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- Red Wings
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
The Detroit Red Wings’ discourtesy put them successful power successful nan first play Monday and their precocious punishment sidesplitting put nan finishing touches connected a 5-3 triumph complete nan Ottawa Senators astatine nan Canadian Tire Centre.
The Red Wings ne'er trailed aft racing retired to a 3-0 lead successful nan first period, but nan Senators doubly trim nan shortage to a goal. They had an fantabulous chance to necktie it pinch back-to-back powerfulness plays midway done nan third.
But Michael Rasmussen scored his team’s first shorthanded extremity successful 78 games to put Detroit up 5-3 pinch 7:07 remaining successful regulation.
The Red Wings (25-15-5), aided by a would-be Ottawa extremity negated owed to goaltender inference, and different precocious punishment kill, bounced backmost aft consecutive losses to Pittsburgh. They regained nan apical spot successful nan Eastern Conference pinch 54 points, though teams correct down them person games successful hand.
It was nan first of 4 games betwixt these teams, and nan Senators fell to 20-16-5.
James van Riemsdyk scored a extremity and added an assist. Andrew Copp, Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond besides scored for nan Red Wings.
John Gibson made 35 saves to amended to 10-2-0 successful his past 12 starts.
The Senators scored doubly successful nan 2nd play to trim Detroit’s lead to 3-2 and had nan momentum earlier Raymond fired successful a changeable from nan face-off circle pursuing a walk from J.T. Compher and a small toe-drag move. It was his 12th goal, conscionable his 2nd successful 16 games, and his first even-strength tally since Nov. 29.
The Red Wings fell down by 2 goals successful each of their past 2 games but struggled astatine nan commencement successful this one, too, arsenic Ottawa registered nan first 8 shots. But Gibson kept nan Senators disconnected nan committee earlier his squad responded pinch 3 unanswered goals successful nan first period.
Copp scored connected a breakaway astatine 7:06 aft stripping nan puck from Tyler Kleven successful nan neutral zone. It was his sixth goal. He has 14 points successful 17 games.
Larkin notched his 22nd goal, connected nan powerfulness play, astatine 13:51. Van Riemsdyk, parked astatine nan nett front, made a bully play to pat nan puck to Larkin pursuing a rebound of Alex DeBrincat’s shot.
Van Riemsdyk capped nan surge by scoring his 11th extremity pinch 17 seconds remaining successful nan period. He spun and fired a changeable that deflected successful disconnected Nick Jensen’s skate.
The Senators replaced goaltender Leevi Merilainen, who allowed 3 goals connected 8 shots, pinch Hunter Shepard astatine nan commencement of nan 2nd period.
Goals by Claude Giroux (7:33) and Dylan Cozens (14:10 connected nan powerfulness play) successful nan 2nd play sewage nan Senators backmost successful nan game.
The Red Wings big nan Vancouver Canucks connected Thursday (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network).
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