WINGS POST-GAME: Back-and-forth game ends in Red Wings 5th straight loss

THE HIGHLIGHTS

• What a first period! The Red Wings out-shot the Panthers 17-11 and went to the dressing room with a 2-1 lead. It was a come-from-behind period as the Wings fell 1-0 less than three minutes into the game, but scored back-to-back goals 38 seconds apart to take the lead.
• Filip Zadina had a great game, recording 12:51 of ice time and 2 shots. His big play was the assist on the Wings first goal, though. A beauty saucer pass to Darren Helm:

• Dylan Larkin scored his 9th of the season off a beauty pass from Andreas Athanasiou, who was all over the ice tonight:

• Before the Panthers mounted their comeback in the second period, Frans Nielsen finally scored his first of the season! It came on the penalty kill and was actually a beautiful snipe from the top of the faceoff circle:

• Just over a minute after the Nielsen goal, Brett Connolly brought the Panthers a little closer. And four minutes after that, the Panthers scored two goals in nine seconds to take the lead back. This was the shift in momentum that I spoke about earlier. The Wings never recovered from it.
• They did, however, have a late game push. Blashill pulled the goalie with just under five minutes to play and Luke Glendening banged home a rebound out front to bring the Wings within one:

• A few more chances came after this, but it wasn’t enough. The Wings dropped the game.

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