Detroit 5, Nashville 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 29, 2023
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen:
Steve Barton, Tommy Hughes
Attendance:
19515
By Field Level Media
Lucas Raymond scored the game-winning goal with 2:13 expired in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 home win over the Nashville Predators on Friday.
Jake Walman recorded two goals and one assist, and Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists for Detroit.
Gustav Nyquist and Filip Forsberg each had two goals and an assist for Nashville.
Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Detroit scored two goals in a span of 1:44 to take a 4-3 lead.
DeBrincat tied the game at 3-3 with 10:31 left when he one-timed a shot into the net on a 2-on-1.
Walman then gave Detroit a 4-3 lead when he rifled a shot from the left face-off circle underneath the crossbar with 8:47 left.
Nyquist tied the game at 4-4 just 1:10 later when he banged home a rebound in front of the Detroit goal.
The Red Wings opened the scoring with 15:58 remaining in the first period on a short-handed goal by Dylan Larkin, who streaked down the ice and fired a wrist shot from the right face-off circle past Nashville goalie Juuse Saros.
The Predators tied the game with 9:17 left in the first period when Forsberg took a pass from Nyquist out in front of the Detroit goal and snapped a shot past Red Wings goalie Alex Lyon.
Detroit took a 2-1 lead with 21.6 seconds remaining in the first period on a goal by Walman, who took a pass from Michael Rasmussen in the left face-off circle and fired a shot past Saros.
With 9:20 left in the second period, Nyquist scored a short-handed goal to tie the game at 2-2. He intercepted a pass in the Detroit zone, skated in all alone on the Detroit net and beat Lyon.
Just 2:09 later, Forsberg scored his second of the game to give Nashville a 3-2 lead, taking a pass from Tommy Novak in front of Lyon and firing the puck into the net.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Nashville |
|
Detroit |
Filip Forsberg 3 |
Points |
Jake Walman 3 |
Filip Forsberg 2 |
Goals |
Jake Walman 2 |
Filip Forsberg 1 |
Assists |
Alex DeBrincat 2 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
Gustav Nyquist 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
Dylan Larkin 1 |
Juuse Saros .783 |
Save Percentage |
Alex Lyon .892 |
Juuse Saros 18 |
Saves |
Alex Lyon 33 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Nashville
|
37 |
4 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
11 |
32 |
Detroit
|
23 |
5 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
11 |
31 |
Upcoming Games
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Detroit will play their next game at home against Boston. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .471 after a win and .474 after a loss.
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Nashville will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Predators have a W/L % of .579 after a win and .471 after a loss.