In Detroit, the Red Wings rallied with two third period goals including one from Anthony Mantha who scored with just 21 seconds left to give the Wings a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
“It was a great cross-ice pass from [Fabbri],” Mantha said. “My passing had been off all night, so I was definitely going to shoot it. It found the post and went in.”
Madison Bowey had gotten the Wings close with a strike midway through the third.
“I don’t think we were nearly sharp enough,” coach Jeff Blashill said of the Red Wings, who didn’t get their 10th shot on goal until the third period. “I thought we’ve had some losses where we deserved to win. Tonight, we might not have deserved to lose, but we didn’t play our best and found a way to win.”
Jonathan Bernier made 17 saves for the win, none were bigger than a late crease save with 14 seconds left.
“It wasn’t a perfect game, I don’t think, and our effort wasn’t there for the full 60 minutes. But we’ll take the win,” Bernier said. “We’ve just got to keep riding this wave.”
Jonathan Marchessault and Max Pacioretty scored for Vegas.
“We played great hockey for 55 minutes and fell asleep for the last five,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “They had three good chances before Mantha scored, and they were all chances we gave them.”
After the Knights had taken a 1-0 lead, Andreas Athanasiou tied it for the Wings.
“Fabbri was open at the back door, so I was thinking about either passing or shooting,” Bowey said. “As I got tripped, I just decided to put it on the net. I heard it hit a pad, but I didn’t know if it was the one in the back of the net or the goalie’s pad. I wasn’t sure what happened until all the guys jumped on me.”
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Malcolm Subban made 16 saves in the loss.
“We have to still try to create offense and make them defend,” Pacioretty said. “We can’t forget about our end, but we have to play aggressive hockey. That just hasn’t been there lately.”
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