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DETROIT (AP) — Anthony Mantha had a goal called back before scoring anyway and the Detroit Red Wings won at home for the first time this season with a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday.Mantha Womens Craig Smith Jersey , who has struggled early in the season, had an apparent power-play goal disallowed in the first period because it was ruled he kicked it in.“Yeah, I did (know that he kicked it in). I just tried to sell it. You never know,” Mantha said. “If the league doesn’t look at it, they called it a good goal on the ice. Things happen.”But he responded by tying the game at 1, 4:44 into the second period with his second goal.Tyler Bertuzzi , defenseman Jonathan Ericsson and Justin Abdelkader also scored for Detroit (2-7-2), which had been 0-3-1 at Little Caesars Arena. Dylan Larkin had two assists and Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots for his first win as a Red Wing, after signing as a free agent in July.“Once we got the lead I thought we were excellent in the third period Filip Forsberg Jersey ,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “We played with confidence, I thought we ground them, we spent tons of time in their end.”Detroit got that lead by taking advantage of a lucky bounce.Bertuzzi broke a 1-1 tie, 4:59 into the third period when the puck took an odd bounce off the boards in the corner, on a dump in, and bounced in front of the net as Bishop went behind the net to play it. Bertuzzi backhanded the puck into the empty net for his third goal.“Kronner (defenseman Niklas Kronwall) tried to rim it hard so I could catch in on that far side,” Bertuzzi said. “Got a good bounce and I was there to tap it in.”Ericsson made it 3-1, 9:20 into the third, on a wrist shot from the left point Juuse Saros Jersey , as Mantha screened Bishop in front.It was Ericsson’s first goal.Radek Faksa made it 3-2, with 36.3 seconds left with Bishop pulled for the extra attacker. It was Faksa’s second goal.But Abdelkader’s empty-net goal clinched it with 23 seconds remaining. It was Abdelkader’s first goal.Gemel Smith also scored for Dallas (5-5-0). Defenseman John Klingberg had two assists. Bishop made 19 saves.“We were kind of like hoping to win instead of playing to win,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “It’s not an excuse. But we didn’t have our normal legs, we weren’t talking, we weren’t communicating well on the ice to each other, and we had really no jump.”Smith gave Dallas a 1-0 lead with 8:16 left in the first period when got control of the puck just outside the Detroit blue line, skated past Red Wings defensemen Kronwall and Nic Jensen and beat Bernier from the slot. It was Smith’s first goal.NOTE: It was Dallas C Tyler Seguin’s 600th game. … Stars general Manager Jim Nill was a longtime assistant GM with Detroit. … Gemel Smith is the brother of Red Wings farmhand Givani Smith, who is with Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League.UP NEXT:Dallas: Visits Montreal on Tuesday.Detroit: Visits Columbus on Tuesday. Veteran forward Thomas Vanek brings another consistent goal scorer to a Columbus Blue Jackets team that has struggled with production while staying in the playoff race.The 34-year-old Vanek was traded to Columbus from the Vancouver Canucks on Monday for forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tyler Motte.Vanek, a pending unrestricted free agent playing on a one-year deal Kyle Turris Jersey , is tied for second on the Canucks in scoring this season with 17 goals and 24 assists in 61 games this season. The 13-year pro has 350 goals and 388 assists in 946 NHL games.”Thomas Vanek is probably one of the best power-play players in the league and a consistent goal scorer and can add some offense to our team,” Columbus general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said.Vanek will join the team in Los Angeles for Thursday night’s game against the Kings.Monday’s trade deadline arrived with the Blue Jackets picking up Vanek, center Mark Letestu and defenseman Ian Cole without giving up any important pieces of their long-term plan.Earlier in the day, the Blue Jackets picked up Cole from Ottawa for center Nick Moutrey and a 2020 third-round draft pick. It’s the second time in three days that Cole has been moved after Ottawa acquired the 29-year-old on Friday from Pittsburgh for Derick Brassard.”He’s a competitive defenseman,” Kekalainen said. ”He can play an aggressive game, in your face. He’s very strong, good in front of the net. Keeps the game simple, moves the puck well. He’s not a guy who’s going to score a lot of points, but he’s a good defender Youth Matt Irwin Jersey , and that’s what we were looking for.”On Sunday, the team got Letestu, who spent 2011-15 with the Blue Jackets, from the Nashville Predators for a 2018 fourth-round selection. He has eight goals and 11 assists with three power-play goals in 60 games with Edmonton this season.Kekalainen said the Elk Point, Alberta, native will play on Monday night against Washington.Cole, who won two Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, was in the Blue Jackets locker room before the game.”I’m very excited,” Cole said. ”They have a great team here Womens Mattias Ekholm Jersey , and I’m happy to be a part of it.”He said his role will be to ”play some solid defense, play hard and get pucks to these skilled forwards as quickly as we can.”—Wawrow reported from Buffalo, New York.—