In Detroit, the Red Wings had no answers for the Carolina Hurricanes and lost 2-1 on Sunday evening.
Dougie Hamilton had a shorthanded goal for the Canes, who pushed their current win streak to eight games.
“We’re obviously playing well, but we’re getting a lot of special-teams scoring,” said Hamilton, who scored a shorthanded goal. “There’s not always a lot going on 5-on-5, and there have been some games where we weren’t playing that well, but we’ve gotten a couple of power-play goals and been able to win the game.”
Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves in the victory, his shutout bid was ruined with 10 seconds left in the game.
Anthony Mantha scored the lone Detroit goal.
“I thought we checked well and our compete level was good, but we were way too sloppy with the puck,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “We also just didn’t have anything like a good shooting mentality. We talked yesterday about needing to shoot the puck when you get into scoring areas, and I think we passed up too many opportunities. As a result, we didn’t create enough chaos.”
Nino Niederreiter scored early in the third period to give the Canes a 2-0 lead.
“In the second period, we had a similar play where [Sebastian Aho] dropped it to me and I gave it back to him,” Niederreiter said. “This time, I waited to see if their defenseman would come after me. When they didn’t, I had plenty of time to pick a corner.”
Jonathan Bernier made 30 saves in the loss.
The Wings were scoreless in two power play chances.
“We had two or three power plays and we moved the puck around a little on one of them, but we didn’t get anything on net and they got a goal,” Detroit’s Dylan Larkin said. “It’s crucial for us to get the power play producing, and we didn’t do that tonight. That was definitely a factor in the game.”
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