Ducks double up on Detroit

In light of another round of injuries that attacked their lineup, Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle resorted to a tactic that he has usually utilized in tough situations, and that’s simply asking for more from every player that is available.

The response was significantly more Monday night.

Missing regular forwards Todd Bertuzzi and Todd Marchant, the struggling Ducks busted out with their best win of the young season, a 6-3 decision over the Detroit Red Wings in front of a sellout crowd of 17,174 at Honda Center.

It was a team effort as six players scored, but if anyone could have been singled out, it was goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.

Bryzgalov stopped 32 shots and was particularly outstanding during the final minutes of the second period when the Ducks’ (3-4-1) penalty problems. The Red Wings did forge a 3-3 tie on a power-play goal by Brian Rafalski, but they could have had more.

“I thought our goaltender was probably our best player tonight,” Carlyle said.

Samuel Pahlsson finished off a two-on-one with Rob Niedermayer while short-handed to end the tie at 9:02 of the third period.

Corey Perry scored a power-play goal and Sean O’Donnell wrapped it up with an empty-netter with 4.3 seconds left while trying to kill a six-on-four disadvantage.

The Ducks prospered even after confirming Bertuzzi did suffer a concussion as a result of a hard hit from Minnesota’s Derek Boogaard in the first period of Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Wild.

Bertuzzi was put on injured reserve and will at least miss the next two games. And there is Marchant, who is day to day because of an ankle bruise after getting hurt on a hard slap shot by Minnesota’s Kurtis Foster.

“When you lose Bertuzzi and Marchant, it’s not easy to replace those people in your lineup,” Carlyle said. “It’s a situation where other people have an opportunity to play more and other people are expected to step up.”

Second-year defenseman Kent Huskins took those words to heart. With both teams skating four aside early in the first period, Huskins jumped up into the high slot, got a nice pass from Chris Kunitz and chipped the puck past Detroit goalie Dominik Hasek for his first career NHL goal.

“I didn’t have too much time to think about it, so that’s probably a good thing,” Huskins said.

The wealth was spread throughout. Kunitz had a goal and an assist, Andy McDonald got his first goal, and Ryan Getzlaf and Chris Pronger each had three assists.

“It’s been a rough start, but I think a lot of the players played their best game tonight,” Kunitz said.

Even before the injuries to Bertuzzi and Marchant, the Ducks were short a scoring top-six forward, as they were unable to fill the hole created when they decided not to match the Edmonton Oilers’ five-year, $21.25-million offer sheet to Dustin Penner.

The injuries, however, have only exposed how glaringly thin they are up front. Carlyle chose to keep the top line of Perry, Kunitz and Getzlaf together, but joining McDonald on the second line were rookie Drew Miller and journeyman Mark Mowers.

Ducks General Manager Brian Burke has been actively looking for help the last two days. There are some valuable bargaining chips for a possible deal -- for instance, Bryzgalov or third goalie Jonas Hiller and young defenseman Maxim Kondratiev. There is also a 2008 first-round pick to dangle.

One option not being considered is contacting Teemu Selanne to gauge whether he would come back. Selanne hasn’t officially announced his retirement but said at the home opener last week he hasn’t been skating.

“We’re exploring other options,” Burke said. “We just haven’t been successful.”

The Ducks’ tough-talking executive refused to lament his team’s current woes.

“We’re banged up, but so are a lot of teams,” he said. “And we have a organizational motto, ‘No complaints, no excuses.’ ”

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eric.stephens@latimes.com