figure out the severity of the injury.It is worrisome, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after New Yorks 8-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.Green, 25, was recently placed in the Yankees starting rotation for the remainder of the season, but that is now in question. Bryan Mitchell, who has been out the entire season after fracturing his left foot in spring training, is a possibility. He threw 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball for Triple-A Scranton.The Yankees just called up Luis Severino, but they had recently worked him as a relieever in the minors.ddddddddddddOn Friday, the Orioles roughed up Green for four earned runs, including a long two-run homer from Pedro Alvarez, in Greens 1 2/3 innings. He said he felt pain in the right elbow and thought it would be smart to say something.Hopefully, it is nothing too serious, Green said.Green entered the game at 2-3 with a 4.09 ERA. After the brief outing, his ERA shot up to 4.73.The Yankees acquired Green, along with Luis Cessa, last winter in a trade with the Detroit Tigers for reliever Justin Wilson. Cessa is also currently in the Yankees rotation. ' ' '