Overview
- Detroit scored twice within 45 seconds early in the third period on a Justin Faulk power-play goal and a Michael Brandsegg-Nygård shot to seize a late 5-3 win on Monday night.
- Daniil Tarasov, who backed up Florida last season, stopped 23 shots in a start against his former team while Panthers goalie Jacob Markstrom returned from an Oct. 17 upper-body injury and made 24 saves.
- Carter Mazur opened the scoring with his first NHL goal, Alex DeBrincat added a tally for Detroit, and Emmitt Finnie sealed the victory with an empty-net goal in the final seconds.
- Florida’s goals came from Aaron Ekblad on a short-handed play, Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett, but the Panthers could not overcome Detroit’s third-period surge and saw their three-game streak snapped.
- The win keeps building Detroit’s recent momentum — the Red Wings are 6-2-1 in their last nine games — though the team still sits near the bottom of a tightly bunched Atlantic Division.