Red Wings-Islanders quick take: Wings salvage treasure from a trash heap

The Detroit Red Wings hoped to rebound from a difficult Saturday loss to the Boston Bruins as they eyed a sweep of their 3-game season series with the New York Islanders on Monday night.

The 8-8-and-5 Islanders had a record that the 8-10-and-2 Red Wings may very well envy in that it contains more points due to fewer regulation time losses, and the name of the game on Monday night was going to be attempting to earn a regulation time win.

On Monday night, Detroit honestly looked like it was going to lose a sleepy, boring game for so much of the game that it was silly, despite Moritz Seider revoking Anders Lee’s opening tally with a blast of his own, and when Kyle Palmieri scored 7:42 into the 2nd, Detroit seemed doomed to lose another 2-1 game…

But Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond scored goals only 2:33 apart halfway through the 3rd, Simon Edvinsson’s empty netter sewed things up, and in between, a fine defensive performance and a tremendous 29-save performance by Alex Lyon salvaged a very necessary 4-2 victory.

In pregame warmups, the presumed goaltenders from today’s morning skate led their teams out to the ice at the UBS Arena:

There was a bit of a surprising tweak for the Islanders’ lineup…

The Red Wings’ posted their lineup a bit early, around 7:23 PM….

The starters and scratches were as follows:

In the 1st period, Copp drew in for the opening faceoff opposite Pageau, with Rasmussen and Fischer on his flanks, and Chiarot and Petry were on defense.

The puck was dropped at center ice, and the Isles tied the draw up and chipped it into the Red Wings’ zone, where Petry gave it up to Horvat, the Isles’ D went D to D and fired a shot wide, Pageau and Horvat cycled for Lee in the slot, but they were repelled, and the Wings cleared the puck out to center, Lyon tapped a long shot away at the hash marks, and Petry set up Edvinsson to dump the puck wide of Varlamov.

New York could not penetrate the Wings’ end, so Tarasenko, Larkin and Raymond cycled, Palmieri could not clear, Seider worked wide and cycled for Edvinsson and Larkin FED RAYMOND FOR AN OPEN NET THAT RAYMOND COULD NOT CONVERT UPON, Seider pinched in from the point and cycled around the boards but the Islanders cleared the puck 1:40 into the 1st.

Motte, Compher and DeBrincat then cycled as well, Cholowski and the Islanders cleared off Holl, up came Holmstrom, he pushed it back to the D and the Isles shot wide, Holl and Johansson set up with 2:30 gone and Detroit changed lines.

New York pressed hard and Lyon blocked a point shot wide of the goal with his toe, Chiarot cleared the zone and the Islanders set up in their own end.

Lyon tapped the Isles’ dump-in to Petry, he went to Chiarot and Chiarot backhanded the puck deep, but Tsyplakov and Nelson battled to center ice, Fischer and Copp battled away and the Wings’ D pushed the puck deep for Varlamov to play…

Edvinsson and Seider tried to feed Copp, Copp fed Fischer and that was stopped by Varlamov 4:10 into the 1st.

When the Wings pushed the puck deep, the Isles regrouped 3 on 2, and Lyon made a TREMENDOUS STOP sans stick, Nelson, Pageau and Lee cycled and Lee scored the game’s first goal on a one-timer from the middle slot at 4:35.

Lee scored at 4:35 from Pageau and Dobson. 1-0 Islanders.

When the Red Wings worked the puck deep on the bump-up shift, the Islanders parried them back to center ice, Motte, DeBrincat and Compher menaced the Isles’ net, and Varlamov held on for a faceoff at 5:21.

Larkin and company came over the boards, lost an offensive zone draw and Hutton and the Isles skated into Detroit’s zone, Lyon blockered away a slot shot, and Lyon lost his stick again;

New York regrouped in its zone, skated into Detroit’s end, and Pageau, Horvat and Lee cycled, Seider and Edvinsson regruped and dumped the puck in for Berggren, Veleno and Kasper, who were pinned to the boards, and Wahlstrom and the Isles pushed into the Wings’ end.

Detroit recoiled and dumped the puck down ice, but Varlamov gave it away to Fischer, MacLean stopped Fischer and took over as the Isles worked up 3-on-3, Rasmussen reversed flow, Copp stole the puck to Chiarot it went and Tsyplakov battled the puck out of trouble.

At center Rasmussen pinched on a turnover and cycled around the back boards, but Palmieri pushed the Islanders into Detroit’s end and Raymond took over as the Isles changed at 7:45.

Detroit attempted to sustain possession in the offensive zone, but instead, Johansson was chased into his own end, Pulock and Cholowski went D to D for Cizikas, Pulock walked deep, dropped and a Red Wings defenseman was able to block the Isles’ shot.

DeBrincat’s line changed as Holl and Johansson waited, they pushed Rasmussen deep as he went off and Larkin battled in the Isles’ end, Tarasenko helped Seider reverse, Larkin centered for Raymond, who was blocked off, and the Isles had another 3 on 2 stifled by the Wings’ backchecking forwards.

New York’s Hutton set up at 9:23 of the 1st and skated out to center ice, lateralled to a teammate, and Detroit pushed back but iced the puck at 9:42.

The Islanders led 6-0 in shots as they worked an offensive zone draw back to the points, pushed the puck deep, and Detroit’s Veleno, Kasper and Petry took over, pushed the puck deep into New York territory, and Berggren blubbed a pass back to Petry, so Detroit changed at 10:21 and the Isles’ Palmieri broke away, gave the puck to Pulock battling Seider, Nelson centered for Nelson, Edvinsson had to steal a loose puck and he chipped so that the Red Wings could change.

11:00 into the 1st period, the islanders were stifled at center as Motte stole the puck from Engvall, Detroit worked the puck to the Isles’ line, but were stifled, and Johansson and Holl had to help bail out DeBrincat, Compher and Motte.

With 11:45 gone, the Larkin line came over the boards, Horvat and Pageau gave up a 3 on 2 that was quickly stifled, and New York pressed hard against Seider and Edvinsson, but Larkin charged in himself, was stopped, and the Islanders cleared and the Wings changed.

Kasper, Petry and Berggren cycled, Berggren was dumped heavily, and Detroit regrouped, with Kasper chipping, chasing, and Varlamov and the Islanders setting up in their own zone.

The Isles dumped and chased, Detroit regrouped with Veleno dumping the puck in, Varlamov played it to Copp and then Fischer, he fed the point and Moritz Seider blasted a slap shot through Varlamov to tie the game 1-1 at 13:25.

Seider scored from Fischer and Copp at 13:25 to make it 1-1.

On the post-goal shift, Detroit lost a deep offensive zone draw, the Islanders pressed to take the lead, and Holmstrom sent a shot wide, regrouped, Larkin trailed and tailed Holmstrom and he fell, drawing a penalty on Dylan Larkin.

At 14:03, Dylan Larkin sat for tripping.

On the penalty kill, Compher dialed in for the opening faceoff vs. Pageau at the Wings’ left circle, and the Isles won the draw to Pulock, Pageau fired a shot wide, and the Red Wings cleared the puck down the ice;

Pulock walked up and dropped to Wahlstrom, who was repelled to center ice, the Islanders regrouped, skated in 4 on 3, and Detroit stood up and stifled the Isles’ attack.

Dobson worked the puck up ice and Palmieri chipped and chased, New York could not hold the line and Motte nearly broke away, but was stopped by Tsyplakov at the Isles’ line.

New York then tried to break in and the Islanders’ Tsyplakov walked deep, dropped to Palmieri, Nelson found Tsyplakov, who was ran by Petry, and there was a loose puck in the slot but Edvinsson held the fort;

Cholowski sent Nelson a pass that Lyon stopped, the Islanders could not score during the power play…

But they cycled in the Wings’ zone, Fischer, Larkin and Detroit took control with 3:35 remaining, and Larkin cycled and circled before sending a 3-line pass to Tarasenko. He battled the Isles’ defense and they charged deep but Tarasenko cleared the zone, DeBrincat sent a shot in that was stopped by Varlamov…

Chiarot and Seider went D to D and shot and Varlamov stopped a shot with 3:00 left in the 1st.

Kasper drew in for a post-TV timeout draw, won it to the defense, and Holl’s shot was blocked and sent down the ice, and the Islanders were called for a penalty as MacLean sat for slashing at 17:15.

On the power play, Detroit’s Larkin drew in for a faceoff won to Seider, Raymond worked it down low and Larkin fed Seider for a wide shot, Raymond cycled to Seider, he fed Raymond and back it went, DeBrincat fed Raymond and Seider blew his interception, so the Wings regrouped at center, were stifled, and Nelson skated up and chipped deep against the Wings’ top unit.

Detroit really saw the Isles target Seider as Raymond, Tarasenko and Larkin battled deep, DeBrincat fed Edvinsson, he cycled for DeBrincat and DeBrincat was stopped and the Islanders cleared the puck.

Edvinsson set up with 32 left in the PP and the Wings broke in offside?

No, the referees called Edvinsson for interference with 27 left in the PP, and 1:11 left in the 1st.

The Islanders won the 4-on-4 draw in the offensive zone, George and Pulock cycled, Veleno and Kasper pushed the Isles back into their own zone, and New York began a 1:34 PP as Cholowski walked in, Lee dropped to Dobson, Lyon made a good stop and Detroit cleared the zone with 20 left in the 1st…

Dobson walked up ice, he was reversed by Larkin, the Isles’ Pageau fed Cholowski and he hit the outside of the post and that was the 1st period.

In the 2nd period, the Red Wings had 49 seconds of PK time, and the Wings won the opening faceoff, cleared the zone, and repelled New York’s first attack.

Cholowski skated up and chipped the puck in deep, Lyon reversed but Holmstrom and Tsyplakov worked to Cholowski, then Holmstrom, the Wings blocked the Isles’ shot and the PK ended.

New York persisted, however, so Seider and Chiarot skated out to center, Larkin blasted a shot wide, Varlamov stopped Raymond once, the second attempt was blocked by an Islanders defenseman, New York went the other way and lateralled for Lee from Horvat but the puck went through Lee’s skates.

Tarasenko got a shot off on Varlamov before Dobson and the Islanders cleared Detroit’s foray into New York territory, and the Isles chipped and changed at 1:56.

Detroit’s Berggren chipped and Veleno chased, as did Kasper, but the Islanders iced the puck, negated the icing by getting to the puck first, and Johansson was bothered, Kasper helped and sent the puck to the line, where Berggren could not clear the zone, but he managed to dump the puck down ice so that the Red Wings could change.

DeBrincat fell vs. Matt Martin and the Wings changed lines, with Chiarot setting up in the Wings’ end and affording Petry an exchange before dumping and changing.

Cholowski and the Islanders’ fourth line worked deep in Detroit’s zone, Chiarot took down Martin, Detroit cleared down the ice and New York set up.

4:00 into the 2nd, New York skated in deep, Nelson was stripped of the puck, Johansson dumped the puck deep and Veleno and Motte chased, Seider sent a shot off Varlamov, Veleno battled and cycled with Motte and Compher, Detroit regrouped at center and dumped and changed.

New York set up and skated through center, Lee battled with the Wings and Palmieri pumped a puck back to the point, forcing Lyon to make a good stop on a slap shot against.

Larkin drew in for a deep defensive zone draw that he lost, but the Isles had to regroup at center and chip and chase, Detroit’s Tarasenko and Petry exchanged pucks and Raymond worked for Tarasenko, Pageau and Pulock worked it up to Lee and Horvat, they cycled, Chiarot took the Hutton pass and cleared it down the ice for icing at 5:42.

Larkin drew in vs. Cizikas and won the faceoff, which was disputed by Cizikas, but Detroit iced the puck, affording Cizikas another opportunity to beat Larkin.

The Wings lost that draw and Lyon had to make a good stop, the Wings cleared the puck to Raymond and he chipped and chased, Petry helped hold the zone but New York cleared to the line, Holl pushed the puck deep and Detroit battled as they changed, with Kasper, Johansson and Veleno and Berggren battling, Holl and Johansson held the line briefly…

The Islanders attacked, Holl regrouped with Johansson and Detroit cleared the puck to center ice;

New York broke in and Lyon made a partial save that was pushed wide;

Berggren, Kasper and DeBrincat battled, Cholowski set up as Detroit changed and Cholowski sent the puck up for Tsyplakov, he regrouped for the point and a point shot was tipped off Nelson to Palmieri, who made it 2-1 with a redirect at 7:42.

George and Nelson had assists on the Palmieri one-timed deflection at 7:42. 2-1 New York Islanders.

Detroit managed to force the Islanders into an icing call on the bump-up shift, Larkin drew in for an offensive zone draw and won it to Edvinsson, he fed Larkin deep, he cycled to the D, Seider bounced the puck away from his own sstick, and the Isles chipped high and Detroit regrouped.

Raymond worked for Larkin and he sent it JUST wide of the goal, Larkin cycled, pushed the puck to Tarasenko, but the Islanders cleared their zone.

Seider regrouped and pushed the puck deep chased it himself and the Wings fired another shot on Varlamov, who held the puck for a TV timeout at 9:01 of the 2nd.

As play resumed, Kasper battled to Berggren and Veleno got a good shot off which Kasper could not send into the empty net as he was held up;

Detroit regrouped at center ice and went offside, so Compher’s line came out and lost the offensive zone line draw, and the Islanders went offside at Detroit’s line, affording the teams another neutral-zone faceoff.

Compher tied things up, and Detroit chipped and chased, but the Isles battled the puck into the Wings’ end, Nelson sent it deep for Tsyplakov, he cycled to the line, Dobson fed Palmieri down low and he fed Nelson, Dobson ripped a point shot in and Lyon stopped that one.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, Detroit lost its defensive zone draw, Raymond flicked the puck up for Larkin, and the Wings parried away an Islanders rush, they cycled to the point and then down low for Horvat, Seider and Edvinsson defended as well as they could given the Isles’ physicality, and they cleared the puck up for Larkin right wing side.

Larkin battled Pulock, Tarasenko lost his stick and helped Seider and Edvinsson regroup, and Edvinsson dumped and changed.

With 8:40 left in the 2nd, Rasmussen battled deep and wrapped a pass back to Johansson, he fired a shot wide, Rasmussen battled from behind the goal to the slot and fired a shot wide, Holl retained the blueline and Detroit’s Copp and Fischer battled, Rasmussen helped and Detroit sustained pressure, Copp battled more and Holl flicked the puck deep and fired a shot wide of the goal.

The Isles were able to alleviate pressure momentarily, but Kasper, Berggren and Veleno cycled, too…

Engvall went the other way and pushed the puck deep for MacLean, Cholowski pinched so Berggren raced away and fired a shot high and wide of the goal;

Veleno and Kasper cycledd down low, Kasper was blocked off, Veleno and Berggren charged to the line and Petry put the puck off an Islander…

So the teams changed and the Isles set up in their own zone with 6:30 left in the 2nd.

New York’s Palmieri worked vs. Seider, Edvinsson battled Nelson, Detroit could not clear, and Tsyplakov cycled to the line, but Detroit was able to clear after Edvinsson lost his stick.

Seider, DeBrincat and Seider battled Tsyplakov, Compher could not break away, the Isles pushed the puck deep but New York changed poorly and got a too many men penalty at 14:26 of the 2nd period.

On the Red Wings power play, Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond, Seider and Tarasenko took to the ice.

Larkin tied up the deep offensive zone draw, but the Isles cleared it down the ice, Seider set up with Larkin and DeBrincat, Tarasenko fed Seider, Raymond and Seider went back and forth, and Larkin was stopped and the Isles skated up 2-on-2 and Holmstrom got a shot off that Lyon stopped.

A bad turnover by Larkin then yielded a HUGE STOP BY LYON on Brock Nelson, and Detroit just gorfled up another turnover, with Nelson working vs. Seider, cycling away with 45 left in the PP, and Cizikas pushed the puck back as well.

Seider then asked why the Islanders were never called for a penalty as they were called for offside…

The 2nd unit took to the ice with 30 seconds left in the PP, they won the d-zone draw, but had trouble getting through center ice, Berggren, Compher, Petry, Kasper and then Petry sent pucks wide of Varlamov…

Compher battled as the PP expired and Petry fired a shot on Varlamov, the Islanders regrouped at center and chipped deep, where Petry and Chiarot set up.

Detroit chipped and changed, the Islanders broke in 3 on 2 and Horvat was stopped by Lyon, Hutton and Lee battled Seider and Edvinsson, Cholowski was stopped by Lyon, and Detroit looked floppy.

Motte was hit and dumped and the Islanders were to be called as Hutton boarded Motte and protested the call. With 2:24 left in the 2nd…

Detroit headed to a power play, Larkin drew in vs. Nelson and Nelson was tossed, Palmieri came in and won the draw but Detroit mucked it back to Raymond, DeBrincat was dumped and Larkin was then attacked, yielding a scrum at the side of the net.

With 1:53 left in the PP, the Isles cheated on the draw again, Pageau won the draw vs. DeBrincat, but Raymond and Seider sent shots in wide, Tarasenko held the line and the Isles cleared via some heavy checking…

Seider skated up to center and ripped a shot in, Larkin and DeBrincat fed Seider, to Raymond and then Seider it went, Tarasenko dropped to Larkin, he fired a shot wide and the Wings chased the puck down.

Seider and Copp worked the puck to Compher at center, Detroit battled deep and Copp and Petry cycled, Berggren fed Petry, Kasper was stopped and Petry could not hold the line.

Detroit regrouped yet again at center, Compher was stopped, Petry flicked it deep and chased, Copp helped on a board battle, and as the PP expired, Berggren blasted a shot wide and down the ice.

With 23 left in the period, Detroit battled the puck back deep behind Varlamov, but New York cleared its zone and ended the period without trouble.

In the 3rd period, Copp drew in for the opening faceoff and lost said draw, so the Isles chipped and chased, Lyon moved the puck to Seider, he reversed for Edvinsson, Lee took over Horvat centered and Seider covered Pageau, so Fischer iced the puck trying to simply clear the zone.

31 seconds into the 3rd, Copp drew in for a d-zone draw which he tied up, Seider helped work the puck out to center ice, and the Isles chipped it back in deep and Chiarot cleared the zone.

New York regrouped at center ice, dumped and was stifled at the Wings’ line, Mayfield blasted a shot in wide of Lyon, and Chiarot helped Larkin chase the puck deep, but the Isles controlled possession, Johansson was sealed, Tarasenko was tripped, and Holl had to move the puck out of trouble himself.

Johansson fed Motte for a backhand dump-in, but the Islanders repelled the Wings’ attempts to gain entry, so Johansson and Holl cycled again and DeBrincat walked deep chipping the puck into Islanders territory, where they took over again and broke out, dumped and Chiarot chased and regrouped.

Detroit dumped the puck in themselves, Chiarot pinched to help but Veleno could not hold the line, Petry battled Martin in his own zone, MacLean fell, Chiarot battled him, Petry chased the puck down on the left wing side, and the Isles got a shot off that was tipped into the netting some 3:11 into the 3rd.

Copp drew in for a defensive zone faceoff, won it and Edvinsson and Seider chipped, Fischer and Rasmussen chased, COpp battled away, Tsyplakov cleared it down and Edvinsson and Seider regrouped.

Seider walked to center, dumped, Detroit had to tag up as they were offside, and the Islanders broke out timidly and tepidly.

With 4:10 gone, Petry gave the puck to Tarasenko, Chiarot blasted a shot wide of Varlamov’s stick, Raymond fed Larkin for a one-timer he missed, and the Isles skated up ice.

Horvat was given a tremendous opportunity in the slot with no one tailing him, but LYON MADE AN AMAZING STOP TO KEEP THE GAME CLOSE.

Detroit battled away after losing another faceoff, New York cycled and DeBrincat regrouped, sent the puck in on Varlamov, and New York could not clear, so Holl and Johansson fired a shot in on Varlamov, Holl held a clearing attempt and fired one that was tipped wide, and Detroit regrouped in their own zone, Berggren cycled with Veleno and Kasper, Seider pinched to help…

The Isles were happy to pin pucks along the boards and Detroit battled as Martin lay on the puck, New York broke out 2-on-2 and Edvinsson battled MacLean…

Seider pushed the puck off Berggren and into the Isles’ zone, but they retrieved it and charged into Detroit’s end, where Petry and Chiarot took hits to make plays.

Rasmussen could get no further than center ice, and the Isles dumped, chased, Petry rimmed for Copp, he was stood up, Fischer fed Chiarot, he dropped to Petry who slapped a shot into the Isles’ zone, Rasmussen could not beat Pulock, and New York pushed deep, but Chiarot and Edvinsson worked together to stifle Lee, Pulock and Horvat as Pulock got a long shot in on Lyon that was stopped with 12:17 remaining.

When play resumed, Larkin drew in for a d-zone draw which he lost, Lyon had to make a big stop and he squeezed the redirection between his pads.

Larkin won the next draw to Seider, Raymond tipped to Tarasenko to Larkin, but the Isles took over at their blueline and cleared the puck into Detroit territory.

Larkin battled back with Tarasenko and Raymond, Seider helped with a hit and a jab, but up came the Isles, Lee gave the puck up and Detroit headed to the penalty box as an accidental trip on Pageau yielded a tripping penalty to Larkin with 11:27 left in regulation time.

On the penalty-kill, the Islanders worked the puck down low, Chiarot could not clear, Nelson worked the puck to Cholowski, he fed Pageau, Motte jabbed the puck out of trouble and Detroit changed with 1:30 left in the PK.

Chiarot battled Tsyplakov, the Isles worked it to Cholowski and Detroit boxed out the Isles, but up came Tsyplakov and he broke his stick sending a shot in on Lyon.

Cholowski broke out and worked with Pulock to push the puck deep, Detroit’s Seider could not clear past Lee once, but the second time Seider dumped it down the ice to Varlamov.

New York charged up the ice as Horvat fed Pageau, Lee was blocked off by Compher, New York broke free and Detroit killed the penalty…

But Detroit defended still, and Chiarot and Petry had to set up and regroup as Larkin skated up the ice and fed DeBrincat…

Larkin battled as DeBrincat and Johansson fed Holl, Tarasenko worked down low, Johansson blasted one wide via a tip from Larkin, and Larkin regained the puck from Holl, wrapped as he fell over, and scored on Varlamov to make it 2-2!

Dylan Larkin scored with 8:40 left in regulation/11:20 elapsed from Holl and Johansson. 2-2.

Detroit battled deep on the bump-up shift, but the Isles cleared their zone, Rasmussen, Copp, Fischer, Holl and Johansson battled hard in the Wings’ zone, and Lyon made a tremendous stop on Hutton…

Detroit dumped the puck away from their own goaltender to attempt to change, and Nelson broke in once, twice, and was stopped both times;

Chiarot broke out and helped Motte, who was dumped, Veleno battled, Chiarot walked the line and fired it into an Islanders’ defenseman, Veleno and Kasper and Berggren battled, Berggren’s shot was blocked, Detroit’s Kasper fired a shot high and wide, and the kids’ line kept cycling…

So Detroit set up at center ice, Veleno dumped, Raymond chased, reversed for Larkin, went too far, but Detroit aggressively backchecked and chipped the puck back in with 6:20 left in regulation time.

Edvinsson dumped for Larkin, he cycled to Seider, to Edvinsson it went and EDVINSSON SCORED AS IT WAS TIPPED BY RAYMOND to make it 3-2 DETROIT.

Lucas Raymond scored from Simon Edvinsson and Moritz Seider at 13:53.

Detroit continued to battle deep and DeBrincat was stifled by Varlamov, Johansson sent one wide, Holl and Johansson exchanged and he sent a shot in that DeBrincat battled and battled and battled but could not score upon with 5:22 left in the 3rd.

Detroit then tied up the next draw, but Cholowski battled it away from his goal, Detroit took over at center and Rasmussen battled deep, the Isles pushed away 2 on 2, and Lee fired a shot wide of Lyon.

Chiarot and Copp fed Fischer for a center ice dump-in which Rasmussen chased, Lee fed Palmieri and the Isles broke in, but Detroit defended as Seider wrapped Tsyplakov down, Lyon stopped Lee, and Detroit worked the puck back deep…

Where Raymond, Larkin and Tarasenko were stifled at the Isles’ blueline.

At the Wings’ line, BEN CHIAROT FOUGHT ANDERS LEE AFTER CHIAROT DECKED AN ISLANDER WITH A CLEAN, EFFECTIVE HIT.

Chiarot and Lee sat for “roughing” and “boarding” penalties, and Detroit remained 5-on-5.

Rasmussen fired a hard shot wide of Varlamov off the d-zone faceoff win that Seider facilitated into the offensive zone;

New York regrouped and attacked Detroit’s end of the ice, with Seider and Edvinsson battling hard to cycle and clear the puck to center ice, where Pulock, Dobson and the Islanders took over.

They broke in, Tsyplakov fired a shot on goal, and Lyon stopped it and held on with 2:49 left.

New York pulled Varlamov with 2:49 left and the Isles went 6-on-5…

They won the offensive zone draw and mucked it up in the right goal line side, Horvat came out with the puck and cycled for Dobson, and LYON made two stops, a third, the Isles mucked and LYON STONED THE ISLANDERS’ PAGEAU AND PALMIERI, WHO WAS DRAGGED AWAY FROM THE NET BY PETRY.

With 2:12 remaining, Compher drew in for a d-zone draw that was won by the Islanders, they fired it wide, mucked, Seider reversed flow out to center and Larkin fired a shot wide but off Nelson attempting an empty-netter.

Nelson, Horvat, Pageau and the Isles battled deep, but Edvinsson chipped the puck away from the Red Wings’ end and iced it with 1:38 left in the 3rd.

A right side defensive zone draw was won by the Islanders, Dobson worked it down low for Horvat, Palmeri worked it to the line, Horvat fired a shot in on Lyon and Pageau was pushed away from the goal.

With 1:20 remaining in regulation, the Wings mucked up the d-zone draw, Fischer blocked a shot and cleared it to the line, Dobson held, Seider got hooked but hacked the puck out to center, and with 1:00 left, the Isles battled deep, Seider kicked it into the boards, the Isles brought it to the blueline, Nelson, Palmieri, Dobson, Horvat, Edvinsson battled away, the Isles cycled and dropped it to the slot where Holmstrom fired wide, and Holmstrom was STONED BY LYON with 15 left, and Rasmussen didn’t have the gas for an empty-netter but SIMON EDVINSSON DID AND THE WINGS WON 4-2 as EDVINSSON SCORED WITH 2.4 seconds remaining!

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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!

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