Red Wings-Blue Jackets Tweetcap: Detroit rallies from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Columbus 4-3 in overtime

Detroit headed into today’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have won 4 of their past 6 games, hoping to battle back into 1st place in the Atlantic Division.

Given the Red Wings’ inconsistencies and unreliability of performance, as illustrated in Thursday’s blowout loss to the New York Islanders, it’s hard to tell which Red Wings team will hit the ice at LCA.

So today’s game would present both a challenge and a bit of a puzzle…

On Saturday afternoon at Little Caesars Arena, the Red Wings rallied from a 3-1 3rd period deficit to defeat Columbus 4-3 in overtime, and it was a remarkable comeback, led by Cam Talbot, who stopped 30 of 33 saves…

And a a set of unlikely scorers. Lucas Raymond scored the only Wings goal of the 2nd period, tying it at 1 at 36 seconds, but Columbus would tie the game only 18 seconds later as Miles Wood scored at 54 seconds of the 2nd…

Zach Werenski (at 8:38) would make it 3-1, and as Columbus had the territorial advantage and was suffocating the Wings’ offense, while preying on Detroit’s turnovers, it looked like a fait accompli that Columbus would win…

But at 10:23 of the 3rd period, Ben Chiarot of all people would score the 3-2 marker, from Kane and Seider;

Seider would tie the game at 13:25, from Finnie and Danielson…

And in overtime, Alex DeBrincat blazed up the right wing and stuffed a shot through Greaves at 1:50 to score the gamer–from Chiarot and Kane of all people.

PREGAME: Cam Talbot and Jet Greaves led their respective teams out onto the ice:

The Hockey Writers’ Mark Scheig offered the Blue Jackets’ lineup…

And MLive’s Ansar Khan reported that the Red Wings suffered an illness-related setback on defense:

Columbus posts its starters in video form…

While the Red Wings went the more traditional route:

1ST PERIOD:

The Red Wings and Blue Jackets dressed the following starters and lineups:

And in the milestone department…

Emmitt Finnie had two tremendous scoring chances approximately 10 minutes into the 1st, tight in on Jet Greaves, but the Blue Jackets’ goaltender made left and then right pad saves to stifle the Red Wings’ plucky rookie.

PENALTY: As the Blue Jackets cycled and cycled and cycled, Travis Hamonic got penalized at 12:13 for slashing, affording Columbus an early power play.

PENALTY: Cam Talbot chipped the puck out at 12:35 and gave Columbus a 5-on-3 for 1:39.

GOAL: Columbus worked its way into Detroit’s zone and Adam Fantilli generated got a lateral pass from Zach Werenski and blasted it through Cam Talbot at 13:18 of the 1st period.

Columbus 1, Detroit 0: Fantilli (9) from Werenski (14) and Monahan (8) at 13:18 1st, PPG.

PENALTY: Lucas Raymond drew a penalty for hooking on Columbus’ Kirill Marchenko at 14:35 of the 1st period.

PENALTY: Severson was called for interference and Patrick Kane was called for embellishment (he didn’t) at 18:15, affording both teams a 4-on-4.

2ND PERIOD:

GOAL: Lucas Raymond did a wonderful job of taking a puck off a linesman and skating laterally to chug into the slot, past Zach Werenski, and score a backhander over Greaves at 36 seconds of the 2nd.

Columbus 1, Detroit 1: Lucas Raymond (7) unassisted at 36 seconds of the 2nd period.

GOAL: Columbus’ Miles Wood tipped in a Mateychuk shot in past Cam Talbot at 54 seconds of the 2nd…which tipped off Seider’s stick…

Columbus 2, Detroit 1: Wood (6) from Mateychuk (4) and Severson (6) at 54 seconds of the 2nd period.

Detroit challenged, but the referees chose to afford Wood the benefit of the doubt, and…

PENALTY: Detroit was penalized for delay of game at 54 seconds of the 2nd period.

Detroit killed the penalty, but at 6:54, Axel Sandin Pellikka centered the puck to two Columbus Blue Jackets from his own red line, and Sean Monahan was stifled expertly by Cam Talbot, who made a spectacular glove save and held on.

3RD PERIOD:

PENALTIES: J.T. Compher was called for tripping and Brendan Gaunce for roughing at 8:09 of the 3rd period, affording both teams a 4-on-4.

GOAL: And Ivan Provorov set up Zach Werenski past Albert Johansson and Marco Kasper to flip the puck over Cam Talbot in the slot and score the 3-1 goal.

Columbus 3, Detroit 1: Werenski (7) from Provorov (4) and Sillinger (7) at 8:38 3rd, 4 on 4 goal.

GOAL: Ben Chiarot was able to take the rebound of a Blue Jackets block of a Patrick Kane shot and chip it through Greaves at 10:23 of the 3rd.

Columbus 3, Detroit 2: Chiarot (2) from Kane (7) and Seider (11) at 10:23 3rd period.

PENALTY: And Albert Johansson got past Charlie Coyle, who hooked Johnson heavily as he skated into the Blue Jackets’ left wing corner.

GOAL: Moritz Seider took a pass after the PP expired–after Cam Talbot made a tremendous save on Sean Monahan at one end–after a horrific Axel Sandin Pellikka turnover at the offensive blueline–and Seider ripped the puck through Jet Greaves to make it 3-3 at 13:25 of the 3rd period.

Columbus 3, Detroit 3: Seider (3) from Finnie (5) and Danielson (2) at 13:25 3rd.

IN OVERTIME:

GOAL: Alex DeBrincat skated up the right wing and blazed a shot through Jet Greaves’ short side to make it 4-3 Detroit at 1:48 of the 4th period:

Columbus 3, DETROIT 4: DeBrincat (10) from Chiarot (4) and Kane (8) at 1:50 OT.

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!