30 Jan 2025; Edmonton, Alberta, Can; Edmonton Oilers forward Mattias Janmark (13) and Detroit Red Wings forward Joe Veleno (90) Battle for position during the first period at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin made in a shootout to complete a comeback from a two-goal deficit and give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over values Edmonton Oilers on Thursday evening.
Alex Lyon made 45 rescues and denied Connor McDavid in Shootout. Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed the goal in game-ending tiebreaker.
Michael Rasmussen and Larkin did in regulation for Red Wings, who won their fourth straight match.
Leon Draisaitl and Jeff Skinner got the goals for Oilers, who had their winning line in three games. Stuart Skinner stopped 32 shots.
Detroit did twice during the second period to tie the match 2-2.
Rasmussen tipped Jonathan Berggren’s shot out of the air and at 9:59 to put the red wings on the board. Larkin tied it with 8:14 left in the middle period as he swept into his right wing and beat Skinner between the pillows.
Draisaitl netted a Power-play goal to open points 6:49 into the game. He one-tide a loose puck from the right circle past Lyon. The puck had bounced over the stick from the Detroit defender Ben Chiarot, who tried to clear the puck out of the zone, just before it came to Draisaitl, which logged his league leader 36th goal.
Skinner made it 2-0 with 9:31 left in the first period when he slid a loose puck in a vacant net from just outside the fold.
Defender John Klingberg made his season debut and his first performance for Oilers. He had last played in November 2023 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, was then out for 14 months after surgery on both hips. Edmonton signed Klingberg to one year’s contract on January 17. He had a shot, a giveaway and was minus-1 in 16:39 of ice age.
The Red Wings’ Vladimir Tarasenko returned after missing a game because of an illness and playing in the 800th of his career.
McDavid (Canada) and Oiler’s defender Mattias Ekholm (Sweden) were appointed on Thursday as alternative captains for their countries in the Face-off of the four nations, which will go February 12-20 in Montreal and Boston.
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