Carlyle shuffles his lines

With winger Chris Kunitz sidelined because of a reported upper-body injury, the Ducks juggled their lineup Sunday in Game 2 and did not skip a beat in defeating the Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, in overtime at Joe Louis Arena.

Veteran Brad May was moved from the fourth line to the second and played well skating with youngsters Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. But May also worked with other combinations, which was the case for several Ducks throughout the game.

“It was a great effort by us,” May said after the Ducks split the first two games on the road. They return home to play Game 3 of the best-of-seven series at the Honda Center on Tuesday. “We had to obviously adjust with different guys getting more ice time. I know I did and Todd Marchant did as well. This is when it’s fun.”

Kunitz, who will be examined today, was replaced on the No. 1 line by Dustin Penner to start the game, but Marchant got the call after the second intermission once the Ducks lost fourth-liner Shawn Thornton because of a lower-body injury.

“I thought Dustin Penner came in and supplied us with the necessary energy, puck control,” Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle said. “Then in the third period, we made a decision we’d put Todd Marchant there and go to our bench....

“We were down to 17 skaters. At times I thought it looked like we were tired, but it seemed once we got into the dressing room between the periods we were able to calm down, relax, regroup and refocus.”

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After being on the wrong end of two unkind bounces that led to goals in Game 1, the Ducks’ fortunes changed Sunday when they received credit for two scores after goal reviews.

“I think that it gave them some momentum because they received goals after reviews upstairs,” Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. “That’s something that you have to play through.”

The first reviewed goal came in the second period when, from the top of the crease, the Ducks’ Andy McDonald smacked the puck into Detroit goalie Dominik Hasek, who could not make a clean save. Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios tried to get the puck with his skate, but it had already crossed the line to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead.

In the third period, Travis Moen got credit for the Ducks’ second reviewed score when Hasek again failed to stop the puck, which landed on top of him inside the Red Wings’ goal to tie the score at 3-3.

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After two games, the Red Wings are still looking for their first five-on-five goal against the Ducks. It has been a factor, Lidstrom said.

“They are getting a lot of pressure on our end and they are able to hang on to the puck,” he said.

lonnie.white@latimes.com