The Detroit Red Wings faced an important “barometer game” against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.
Having dropped to 7-9-and-1 and second-to-last in the Atlantic Division, the Wings hoped to predate upon a 5-10-and-4 San Jose Sharks team in order to snap a two-game road losing streak.
On Monday night, the Red Wings kept letting the Sharks tie the game, and it cost them. Dylan Larkin’s 1-0 goal was assuaged by William Eklund’s first, Marco Kasper’s 2-1 goal was assuaged by Eklund’s 2nd, Rasmussen’s was tied by Toffoli, Luke Kunin scored the go-ahead in the 3rd, and while Alex DeBrincat tied the game late to force overtime…
Macklin Celebrini scored an OT winner to push the Wings to 1-2-and-1–1-and-3, really–on their 4-game road trip.
Talbot was excellent despite giving up 5 goals on 34 shots against, but the Red Wings played as if they were out of gas in the 2nd, 3rd, and OT, being out-shot by a total of 22-10.
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