Lightning Beat Red Wings 2-1
Brayden Point delivered the highlight of a game lacking in action.
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Brayden Point delivered the highlight of a game lacking in action.
Point scored a power-play goal in the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to three games with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.
"Our start was good until they scored," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "I thought we came out and played pretty good hockey and then they scored. Right now we're letting goals weigh us down."
Gustav Nyquist drew cheers from the crowd early and quieted Little Caesars Arena late.
Fabbri scored twice on those fortuitous caroms, and the Red Wings snapped a 12-game winless streak with a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Both off Fabbri's goals went in off the body of Jets defenseman Neal Pionk.
Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp and Patrik Laine scored in a two-minute span in the second period and the Jets dealt the Red Wings their 12th straight loss, 5-1 on Tuesday night.
With no goals in his first 14 games this season, Jordan Eberle was understandably frustrated.
"I thought we came out and had a great first period at home. We generated chances," Larkin said. "Our power play wasn't anywhere near good enough, but we didn't quit. It was a one-goal game there at the end. You can't wait until the last minute to score goals."
"We didn't get out of our end well enough," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "They forecheck hard and we know that. I thought we bogged ourselves down."
Boone Jenner, alone in the right corner, collected a long pass from Oliver Bjorkstrand from just below the blue line and snapped off the prettiest shot of the night during a third-period rally Thursday night.
Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan flew to Arizona on Wednesday to break the news to Babcock along with general manager Kyle Dubas. Shanahan said that he felt he should be present as he hired Babcock in the spring of 2015.
Valtteri Filppula had a goal and an assist, and Robby Fabbri and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, which ended a five-game point streak (3-0-2). Defenseman Filip Hronek had two assists and Jonathan Bernier stopped 29 shots.
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Kevin Labanc had a goal, two assists and the shootout winner as the beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 Saturday night for their sixth straight win.
Detroit has its first three-game winning streak this season after winning for just the fourth time in 16 games, but the Wings had to capitalize on a pair of mistakes by the Ducks to keep it going at Honda Center.
Andreas Athanasiou and defenseman Madison Bowey also scored and Jonathan Bernier made 17 saves to help the Red Wings win their second straight game.
Larkin and Patrik Nemeth had goals in the first period, and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Tuesday night to end an eight-game losing streak.
The 23-year-old Perlini has been a healthy scratch for most of this season, appearing in just one game. But he has 45 goals and 27 assists in 200 career appearances with Chicago and Arizona.
Anthony Duclair scored twice and Ottawa beat Detroit 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game skid and extend the Red Wings' losing streak to six.
Anthony Mantha and defenseman Dennis Cholowski scored for Detroit, which lost its fifth in a row. Jimmy Howard made 36 saves.
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The Red Wings could take some encouragement from their own depth, after a solid game from the line of de la Rose, Helm and Justin Abdelkader.
"Just my confidence right now," said Mantha, trying to explain his early-season success. "My linemates are feeding me properly and right now it's going in so I just need to keep shooting.
Nick Ritchie scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and Anaheim beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Anthony Mantha is picking up where he left off last season, giving the Detroit Red Wings hope the power forward can help them avoid enduring another rebuilding season.
