In Detroit, the Red Wings held onto a lead and defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 3-1 on Saturday night.
Thomas Greiss made 40 saves, and was especially busy in the third period with 23 stops.
“He was excellent, especially in the third period,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “I thought the chances were even in the first two periods, we might have even been a little ahead, but they really took it to us in the third.”
Filip Zadina scored in the second period to give Detroit a 2-1 lead.
“We played pretty well in the first game, but we didn’t get the win, so we were really focused on getting this one,” Zadina said. “I thought we played really well as a team for the whole 60 minutes.”
Conor Garland tied the game, 1-1, in the middle frame.
“I thought we really made a push in the third period, but it was probably too late,” Garland said. “This one stings a little.”
The Canucks dropped to 1-1-1.
“When you get 41 shots and only score one goal, there’s more than one thing going on,” the Canucks’ Bo Horvat said. “[Greiss] is an elite goaltender and he kept them in the game with some huge saves, but when you are facing someone playing like that, you have to find a way on the power play or something.”
Sam Gagner added an empty-net strike with under one minute to go on the clock in the third period.
Jaroslav Halak made 18 saves in the loss.
“I thought we played a pretty good game, especially in the third period, and probably deserved a point or two,” Vancouver head coach Travis Green said. “Their goalie was just really good.”
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