In Detroit, the visiting Edmonton Oilers fell behind early to the Red Wings on a first period goal from Tyler Bertuzzi.
IN the second period, the Oilers replied with a tying goal from Ryan McLeod, and a double from Warren Foegele to take a 3-1 lead in the match.
“I’m very happy with Warren,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. “He didn’t play in the last game because we went with 11 (forwards) and seven (defensemen). We didn’t want him to be out of the lineup for long, and he played a great game tonight. It’s one of the best games I’ve seen from him.”
The Red Wings got one back in the middle frame, but the Oilers added two in the third for a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.
Jack Campbell made 30 saves in the Edmonton win.
“Jack made some big saves, but I would say he expects to make those saves and we expect him to make them,” Woodcroft said. “He’s starting to build a little personal momentum for himself.”
The Oilers moved to 29-18-4.
Detroit’s Joe Veleno struck in the second period to make the score 3-2 headed to the third.
“I thought we did a lot of things well. There are a lot of positives to take out of a game with that final score – but we just didn’t finish,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “We don’t have a ton of 30, 40, 50-goal scorers — we don’t have any, really — so we have to score as a group.”
The Red Wings dropped to 21-20-8.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins hit off the power play in the third period for a 4-2 lead.
“Their power play is on pace to be [one of the best in] the history of the game, so you can’t keep giving them chances,” Lalonde said. “We did a really good job of our first three kills, but they killed us on the fourth one.”
Evander Kane added an empty-net goal for the 5-2 final.
“We were playing great going into the break and we definitely wanted to continue where we left off,” Campbell said. “This was a great way to start the road trip and get the juices flowing again.”
Ville Husso made 22 saves in the Detroit loss.
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