"(Detroit) had some excitement and some jump, and we couldn't really match it in the first," Ekholm said. He set a Nashville franchise record last season with 34 goals.Īn unchecked Forsberg skated from the left half boards to the left circle, where he beat Howard with a wrist shot on the short side.ĭetroit briefly took a 3-2 lead at 4:02 of the third on Larkin's first of the season, but Ekholm responded 46 seconds later to tie the game at 3. "It was nice to get out there and finally play some meaningful hockey."Īrvidsson has a goal in each of Nashville's two games this season.
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"I don't think anyone liked waiting around a full week to get going," Howard said. There, he made a blind backhand pass to Arvidsson in the low slot, where he beat Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard low to the stick side with a wrist shot. Matt Duchene had the puck below the goal line just to the right of the Detroit net. "Playing with the lead and playing from ahead is where you want to be and we never got there tonight," Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said.Īrvidsson cut the Detroit lead in half at 4:40 of the second. He fanned on his initial attempt, but then connected on a backhand shot as he was falling to the ice and beat Saros between the pads. From inside the Detroit blue line, Mantha carried the puck up ice into the Nashville zone. "He's worked hard on his shot over the course of the last number of summers, and the goal that he scored on the 2-on-1, that's indicative of the work that he's put in."īertuzzi scored the game's first goal at 10:29 of the opening period.įrom above the left faceoff dot, Larkin sent a cross-ice pass through the slot to Bertuzzi at the right faceoff dot, where he beat Saros with a one-timer high to the glove side. "He's worked extremely hard at becoming a better goal scorer," Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said of Glendening. Midway through the third with the game tied, Glendening scored the go-ahead goal with a wrist shot from the right circle that glanced off the mask of Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros and into the net. Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg and Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville, which is 1-1. Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist and Luke Glendening also scored.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice and had two assists to lead the Red Wings to a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.Īnthony Mantha added a goal and two assists for Detroit in its opener. The Detroit Red Wings got their season off to a winning start.
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