In Detroit, the visiting Vancouver Canucks blew a two-goal lead in the third period, and then lost to the Red Wings, 4-3, on a penalty shot in extra time by Jake Walman with 23 second gone in the extra session.
Alex Lyon made 28 saves in the win.
Detroit improved to 27-18-6.
“We have had a crazy number of third-period comebacks to get points and wins,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “I think we’re tops in the League, but that’s not a recipe for success, especially against an elite team like this.”
Detroit took a 1-0 lead on a goal from Raymond with 45 seconds gone in the opening stanza.
Vancouver dropped to 34-12-6.
“I thought we played a pretty good game,” Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said. “We were up 3-1, and we made about four plays you can’t make when you are up 3-1.”
The Canucks rallied with three goals in the middle frame.
Nils Hoglander tied the game, 1-1,69 seconds into the middle frame.
After killing off a pair of penalties Filip Hronek put the Canucks up, 2-1, at 11:10 as he skated out of the penalty box.
Elias Pettersson hit at 13:27 of the second to send the game to the third period leading 3-1.
“We obviously played some good hockey to be up 3-1, but we gave them life after the power-play (goal),” Pettersson said.
Daniel Sprong hit off the power play to trim the deficit to 3-2 for Detroit at 2:34 of the third period.
Michael Rasmussen forced thee extra session when he scored off a tip in at 7:51.
“We win in a lot of different ways,” Detroit’s David Perron said. “That’s what makes us special. Once we got the second goal, we knew we had a shot.”
Casey DeSmith made 24 saves in the loss.
“I felt like the penalty kill was great in that long stretch, but we had to use some guys for a lot of minutes,” Tocchet said.
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