Detroit Red Wings’ 3-game win streak quacks up vs Ducks on 2nd night of SoCal back-to-back

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Detroit Red Wings, looking a bit tired from playing a long game night before, had a hard time slowing down as fast as an opponent as they’ve seen so far this season.

The Wings used the same roster against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, Oct. 31, as had played 24 hours earlier up I-5 in Los Aneles, except for a change in goal. But the Ducks were too much to handle, and the Wings wound up losing, 5-2, at Honda Center to snap a three-game win streak.

The game featured a steady path to the penalty box for both sides, with six infractions called in the second and four straight within the first eight minutes of the third period. When the Red Wings (8-4-0) got a man advantage with 5:27 to play, it was their seventh power play of the game.

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The Wings pulled John Gibson, making his return to the arena where he starred with the Ducks for 12 seasons, soon after that expired for an extra attacker, but Troy Terry took advantage to score his second of the night. Leo Carlsson had a four-point night.

Tired start

The Wings came into Anaheim off a late night Thursday, when their game against the Los Angeles Kings went all the way to a shootout. They looked tired at the start against the Ducks, and were burned on a power play for a second straight night, with Terry taking off on a breakaway with Axel Sandin Pellika giving chase only to see Terry fire the puck behind Gibson. But the Wings were able to even the score within four minutes, when Dylan Larkin sprang Lucas Raymond, who picked up his third goal of the season on a wrist shot.

Carlsson, the second overall pick in 2023, scored when Terry carried the puck into Detroit’s zone, went unchallenged by Simon Edvinsson’s stick waving, and found Carlsson, who made it 2-1 with a shot from the right circle.

The Wings celebrated a goal at 4:57 of the second period, only to have it taken away after an extensive video review. Alex DeBrincat whipped a pass to Marco Kasper. Goalie Lukas Dostal stopped that, but Moritz Seider got to the rebound. Officials deemed that Seider kicked the puck in, though it appeared on replays that he was trying to kick the puck to his stick. The bottom line: It remained 2-1 to the Ducks.

At least for a few minutes more, until Mason McTavish circled around a crowd in front of the crease and flung the puck on net, making it 3-1 at 6:35. DeBrincat turned a pass from Raymond into a 3-2 game. DeBrincat now has goals in four straight games.

The Ducks reclaimed a two-goal lead when Chris Kreider scored 55 seconds into the third period, with officials ruling Gibson caused his net to jump off its moorings prior to the puck going into the net.

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