Worth Mentioning

• The Wings opened with a strong period, out-shooting Nashville 14-6. Despite the shot count the Preds score first off a point shot from P.K. Subban.
•  It was a very chippy first 20 minutes. Luke Witkowski and Austin Watson had a fight, for fun more than anything, but it slowly became more serious. Specifically when Watson hit a helmet-less Justin Abdelkader into the glass.
• Nashville scored again in the second period. The Wings with a pair of goals right after to even the game up at two.
• The first from a thrilling goal from Andreas Athanasiou. When it look like the puck was out of reach, Double-A turned on the after burners and went top shelf off the backhand.

• The next one game from Thomas Vanek. The puck came right to him off the end boards and he buried it.

• This was a special moment for Vanek; playing in game 1,000 of his NHL career – the first Austrian-born player to do so.
• Moments after Nashville almost reclaimed the lead but a goaltender interference call took away what would have been the 3-2 goal. Also, I still don’t know what goaltender interference is.
• The explanation for the no goal can be found here.
• In the third period Tyler Bertuzzi gave the Wings the lead off a sweet pass by Gustav Nyquist. Bertuzzi’s first goal in 15 games.

• Unfortunately, we can’t have nice things. The Predators tied the game with under two minutes to go.
• In overtime the team got it done. After a lackluster 4-on-3 powerplay, Dylan Larkin did Dylan Larkin things and scored his league leading 4th overtime goal of the season.

Final Thoughts