In Detroit, the Red Wings picked up a win when Dylan Larkin potted the deciding goal in the skills portion of the evening’s affair with the Ottawa Senators.
Larkin’s goal was the only one scored in the skills competition for a 3-2 Detroit win.
“I haven’t been the best in shootouts in my career, but our goalie coach Jeff Salajko said to go blocker side,” Larkin said. “I was going to try another move, but Jeff convinced me to go that way.”
Jonathan Bernier made 29 saves in the win.
“[Bernier] has always been better when he’s played a lot, which is true of a lot of goalies,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “He had a tough start here in Detroit, both last year and the beginning of this year, but he kept a positive attitude and his hard work has paid off.”
Brady Tkachuk and Colin White scored for the Senators.
“I thought we played well enough to win,” Senators coach D.J. Smith said. “We got after them on the forecheck, we tracked the puck and we did a good job in the d-zone, and [Hogberg] was great. When a goalie plays that well, you want to get them a win.”
Tyler Bertuzzi and Larkin scored in regulation for Detroit
“I saw an opening and I could see most of their guys were standing still,” Larkin said. “I always see [Valtteri] Filppula using his head fake to beat guys, so I used that on the first guy and then used my speed.”
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Marcus Hogberg made 26 saves in the loss.
“I thought we bounced back really well from (losing 6-1 to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday),” White said. “That’s how we want to play, and we left everything we had on the table. Obviously we want to get a second point, but we played hard and we can take this to play (the Montreal Canadiens) tomorrow night.”
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