ip injury. The Red Wings were 3-7-1 without Vanek and averaged under two goals per game. He had four goals and eight points in seven games. ... Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau mis

Red-hot Minnesota star Maya Moore poured in 40 points, but the suddenly inconsistent defending-champion Lynx lost to Eastern Conference bottom-feeder Connecticut in overtime on Thursday.Minnesota will look to rebound from that disappointing loss Saturday, when the Dallas Wings visit Target Center.The Wings could be without star forward Glory Johnson, who injured her right foot in the fourth quarter of Dallas 95-90 overtime loss at Atlanta on Friday.After opening the season with a record 13 straight wins, the Lynx (15-4) have gone 2-3, including Thursdays surprising loss to the Sun (5-13). Minnesota led by 11 with two minutes to play, but allowed Connecticut to rally back and force overtime.We have to be smarter with the ball down the stretch and understand how to close out games consistently, Moore told reporters after the loss to Connecticut.Moore scored 38 of her 40 points in the second half and overtime. She had 33 points in her previous outing, an 87-82 win over the Chicago Sky.The Wings (9-11) will miss Johnson, if she cant go. She leads the team in rebounding and is third in scoring. She was on pace for her second straight 20-rebound game, before going down after a collision with Atlantas Elizabeth Williams. Johnson did not return to the game and appeared to be in pain on the bench.Dallas is second in the league in scoring, but second to last in points allowed.The Wings have lost four of six overall.Minnesota beat Dallas 80-63 on June fourth and has won nine of the last 10 meetings with the Wings franchise, which relocated to Texas from Tulsa, Oklahoma this season.All five starters for the Lynx scored in double figures in the June win over Dallas, led by Sylvia Fowles with 16 points.Aerial Powers scored 20 points off the bench for a short-handed Dallas squad in the loss.Johnson and Skylar Diggins missed the first meeting with the Lynx. 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"I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost.DETROIT -- Mikael Backlund and the Calgary Flames got their six-game road trip started in the best way possible.Backlund scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:46 left in the third period to give Calgary a 3-2 victory over the slumping Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.This is huge, because were looking at these six games almost like a playoff series, said Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton, who had three assists. We know we have to pick up some wins on this trip, and this is a good start.Garnet Hathaway got his first career goal and Matt Stajan also scored for Calgary. Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.I thought this was a very even game, but we did a nice job of capitalizing on our chances, Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. We didnt lose any momentum coming out of the Chicago game, where we played very well in a loss.Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight game. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves.I think we gave them their chances. I think from the start, a few turnovers in our own end, all of a sudden they end up spending a minute, minute and a half in our end instead of making a simple play and move the play out to the neutral zone, Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said.Backlund broke a 2-all tie when he slammed Michael Froliks pass from the left circle past Howard and into the open side of the net for his second goal.We better pick ourselves up and we better come to work tomorrow to get better, Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. And we better put the work in that it takes to earn confidence come Wednesday (at Buffalo). Thats the bottom line. We better pick ourselves up in a hurry and focus on coming to win a hockey game on Wednesday.Mantha tied it 2-all 7:59 into the third with his first of the season. He put a snap shot under the crossbar on the short side after bringing the puck out from behind the net.Stajan gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 2:31 of the third with his first goal of the season. He tipped in Hamilltons slap shot from the right point.ddddddddddddathaway tied it 1-all at 3:40 of the second. Hathaway, who was beside the net and battling with a Red Wings player, got the shaft of his stick on a high shot by Hamilton from the top of the right circle and deflected it into the empty side of the net.Thats an amazing feeling. I saw Fer (Micheal Ferland) get the puck to Dougie, so I went to the net, Hathaway said. It was an odd play, because Howard was still flailing around, so I wasnt sure if he had the puck or if it had gone in. Ill probably tell people that I sniped it -- that sounds a lot better. Weve still got five more road games, so it is big to get this one and get some momentum.Tatar gave Detroit a 1-0 lead 8:06 into the game. He blindly slid a puck toward the net from the high slot that beat Johnson. It was Tatars third goal and only his second in 14 games.Howard was forced to make a couple of saves in close after Red Wings giveaways deep in their zone.Detroit defenseman Alexey Marchenko left with an upper-body injury after taking a hit from Ferland with a little less than 5:30 left in the second period. Blashill said Marchenko will likely be out a little while and the team would have more information Monday.Game notesDetroit LW Thomas Vanek returned after missing 11 games with a hip injury. The Red Wings were 3-7-1 without Vanek and averaged under two goals per game. He had four goals and eight points in seven games. ... Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau missed his second game after sustaining a broken finger on a slash by Minnesota C Eric Staal. Gaudreau will miss six to eight weeks. ... Red Wings C Darren Helm missed his second game after dislocating his shoulder. He also will be out six to eight weeks.UP NEXTFlames: Visit the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.Red Wings: Visit the Sabres on Wednesday night. ' ' '