Hot Wings Drop Sharks

Dino Ciccarelli scored two goals to pace the league-leadingDetroit Red Wings to a 5-1 victory Sunday against the host San JoseSharks.

The Red Wings are 18-2-3 in their last 23 games and 31-8-4 forthe season. The Sharks are 16-23-3 and battling with the WinnipegJets, Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings for a playoff spot in theWestern Conference.

The Red Wings opened the scoring at 12:35 of the first periodwhen Viacheslav Fetisov tallied on a power play. Later in theperiod, Ciccarelli beat Sharks goalie Arturs Irbe to make it 2-0.The Red Wings extended their lead to 3-0 on Nicklas Lidstrom's goalat 10:07 of the second, and Vyacheslav Kozlov made it 4-0 at 1:59 …