Thoughts and Highlights

• The Red Wings were without Mike Green, Trevor Daley, Danny DeKeyser, Patrik Nemeth and Filip Hronek on defense.
• Luke Glendening returned to the lineup after missing the past 12 games with a hand injury. He had three shots on goal in the first period and finished with 3 shots and 50% Corsi for.
• The Sharks drew first blood late in the first period, as Jimmy Howard made a couple of big saves, but Kevin Labanc dug a loose puck away from Howard and put the Sharks up 1-0.
• Marc-Edouard Vlasic gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead early in the second period with a shot from the blue line that Howard probably should have stopped.
• But just 13 seconds later, Andreas Athanasiou cut the lead to 2-1, off a nice pass from Robby Fabbri.

• About midway through the second, Taro Hirose scored his first of the season, as Brendan Perlini made a heads-up play to find a wide-open Hirose.

• About a minute later, Erik Karlsson gave the Sharks the lead again on a blast from the point on the power play.
• Late in the third period, Athanasiou tied the game at 3-3 and scored his second of the game, off a cross-ice feed from Valtteri Filppula.

• Labanc was the only player who scored in the shootout.

Gif of the Game

Motor City MVP

Andreas Athanasiou