Red Wings win fifth straight on Kane's OT goal against Senators

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Jan 7, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings keep winning and their power play is a big reason why.

Patrick Kane's power-play goal at 2 minutes, 21 seconds of overtime Tuesday gave the Wings a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.

Kane got the puck after Dylan Larkin's face off win, and near the high slot, wired a shot past goaltender Anton Forsberg for his ninth goal.

It was the second power play goal of the night for the Wings, Larkin had the other, as the Wings (18-18-4) won their fifth consecutive game. The Wings have 10 power play goals in their last six games.

Joe Veleno tied the game at 2 at the 5-minute mark of the third period with his fifth goal.

Ottawa goalie Anton Forsberg made the stop on a Simon Edvinsson shot but let the rebound pop into the slot where Veleno knuckled back the rebound past Forsberg, tying the game.

Ottawa's Thomas Chabot and Brady Tkachuk (power play) scored second-period goals to erase a 1-0 Wings lead.

Larkin (power play) scored in his fourth consecutive game (five goals over that span) in the first period.

Goaltender Alex Lyon started in net, made 10 saves in the first period, but didn't come out for the second period because of an upper-body injury. Cam Talbot replaced Lyon and stopped 19 shots.

The Wings' power play, which had been sizzling at a 50 percent clip in the last five games (8 for 16 entering the game) scored Tuesday on their first chance.

Alex DeBrincat found Larkin in the slot, and Larkin batted a shot past Forsberg for his 17th goal, at 8:30.

But the Senators rallied in the middle period, taking advantage of Wings' penalties.

Chabot tied it 1-1 with his third goal, scoring at 12:25, just five seconds after Edvinsson's tripping penalty expired.

Ottawa grabbed a 2-1 lead on Tkachuk's 18th goal at 19:05 with Justin Holl in the box for interference. Tkachuk snapped a shot from the high lost that flew past a screened Talbot, giving the Senators the lead.

With the world junior championships being played at their home rink, Tuesday's game concluded a grueling nine-game road trip for the Senators (4-4-1 on trip).

"They are fighting through a long road trip, and that's not easy on anybody," said coach Todd McLellan after the morning skate. "(Going) .500 over that time, that's one of heckuva of a road trip. That's a lot of stuff going on during a time of year where families are coming in and out, a lot of distractions, so they've had to fight through that.

"A lot of talented bodies that have size and can really shoot the puck, and they have some legs on the back end that can skate."

The game had a feel of an important late-season game. With the standings bunched as they already are in the Eastern Conference, it does place emphasis already on these divisional games. But the Wings, even with the win streak, aren't entirely focusing on that just yet.

"It's definitely a little added incentive right now," said DeBrincat after the morning skate. "We have to worry about us and not about anyone else. Just take care of home ice and getting two points when you can. Every game means so much. But these divisional games (have) added intensity and meaning to them."

The win streak has re-energized a Wings team that was slumping, leading to a coaching change.

"A lot of us really weren't looking at the standings for a long time now," DeBrincat said. "Being right back in there, we have to focus on our own game and know what we're doing. But it's fun to be in the conversation a little bit more than what we were previously.

"But as good as it is going, it can easily flip the other way. We have to keep the intensity up and start good and hopefully keep getting these wins."

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