Lucas Raymond had the only goal during a shootout as the host Detroit Red Wings topped the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Saturday.
Alex DeBrincat scored with 1:33 left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Emmitt Finnie had a goal and an assist, Justin Faulk also scored and Moritz Seider notched two assists for the Red Wings, who have won two in a row. John Gibson made 31 saves for the victory.
San Jose star Macklin Celebrini racked up a goal and two assists, Dmitry Orlov and Ivar Stenberg supplied power-play goals and Stenberg added an assist. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 24 shots for the Sharks, who fell to 1-2-1 in their past four games.
With Gibson pulled for an extra skater, DeBrincat scored on a tip-in to tie the game at 3-all. Viktor Arvidsson and Seider had the assists.
Detroit had to kill off an Andrew Copp penalty in overtime to force a shootout.
The Red Wings cashed in on their first power play with 7:13 left in the first period. With Mason Marchment in the penalty box for interference, Faulk fired a shot from just inside the blue line that deflected off a defender’s skate and past Nedeljkovic. Finnie and Michael Rasmussen picked up the assists.
San Jose knotted the score with 2:01 left in the period on its second power play. With Ben Chiarot in the penalty box for holding, Orlov scored on a shot from the point. Stenberg and Celebrini collected the assists.
Detroit defenseman William Wallinder turned the puck over in his own zone, allowing the Sharks to take the lead at 4:55 of the second period. Celebrini scored his third goal with a slap shot from the slot. Will Smith and Michael Kesselring had the assists.
Both teams killed off a pair of penalties later in the middle period.
With Red Wings defenseman Andreas Englund in the penalty box for tripping, San Jose made it 3-1 at 2:48 of the third. Stenberg scored in front off a feed from Alexander Wennberg. Celebrini notched the secondary assist.
Finnie scored just over two minutes later, tapping in a Michael Brandsegg-Nygard shot attempt.
–Field Level Media
