DETROIT – Darren McCarty and Doug Brown each scored two goals as the Detroit Red Wings overcame a stellar performance by Nashville goaltender Mike Dunham and beat the Predators 5-2 Wednesday night.

Brendan Shanahan scored his sixth goal in five games for the Red Wings, who have won four straight since an opening-game loss. It was Detroit’s last game before the return of coach Scotty Bowman, who has been recovering from offseason angioplasty and knee replacement surgery.

Greg Johnson had a goal and an assist and Sergei Krivokrasov scored the other goal for the expansion Predators in their first-ever meeting with the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion.

The game was close through 2 1/2 periods only because of Dunham, a former University of Maine star who was peppered with 57 shots, 27 in the second period alone.