In Detroit, Lucas Raymond scored twice for the Red Wings on Saturday in a 2-1 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild.
His second goal came with 4.5 seconds left in the middle frame for the 2-1 final score.
“It feels good to get two tonight, but I haven’t been too worried about it,” Raymond said. “I just focus on playing the right way, and I knew good things would happen.”
Dylan Larkin had two assists in the Detroit win.
“Whether the puck has gone in or not, I know we’ve been creating chances – he puts himself in great position and he’s got a quick release,” Larkin said. “I think I had two in the eighth game of my sophomore year, so I told him we’re tied.”
Ville Husso had 30 saves in the Detroit win.
“They are an unbelievably fast team coming out of their end, but we made sure they didn’t get the easy offense they’ve had in their last few games,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “They had a couple 2-on-1 and 3-on-2 breaks in the first period, but we were much better about that in the second and third.”
Kirill Kaprizov gave the Wild a 1-0 lead with 88 seconds gone n the game.
“I think we probably hurt ourselves by starting so well,” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. “We had four good chances right away, and we thought we could continue that all night. We shifted into playing as a skill team, when what we’re about is skill and grit.”
Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves in the Wild loss.
“That’s a tough play, because I have to respect the shooter,” said Gustavsson. “[Kubalik] makes the back-door pass and Lucas kind of fans on it, but it goes in off my back leg. That’s really frustrating, given how little time was on the clock.”
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