Red Wings-Islanders quick take: Late, ugly wins still count

The Detroit Red Wings attempted to rebound from an 1-2-and-1 road trip and a three-game winless streak as they hosted the 7-7-and-5 New York Islanders on Thursday evening.

As the Red Wings kicked off a stretch of 6 games to be played over the course of 11 nights, and a stretch in which they’ll play every other night until December 9th, the Wings neared the “quarter pole” of their season at 7-9-and-2, rather desperately needing to sort themselves out in order to turn their season around.

On Thursday night, the Red Wings “won ugly,” but they won, rallying in the 3rd period from a 1-0 deficit to defeat the New York Islanders 2-1. Jonatan Berggren scored at 15:14 and Lucas Raymond scored at 19:08 to give the Red Wings the victory, with Alex Lyon stopping 22 shots and Detroit taking 31 of their own.

With Boston coming in on Saturday, and the Islanders likely to be steamed on Monday in Long Island, the Wings needed this one, bad, and while some of the details were not elegant, the game counts as a win.

In the pregame warmups, Alex Lyon and Ilya Sorokin took to the ice at Little Caesars Arena to lead their teams out for their respective pregame skates…

Hello Irony Alert…

The teams dressed the following lineups…

The starters and scratches were as follows:

In the 1st period, after Pavel Datsyuk dropped a ceremonial faceoff at center ice…

The game got underway, with Bo Horvat drawing in opposite Andrew Copp for the opening faceoff:

Copp got tossed due to Rasmussen jumping in early, and Horvat won the draw to his D, who pushed the puck to the Wings’ blueline, but Detroit chipped, Fischer chased, the Wings worked the puck back to the blueline for Seider and Edvinsson, and Horvat nearly broke in 1-on-1 with Edvinsson, but the Islanders were called for a hand pass at 27 seconds of the 1st.

Larkin, Tarasenko and Raymond joined the fray and worked with Chiarot and Petry to cycle the puck down low, but the Islanders stripped the puck away from Detroit’s forwards, pushed the puck to the Red Wings’ line, regrouped, and Pulock centered for Tsyplakov, and Detroit attempted to get a home-run pass from DeBrincat to Kane…

And the Red Wings headed to a power play as Pulock got tagged for hooking at 1:18.

On the power play, Detroit started Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond, Kane and Seider, and DeBrincat drew in, won the draw to Larkin going forward, and Kane cycled, but the Isles chipped and chased.

Seider walked deep himself and dropped to Raymond, Kane fired a long shot in on Sorokin sans screen, and he was stifled easily.

Larkin won the next draw, Kane, Raymond and Seider worked the perimeter to DeBrincat, back to Seider, and Sorokin made a stop;

Seider fed Kane right wing, and the Islanders cleared the puck easily;

1:00 into the PP, Kasper, Tarasenko and company were not able to penetrate the Islanders’ zone, so Gustafsson regrouped, fed Kasper, Tarasenko dropped to Gustafsson and he fired the puck off Simon Holmstrom, which went out to center ice.

Kasper then fed Copp in front of the net, he fanned, Kasper fired a shot on Sorokin, and the Islanders cleared after Sorokin’s save, yielding the end of the power play.

As play continued, Lee, Tsyplakov and Pageau cycled, Lyon made his first stop, Motte, Fischer and Rasmussen worked the perimeter and were able to clear the zone while checking the Islanders.

New York regrouped, re-entered the Wings’ zone and pushed the puck out of trouble, but the Islanders dumped the puck back in, and Lyon had to glove and hold the puck at 4:43 of the 1st.

Detroit then lost the next draw, Edvinsson and Seider helped Lyon stop Lee, Seider battled teh puck away to Kane who flipped the puck out of trouble, and DeBrincat and Kasper chased the Islanders to center, where Seider and Edvinsson could not clear the zone initially, and Dennis Cholowski of all people set up behind the Islanders’ net.

Detroit let the Islanders take the puck into the offensive zone, Curtis Mayfield sent a long bomb toward the goal and the Islanders tipped the puck top shelf over Lyon. Simon Holmstrom got the goal at 5:51.

The goal was credited to Simon Holmstrom from Curtis Mayfield at 5:51 of the 1st. 1-0 New York Islanders.

On the bump-up shift, the Islanders continued to press, but Copp, Chiarot and company dumped the puck in on Sorokin and the Wings hit their first TV timeout at 6:52.

When play resumed, the Larkin line worked the puck deep as Raymond fed Larkin and he centered it blindly, so the Isles skated up and in 3 on 2, Pageau cycled for the lien, Romano was blocked off, and Detroit broke out and changed as Sorokin stopped a very long Raymond shot.

The Kasper line took into the Isles’ zone, and New York chipped the puck down ice for an icing against at 7:47.

The Wings won the deep zone draw, but DeBrincat lost the puck and Detroit had to regroup at center.

Detroit chipped and chased, Kane and Kasper flicked the puck deep, but again, the Islanders’ defense was there, and they chipped the puck behind the Red Wings’ defense.

Gustafsson and Johansson chipped and chased themselves, with Berggren, Compher and Motte pushing the puck in deep, but the Isles counter-attacked again, and Motte really smacked an Islander in the corner, resulting in a bit of ill will as New York centered the puck in Detroit’s zone, Edvinsson went back the other way and blasted a shot high and wide of Sorokin….

Seider and Edvinsson set up under pressure, Nelson fed Palmieri and Lyon made a HUGE STOP on Palmieri with 10:21 left in the 1st.

Lyon gloved the next shot on goal…Erm, wide of the goal…by the Islanders in the defensive zone, and Larkin drew in vs. Horvat in the D zone, he lost the draw, and the Isles put the puck off the back boards and into the glove of Lyon.

Kasper took another draw, lost it, and Dobson skated deep and fired teh puck wide;

Petry fed Kane, DeBrincat broke the blueline and Kasper was stopped by Sorokin, where DeBrincat was stopped having been fed by Patrick Kane;

DeBrincat then took a pass out of the air and fired it in on Sorokin, who made a good stop;

New York pushed the puck back into neutral ice, regrouped in their zone, and Detroit had sticks on pucks, so Seider and Edvinsson pushed Detroit’s Raymond and Tarasenko into the Isles’ end, Larkin fed the slot for Tarasenko, and Sorokin gloved a deflection in front.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, the Compher line lost a deep offensive zone draw but retained possession, and Petry’s shot was tipped into Sorokin by Motte. Sorokin stopped the puck.

As play continued, Detroit won the draw and Compher sent a puck back to Petry for a shot on Sorokin;

Petry came in to keep play going, Motte battled the puck toward the net, but the Isles cleared the zone, Chiarot could not facilitate offensive play, Berggren skated in in a dead zone off a center ice turnover, and Berggren fired a shot off Sorokin at 12:19.

The Islanders broke free on the next stretch of play, but Horvat blew out his chance, over-skating the puck, and Rasmussen, Copp and Fischer worked with Seider and Edvinsson to block off everything but a point shot by Cholowski;

Seider fed the puck up to Copp who chipped and was pinned as he tried to change, resulting in DeBrincat and Kane watching the Islanders chip and chase off a linesman into the crowd at 13:40.

The Wings won a faceoff at their blueline, Kasper forechecked, but New York cleared the zone, Johansson and DeBrincat could not penetrate the Islanders’ zone, Cizikas cycled for the blueline where Chiarot picked the puck off, and Kasper NEARLY scored off a fine feed from Kane;

DeBrincat and Kasper battled deep and Chiarot chipped the puck back in as Detroit changed with 5:15 left in the 1st;

Pulock set up for the Islanders, and they dumped and chased, with Tarasenko taking a bouncing puck to Larkin, Raymond cycled as well, worked to Edvinsson down low, Raymond cycled again and Edvinsson’s point shot went off a body.

New York chipped and changed, Edvinsson flicked the puck deep and Berggren, Motte and Copp helped Petry work the puck deep, pushed it to Chiarot, he was stopped by Sorokin, and Cholowski set up a teammate as Berggren lurked, with the Islanders going offside with 3:43 remaining in the 1st.

New York won the next faceoff and pushed the puck deep, but Gustafsson and Johansson backed the Islanders to the point, and Lyon made a GIGANTIC stop on a puck deflection that resulted from a Detroit giveaway.

New York regrouped with 3:00 left in the 1st, Tsyplakov fired the puck wide of the goal, and Detroit chased him down, New York dumped and chased, Kasper regrouped and flicked the puck around the back boards for Kane, the Isles won battles at center and Kane got the puck back from Kasper, Petry regrouped at center…

And Larkin blazed in left wings side, Tarasenko battled and Petry, Larkin and Raymond cycled to the slot, where Petry was stopped by Sorokin, as was Chiarot.

With 1:37 left in the 1st, Berggren, Motte and Edvinsson tried to connect, but Holmstrom cleared the zone, Berggren and Motte regrouped and worked deep, pushing the puck back to Edvinsson, Compher was hooked without a call against, and the Isles chipped and changed;

Copp, Fischer and Rasmussen battled at center, but the Islanders pushed the puck deep and Detroit had to block a couple of Islanders shot attempts before clearing their own zone;

The 1st period wound down and Kasper, Petry and DeBrincat fed Kasper for a late chance that was negated by Kasper being knocked down.

In the 2nd period, Detroit started Kasper’s line, the Islanders won the opening faceoff and chipped and charged around the Wings’ boards, regrouped at center and dumped and chased, but Seider cleared to Kane, the Islanders dumped again, and Edvinsson skated up and chipped the puck deep for no one in particular.

New York charged up the ice and Kasper regained control of the puck, Petry fed the puck to center but the Islanders got the bouncing puck and Tsyplakov and Palmieri worked the puck deep, Chiarot battled and Raymond helped Larkin skate through center, Tarasenko blasted a shot on Sorokin that was stopped, Larkin cycled for Tarasenko and that was blocked, Gustafsson hit Tarasenko and sent a second shot wide, Johansson got a pass from Larkin and fired a shot wide, and the Islanders broke out…

Only to find Larkin & company pressing them to change before Detroit did more damage in the offensive zone.

The Isles’ fourth line worked vs. Compher, Motte and Berggren, and New York broke in a couple of times, Motte was strong in checking the Isles’ forwards, and Detroit cleared its zone for an icing.

Detroit lost a d-zone draw, the Islanders found their shot attempts blocked, blocked, and blocked again, and Detroit went offside at the New York Islanders’ blueline at 2:55.

Copp’s line came out, Johansson blasted a puck deep and the Islanders regrouped, Cizikas was bumped, Detroit pushed the puck deep, Rasmussen, Copp and Fischer battled hard down low, and the Wings regrouped at center…

Johansson fed Copp, at the Islanders’ blueline, and a scrum ensued with Pageau, the Islanders dumped, Gustafsson regained control and fed Seider, who flicked a puck deep, Edvinsson fired a shot wide of Sorokin, Kane was checked at center, Seider backhanded a pass for DeBrincat wide, and Seider took control in his own zone.

Edvinsson worked with Kane and DeBrincat to push the puck deep, get a shot off, and Kane circled the goal but was blocked off by the Islanders’ defense.

New York broke in deep and cycled to the line where Lyon stopped a shot from Noah Dobson at 5:55.

Detroit was able to clear their zone, and when the Islanders attempted to chip the puck out of their zone, Tsyplakov flicked the puck out over the glass, affording Detroit a power play at 5:19.

On the power play, Larkin was tossed from the faceoff circle (again), Pageau and DeBrincat drew in for the draw, and the Wings pushed it back to Seider, Raymond worked the puck deep for Larkin, he fed Kane, to Raymond it went and he fanned on the shot;

DeBrincat and Kane then fumbled and fell, respectively, and the duo regrouped at center, and Kane fired a shot off the heel of an Islanders’ defenseman;

Seider, Larkin, Kane and DeBrincat were stifled by Sorokin as DeBrincat was blocked off back-door;

Tarasenko and the 2nd unit tried to come out, but Gustafsson had to stop Holmstrom in Detroit’s zone, the Wings regrouped, Kasper, Berggren, and Compher worked together, Kasper worked the puck deep, and Sorokin made a big stop on #92 as Mayfield and Compher battled after the whistle.

Detroit’s 2nd unit dialed in for an offensive zone faceoff with 19 left in the PP, the Isles won the draw, but Detroit scrummed for the puck behind the net, and they cleared the zone, with Horvat and Pageau giving and going for Dobson, who fired the puck wide of the goal.

Romanov was blocked by Chiarot and Copp, Tarasenko got sealed and the Isles let the Wings regroup at center.

Petry and Rasmsusen walked deep, Rasmussen hit the side of the goal instead of the goal itself, and the Wings’ checking line crashed and banged, but Larkin, Raymond and Chiarot were unable to score when they joined the fray…

And the New York Islanders were penalized for slashing as Engvall hacked a Wing at 8:26.

On Detroit’s 3rd power play, Larkin won the draw, Raymond and Seider cycled around the perimetere, and the Wings worked the puck down low, but DeBrincat could not connect with Seider, and the Wings set up at their blueline.

Kane could not penetrate the zone, he fired the puck in the 2nd time, and the Isles chipped the puck out to center as the Wings were booed with 1:10 left in the PP.

DeBrincat walked in, Raymond, Seider, Kane and Larkin worked the perimeter, Seider and Raymond fed DeBrincat but a rolling puck was cleared by the Islanders.

Seider set up and dropped to no one, so Kasper had to battle Pageau, Horvat was blocked off by Compher, he and Tarasenko worked to Kasper, he fed Berggren, to the line it went to Tarasenko, who was blocked, Detroit battled deep and the loose puck was iced to Lyon, who passed it to Gustafsson.

No going on 3 PP’s.

The Islanders then nearly scored, but Gustafsson made a big block, Detroit broke out, and Rasmussen fed Copp but the puck was behind #18.

Fischer fed Petry for a shot, the Isles cleared and attacked, Copp flicked the puck up for Raymond, the Isles regrouped again and Engvall and Cizikas were blocked by Chiarot, Holmstrom battled Kasper, and up came the Islanders.

Holmstrom, Engvall, and the Isles were blocked off, Raymond fed Larkin and he wrapped around the goal but was stopped;

Chiarot fed Motte, he was blocked off, and Horvat went the other way but fired a shot wide of the goal;

The Isles broke in but DeBrincat, Edvinsson, Kane and Kasper worked hard, cycled the goal, and reversed for Kasper, he fed DeBrincat, to the line it went back for Edvinsson, and he was stopped by Sorokin.

When play resumed, Compher, Tarasenko and Berggren cycled hard, but Sorokin stopped Chiarot;

Compher took an offensive zone draw vs. Palmieri, the Islanders won the draw and Detroit regrouped at center, but the Isles broke in and fired two shot attempts wide, including one that went into the crowd;

Copp and company came over the boards and battled hard as the Wings mucked a puck out of trouble, and regrouped at center when the Isles stood up defensively…

But Lyon had to stop Matt Martin with his glove, and when the Wings went the other way, New York took over, Lee fed Pageau, he found Cholowski and he was stopped…

Motte went the other way 1-on-1 and Mayfield stood him up…

Detroit held the line and Edvinsson and Seider worked with Larkin and Raymond, Seider held the line, Pageau gave it up to Motte, he fed Seider, Larkin sent a wide shot in deep, and the Islanders chipped the puck down the ice.

DeBrincat and Kane worked with Kasper to generate two shot opportunities, but Kane was stopped and Kasper put the puck off Sorokin’s helmet.

On the next draw, the Wings won the puck back to Chiarot and Petry, Chiarot blasted a shot wide off a Kane feed, and the Isles broke out 3-on-2, with Tsyplakov and Nelson cycling, Palmieri helped Nelson, and Lyon made a big stop that he was unsure of as the Islanders’ blueliner George ripped a puck into Lyon’s body.

With 4:09 left in the 2nd, Lyon made a stop on Cholowski, the Isles’ MacLean cycled for Wahlstrom, he was blocked off, Gustafsson and Johansson worked the puck out of trouble and pushed it into New York’s zone, but the forwards could not help and New York iced the puck with 3:28 remaining.

Larkin, Raymond and Motte helped Chiarot send a shot just wide of the goal, Lyon played the puck up to Petry, Larkin sent it out to center, and the puck bounced to the Islanders over and over again, with the Red Wings really struggling to beat the Isles’ sticks and skates…

Larkin, Raymond and Motte battled down low and Seider and Edvinsson helped, but the Isles’ Lee broke out, with 2:20 left, Detroit began to change lines, and the Isles sorted themselves out, affording Rasmussen and Chiarot a 3-on-2 that Sorokin stifled.

The Islanders broke into Detroit”s’ zone and got lucky for Detroit in that their shot chipped over the Wings’ net on a deflection;

Dobson and the Isles dumped, Lyon reversed flow with 1:03 left, DeBrincat and Kane cycled to the line and the puck bounced past Edvinsson, so Seider had to stand up to block a Holmstrom shot on a 2-on-1 against.

Kasper worked up the right wing, Seider helped him and fired a shot off Sorokin, Horvat and Lee were STONED BY LYON’s LEFT PAD, Seider and Johansson barely cleared the Wings’ zone…

And Chiarot was blocked off to end the 2nd period.

In the 3rd period, Larkin drew in for a faceoff that the Islanders won, chipped and chased into Detroit’s zone, where Larkin blazed into the Islanders’ zone and fired a shot high and wide of Sorokin…

Detroit persisted, but the Isles broke out with Lee chipping the puck past Edvinsson, Larkin helped Seider regain control, and Raymond and Edvinsson tipped the puck in by DeBrincat, Kane battled down low, DeBrincat looked for an opening and he fired a shot into an Islanders defenseman’s stick and wide of the goal.

Kasper then drew in with 1:01 gone in the 3rd and lost the offensive zone faceoff, affording Detroit the opportunity to regroup and push the puck into the offensive zone;

The Isles blazed the other way and mucked and ground as Holmstrom, Cizikas and Nelson battled down low, the puck was sent back to the d-man Mayfield for a wide shot, and Detroit changed lines as Chiarot chipped and the Wings’ Motte, Compher and Berggren chased, Johansson’s stick broke, but Gustafsson held the line, Motte and Berggren battled…

The Isles charged up the ice and were repelled by the Red Wings’ defense, Berggren fed Gustafsson for a shot blockered away by Sorokin, he held the line and the Wings regrouped at center ice.

Three minutes into the 3rd, Seider and Edvinsson gave and went, flicked the puck into the Isles’ zone, and New York dumped the puck down on Lyon.

Seider tried to sort things out, and Rasmussen tipped the puck deep, but Cholowski flubbed a pass, and Christian Fischer was called for a strange penalty as he lost his footing, but was called for tripping at 3:41.

On the penalty-kill, the Islanders won the draw, cycled around the perimeter, and Lyon made a good stop on a point shot by Cholowski;

New York lost the next draw, but Chiarot and Motte had to work to clear their zone and dump the puck down ice;

New York set up through center with Palmieri and Nelson cycling for the slot where Tsyplakov was blocked off;

Tsyplakov worked to Holmstrom, and he pushed the puck back to Cholowski, and Lyon stopped Kyle Palmieri from the faceoff circle.

With 1:08 left in the PK, Larkin won a draw and Detroit hammered the puck down the ice…

Where Dobson skated up, dropped to Pageau, Horvat was blocked by Raymond and he and Larkin dumped the puck deep, chased, and they pressured the Islanders to dump the puck in from center ice.

New York retained control, however, and Horvat, Pageau, and Wahlstrom fired a shot wide of Lyon;

Larkin helped the PK for a bit longer, and Rasmussen lost a puck that could have broke him away…

Fischer charged out of the box and was stifled by George on a mini-breakaway as well;

With 13:46 left in regulation, Detroit at least got an icing call and won the offensive zone draw, but Kane fired a shot off Sorokin, and Kane stole the puck to Kasper, who was stopped, and the Isles broke out and chipped and changed.

Gustafsson dropped to Kane, he walked through center, Gustafsson helped for Kasper he was stopped, Kane was blocked off on the rebound, and the Isles charged up 3 on 3, but their shot went wide of the goal;

Detroit changed lines, and Tarasenko walked up and walked deep, was dumped away from play, Edvinsson held the line for Compher and Berggren, Seider could not hold the line but got back to help Edvinsson…

Pageau, Pulock, George and Lee cycled, Compher hacked the puck out to center for Tarasenko and Detroit dumped and changed with 11:45 left.

Pulock flicked a shot into Lyon’s glove with 11:43 left and a TV timeout hit.

When play resumed, Detroit won the defensive zone draw and battled through center, Raymond swept a puck wide of the goal, Larkin fed the point and Gustafsson was stifled, Motte battled to help Raymond, Motte fed Gustafsson who lost the puck, but held the blueline, and Sorokin juggled and guzzled up a Motte shot as Motte dove for the puck.

With 11:01 left in regulation, Kasper drew in and tied up an offensive zone draw, the Isles iced the puck with 10:54 remaining, and Kasper drew in for another draw that was won back to Chiarot via Kane, chipped deep for Kasper behind the net, he centered it once, twice, and Pulock blocked Kasper off;

Palmieri, Nelson and Pulock bumbled, Kasper broke in vs. Pulock, who stole the puck back from Kasper, Petry fired a shot in for Kasper, Chiarot battled to help Kasper cycle, he was bumped, DeBrincat and Chiarot sent Petry a pass for a shot that went wide and down the ice.

As Detroit changed with 9:54 left, DeBrincat skated up, dropped to Chiarot, and the Isles were playing 1-4.

New York stole the puck, Wahlstrom walked and fired a shot off Lyon, Detroit reversed the flow with Fischer cycling and circling the goal, Edvinsson hit an Islanders player’s leg, and Wahlstrom was stopped by Lyon…

With 9:00 left, Seider fed Edvinsson for a chip-and-change, the Isle chipped, Lyon chased, and Compher, Chiarot and company chipped, the Isles regrouped, changed with 8:23 left, and Detroit regrouped again, Petry fed Berggren and he blasted a shot off the glass wide.

Petry then got a great shot off that Sorokin stopped, nobody got the rebound, and Compher’s pass back to his D did not work, resulting in a full-ice reset with 7:45 left.

Detroit dumped, Larkin chased, Motte and Larkin worked at center ice and in deep, but the Isles stood up and Raymond pushed through from center to the slot, he regained for Larkin who was stopped point-blank…

Seider and Edvinsson reset in their own zone, DeBrincat took the puck from an Islanders D-man and Kane helped, but Wahlstrom broke out for Martin, who cycled, Kasper fed Kane….

Johansson fed Kane and he could not shoot on the 2-on-1…

DeBrincat and Edvinsson worked the puck to Kasper, to DeBrincat it went, for Kasper, off an Islanders player’s stick, and with 6:04 left, Detroit worked the puck up ice.

The Isles took over and Lee, Horvat and Holmstrom worked the perimeter, Mayfield flicked the puck deep, the Isles cycled and Mayfield sent a shot wide of the goal.

Copp, Edvinsson and company cleared Detroit’s zone, but could go no further than center ice.

Detroit let Engvall walk deep, the Isles’ Palmieri and Dobson cycled, at the point Berggren raced in and SCORED THE GAME-TYING GOAL AFTER ROMANOV BROKE HIS STICK.

Berggren scored from Compher at 15:14 to tie the game 1-1.

Detroit lost the faceoff on the post-goal shift, they chipped and chased, Chiarot could not clear and Nelson was stopped by Lyon, the Isles cycled, and Pulock sent a wide shot into Lyon’s glove with 4:18 remaining.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, Larkin drew in for a defensive zone draw, he lost it to Pageau, the Isles worked the point and Lyon made a good stop on Pulock from the point.

Seider and Edvinsson then worked the puck deeper, and Larkin skated into the zone and dropped a pass for Raymond, who was stifled by Sorkin’s glove.

Detroit lost the next offensive zone draw and the Isles broke out, but Petry and Kane worked the puck in, Tsyplakov and Palmieri worked it into the Detroit zone, they were repelled by Chiarot, the Isles regrouped, and with 3:00 remaining, George set up vs. Copp, Lyon let Edvinsson play the puck and he was tied up, Rasmussen and Copp battled, Engvall was stopped by Lyon…

Seider stretched for Rasmussen, but the Isles took over again with 2:25 left in the 3rd, New York dumped, Petry chased, the Isles regained control and Petry and Chiarot pushed it deep and wide of the net for an icing with 1:56 left in the 3rd.

Detroit scrummed the defensive zone draw out of trouble, but New York regrouped, skated into the Wings’ zone, slotted the puck and Compher and Motte regrouped, skated up ice, and Raymond battled deep, cycled for Motte, he fired a puck off a leg, Raymond cycled and backhanded a puck deep for Motte, Raymond reversed, Edvinsson backed up as the Isles blazed up 2-on-2, and Larkin came back to help the Wings’ D.

With 1:00 left Raymond sent it to Larkin, he cycled vs. Pulock and found RAYMOND FOR THE GAME-WINNER.

Lucas Raymond scored with 51.1 left in the 3rd to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. Larkin and Edvinsson earned assists.

The Islanders called timeout, but Detroit chose to put Raymond, Compher and Larkin back on the ice, Detroit lost the faceoff, New York pulled Sorokin with 45 left, Raymond fell, regained his footing, and the Islanders checked the puck into submission, but Detroit mucked as well, Larkin worked the left side and fired a puck down ice for an icing with 14.2 left.

Detroit let Larkin take the faceoff vs. Pageau, Larkin tied it up and Seider blasted a puck down the ice just wide of the empty net with 6 left in the 3rd.

Larkin took the final draw and Pageau won it, but the Red Wings prevented a goal because Lyon stopped the puck with 0.5 left in the 3rd, affording Detroit the win.

The linesman made the teams take another faceoff, and Larkin won it. End of game.

Statistics: Here are the Game Summary and Event Summary:

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George Malik

My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, and have worked with MLive and Kukla's Korner. Thank you for reading!

2 thoughts on “Red Wings-Islanders quick take: Late, ugly wins still count”

  1. GM, you really sell short just what a disaster the Isles’ goal was for our usual suspect Gusty. just the ritual one goal a night this defense is gifting the other team.

    good win, they deserved it and they looked motivated.

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  2. They don’t ask how….

    The tide will change on offence. Razor, Larks, Berger, Kasper, ADB are all playing like it’s a privilege to play in the NHL. Berger deserves more time on the ice. He’s getting boned by the cluster of inconsistent forwards.

    I’m hopeful Kane & Tara will turn things around.

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