DETROIT -- Tomas Tatar broke out of a scoring slump.The Detroit Red Wings did, too.Tatar got his first career hat trick, helping Detroit beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 on Saturday night to get a desperately needed win with a breakout offensive performance.Its perfect timing, he said.Tatar got his third goal early in the third period, putting the puck on both sides of his stick before flipping it over John Gibson.Detroit scored more goals (four) in the first two periods than it totaled over its previous four games -- all home losses -- and finished with a season scoring high.We knew we werent good enough the last four games, Tatar said.Detroit has needed Tatar to play better, too.The Slovak winger almost matched the number of goals (four) he scored in his first 31 games of the season. Tatar, who made his NHL debut during the 2010-11 season, scored a career-high 29 goals two years ago and had 21 goals last season.Xavier Ouellet scored his first of the season and third of his career with 2:08 left in the second period to put the Red Wings ahead 4-3, their first lead in five games.Petr Mrazek helped Detroit keep the lead, finishing with 21 saves.Anaheims Jonathan Bernier stopped 17 shots through two periods before being pulled by Ducks coach Randy Carlyle.He wanted to turn things around and spark the team, Bernier said.Rakell and Shea Theodore scored in the first period, giving the Ducks a 2-0 lead that seemed safe against a team that has been struggling to score. Cam Fowler gave them another two-goal lead early in the second.Tatar, though, pulled Detroit within a goal for the second time, and quickly the Red Wings figured out a way to score.A little luck helped.Tatar shot the puck and it went off the left skate of Fowler, caromed off the end boards and went off the back of Berniers left leg and into the net.Its a tough building when youre not used to those bounces, Bernier said.Detroits Dylan Larkin went to the front of the net and into the crease and was rewarded with a tying goal midway through the second period that stood after a video review and challenge by Carlyle.I thought I was in good position and had it, Bernier said. It trickled in.Rickard Rakell scored his second goal of the game less than two minutes later, pulling Anaheim within a goal.The Red Wings restored their two-goal lead midway through the third when Frans Nielsen scored off a rebound in front of the net.Its a game of confidence, Nielsen said.Game notes Mrazek wore a holiday-themed mask, featuring Buddy from Will Ferrells movie Elf. ... The Ducks scratched D Korbinian Holzer and F Jared Boll. ... Detroit scratched F Drew Miller, D Brian Lashoff and D Alexey Marchenko. ... Detroit will play 10 of its next 11 games on the road. ... Anaheims Andrew Cogliano has played in 736 straight games, dating to 2007, for the longest active streak, and is one game away from tying Jay Bouwmeester for fifth on the NHLs all-time list. Doug Jarvis played in a league-record 964 consecutive games from 1975 to 1987. ... The Ducks fell to 1-2 on their five-game road trip. ... 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Fortunately, Im out there and a little bit of luck, I guess.Ryan OReilly added his fourth goal for Buffalo, which has won three straight.Larsson scored his second of the season past goaltender Devan Dubnyk with just over six minutes left. Brian Gionta centered a puck that went off the stick of Minnesota forward Mikael Granlund and deflected off the shaft of Larssons stick.The Swedish forward played one career game for the Wild in 2013 before being traded for Jason Pominville.He was a guy who scored a lot for us at the end of last season and did have a knack for getting the big goals and getting the game-winning goal, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. Tonight were trying to scratch out some kind of offense in the third period, trying to push forward in this building and get the win. Theres nothing really fancy about him coming up big.Dubnyk stopped 22 shots but had his individual scoreless streak end at 183:16. Granlund scored his second goal for Minnesota, which had won three in a row and was unbeaten in four previous home games.It was frustrating, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. Sometimes its a frustrating team. It can play so good one period and not show up for the (next) period. Tonight, we didnt show up in the first period.Dubnyks streak ended just three shots into thhe game.dddddddddddd Dubnyk stopped Rasmus Ristolainens point shot, but OReilly had the rebound deflect off his skate directly to his stick for an easy score.Im a big fan of wins and those shutouts are bonus, Dubnyk said. Its disappointing to have it end on a bounce like that, but a lot of fortunate bounces have to happen to get three in a row. So, well let that one go and get ready for Saturday. Granlund tied it on the games first power play. With Josh Gorges off for slashing and breaking Granlunds stick, Pominville brought the puck into the offensive zone and dumped to Eric Staal.Staals shot bounced to Granlund, who was streaking in. Granlunds speed allowed him to get past a sprawling Lehner for the goal.I thought we came out hard today, Lehner said. They came back and pushed back in the second period, and got some momentum going. But I think we held the fort together and I think thats a very solid third period.Game notes Buffalo D Zach Bogosian didnt play the final two periods and was announced out with a knee injury. ... Minnesotas franchise-record scoreless streak was snapped at 184:59. ... Sabres F Hudson Fasching, a Minnesota native, missed the game with a groin injury. The team recalled Justin Bailey from Rochester of the American Hockey League. ... Staal has a five-game point streak, his longest since Jan. 2014. He has one goal and four assists in that span. ... The road team has won 15 of the 20 games in the series between the two teams, including the past five.UP NEXT:Sabres: Return home against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.Wild: After three days off, they play Saturday at Colorado. ' ' '