In Edmonton, Ville Husso made 41 saves in Detroit’s 5-4 win over the Oilers on penalties on Wednesday night. 
“Just winning on the road is difficult, let alone against a team like that with the type of offense they have,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “There are moments when they put you on your heels, and it’s important for the next shift or the next guy to step up, and I thought for the most part we managed the game fairly well tonight, and Husso was probably the difference in a tight game on the road.”
Dylan Larkin had a goal and two points in the win.
Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Larkin (power play) and Moritz Seider .
The Red Wings improved to 25-20-8.
Edmonton replied in the middle frame with a marker from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for a 2-1 score, but Robby Fabbri responded for the Red Wings to give them a 3-1 advantage.
“Obviously, we wanted the extra point,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “I thought we played pretty well through the first 40. We headed into the second down two, headed into the third down two, and I thought we did a pretty good job battling back and getting at least one point.”
Connor McDavid just missed out on 100 points for the season with two assists, he has 99 points on the season.
Nugent-Hopkins scored again in the middle frame to get the Oilers back to within one at 3-2, Detroit replied again with a goal from Olli Maatta for a 4-2 lead.
The Oilers dropped to 30-19-6.
“We had control of a lot of parts of that game. We generated enough chances to win, but we were a little sloppy on some of our details,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “They have to get corrected, there is no excuse for them. We can be better in those situations, and the individuals responsible understand that. We lost the special teams game, which isn’t conducive to winning hockey games.”
Edmonton tied it in the third stanza on goals from Leon Draisaitl (power play) and Derek Ryan.
“I thought we played pretty good. We had a couple of breakdowns that they capitalized on,” Draisaitl said. “They really didn’t get much. I thought we dominated the entire game pretty much. It was definitely frustrating, but it is hard to win in this league when you give up four.”
Pius Suter had the deciding goal in the skills competition.
“We’ve had a few of these games, being up in the third and then giving up the lead and not coming away with a win,” Fabbri said. “It’s not the way we drew it, but we found a way to win. It was a big effort on everyone’s part tonight.”
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Jack Campbell made 19 saves in the Oilers loss.
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