National Hockey League
Detroit 5, Nashville 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 29, 2023
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Tommy Hughes
Attendance: 19515

Lucas Raymond scored the game-winning goal with 2:13 expired in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 home win over the Nashville Predators on Friday.

Jake Walman recorded two goals and one assist, and Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists for Detroit.

Gustav Nyquist and Filip Forsberg each had two goals and an assist for Nashville.

Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Detroit scored two goals in a span of 1:44 to take a 4-3 lead.

DeBrincat tied the game at 3-3 with 10:31 left when he one-timed a shot into the net on a 2-on-1.

Walman then gave Detroit a 4-3 lead when he rifled a shot from the left face-off circle underneath the crossbar with 8:47 left.

Nyquist tied the game at 4-4 just 1:10 later when he banged home a rebound in front of the Detroit goal.

The Red Wings opened the scoring with 15:58 remaining in the first period on a short-handed goal by Dylan Larkin, who streaked down the ice and fired a wrist shot from the right face-off circle past Nashville goalie Juuse Saros.

The Predators tied the game with 9:17 left in the first period when Forsberg took a pass from Nyquist out in front of the Detroit goal and snapped a shot past Red Wings goalie Alex Lyon.

Detroit took a 2-1 lead with 21.6 seconds remaining in the first period on a goal by Walman, who took a pass from Michael Rasmussen in the left face-off circle and fired a shot past Saros.

With 9:20 left in the second period, Nyquist scored a short-handed goal to tie the game at 2-2. He intercepted a pass in the Detroit zone, skated in all alone on the Detroit net and beat Lyon.

Just 2:09 later, Forsberg scored his second of the game to give Nashville a 3-2 lead, taking a pass from Tommy Novak in front of Lyon and firing the puck into the net.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Nashville   Detroit
Filip Forsberg 3 Points Jake Walman 3
Filip Forsberg 2 Goals Jake Walman 2
Filip Forsberg 1 Assists Alex DeBrincat 2
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
Gustav Nyquist 1 Short Handed Goals Dylan Larkin 1
Juuse Saros .783 Save Percentage Alex Lyon .892
Juuse Saros 18 Saves Alex Lyon 33
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Nashville 37 4 0-2 2-2 11 32
Detroit 23 5 0-2 2-2 11 31
Upcoming Games
  • Detroit will play their next game at home against Boston. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .471 after a win and .474 after a loss.
  • Nashville will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Predators have a W/L % of .579 after a win and .471 after a loss.