Red Wings 3, Avalanche 2: Damien Brunner scored to snap a 15-game goalless drought and Jimmy Howard turned aside 22 shots as Detroit rebounded from a lopsided loss to extend Colorado's road winless streak to 12 contests (0-9-3).

Justin Abdelkader and Daniel Cleary added goals and Johan Franzen notched a pair of assists for the Red Wings, who suffered a 7-1 setback to Original Six-rival Chicago on Sunday.

Jamie McGinn scored a power-play goal and Matt Duchene trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with 1:18 remaining in the third period. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made seven saves in relief of Semyon Varlamov (three goals, 13 shots) for the Avalanche, who fell for the ninth time in 11 outings and are a league-worst 2-13-3 away from home.

After Abdelkader's deflection opened the scoring with 4:03 remaining in the first period, Cleary doubled the advantage 6:28 into the second by one-timing Franzen's centering feed past Varlamov. Brunner scored nearly 3 1/2 minutes later, blasting a shot from the lower edge of the left faceoff circle.

Howard atoned for his early exit on Sunday by keeping Colorado off the board until McGinn scored 5:52 into the third period. After Duchene tallied from in close, Howard preserved the win by denying PA Parenteau from point-blank range in the waning moments.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Brunner had been held without a goal since scoring twice in Detroit's 8-3 victory over Vancouver on Feb. 24. ... Colorado last recorded a road victory on Feb. 14 - a 4-3 shootout win over Minnesota. ... Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg missed the game with a lower-body injury, while RW Mikael Samuelsson sat out with an upper-body ailment.