The Detroit Red Wings salvaged a point on the opening stop of their road trip, but Seattle still walked away with the win. The Kraken beat Detroit 4-3 in a shootout, with Bobby McMann delivering the deciding goal in the fourth round to end it and leave the Red Wings still searching for a win against Seattle this season.
Detroit spent much of the night chasing the game. Mackie Samoskevich, Ryker Evans and Brandon Montour all found ways past Daniil Tarasov before the Red Wings could settle in, and Seattle controlled play in the Detroit zone for long stretches through the first two periods. The visitors simply didn’t look sharp for most of the night, until the third period changed the feel of the game.
That push started when Viktor Arvidsson and Lucas Raymond scored 59 seconds apart a little after the halfway point of the third. Arvidsson’s goal cut through Seattle’s momentum and gave Detroit its first 5-on-5 goal from him in a Red Wings sweater, making it 3-1.
Raymond, who had already supplied the game-winner in Detroit’s shootout victory over San Jose last Saturday, had gone nine games without a goal to begin the season before finally breaking through. On this one, he collected his own rebound, worked through some slick stickhandling, and tucked the puck past Philipp Grubauer to pull Detroit within one.
Arvidsson and Raymond have both had slow starts, but they helped spark Detroit back into the game when it looked like the night might get away. The comeback still needed one more jolt to force overtime, and Todd McLellan gave the Red Wings that chance by pulling Tarasov for an extra skater late in the third. Seattle made matters worse for itself when Chandler Stephenson went to the box with just under a minute and a half left, putting Detroit on a 6-on-4.
With the clock winding down, the Red Wings went right to Alex DeBrincat, and he delivered. His wrist shot beat Grubauer with 16 seconds remaining to tie the game and cap a third-period surge that also included his 300th career goal.
DeBrincat, along with sophomore center Emmitt Finnie, was involved in all three Detroit goals on the night. He also now leads the team in both goals with six and assists with five.
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