In Detroit, Ville Husso made 26 saves and the Red Wings downed the Nashville Predators, 3-0, on Wednesday night.
“The guys were unbelievable in front of me tonight,” Husso said. “Once you make one save, it makes it easier to make the next one.”
After a scoreless first period, Dylan Larkin gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead in the second period.
“He’s our No. 1 center, so he’s going to be playing in every situation,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “He’s limiting his turnovers and he’s limiting his mistakes in the [defensive] zone. That’s what you need from your top player. He’s committed to do things correctly and he’s getting rewarded.”
Filip Hronek pushed the lead to 2+-0 at 14:16 of the middle frame.
Nashville dropped to 9-9-2.
“I thought we had good effort tonight and we deserved better than to get shut out,” Nashville coach John Hynes said. “I thought we had some good looks at 5-on-5 and some good looks on the power play, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. You play pretty well [but] don’t get the result.”
Detroit improved to 10-5-4.
Michael Rasmussen added an empty-net goal with 21 seconds left for the 3-0 final.
“Our special teams and our goalie bailed us out in the second period after we didn’t have a very good 40 minutes,” Lalonde said. “I thought we were much better in the third.”
Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves in the Preds loss.
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