Red Wings' Lucas Raymond ends drama in OT to edge Predators
Dec 29, 2023; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Nashville Predators center Gustav Nyquist (14) handles the puck under pressure from Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry (46) during the first of the game between the Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. credits: Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports 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
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