National Hockey League
Detroit 5, Columbus 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 18370

Jonatan Berggren's breakaway goal with 36 seconds left broke a tie and gave the visiting Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each collected a goal and an assist and defenseman Erik Gustafsson also scored for Detroit, which won its third straight under new coach Todd McLellan, who is 3-1 since replacing Derek Lalonde. Cam Talbot stopped 21 shots.

James van Riemsdyk had two goals and an assist, defenseman Zach Werenski tallied one goal and two assists and Sean Monahan got the other marker for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 21 saves.

Berggren's goal came after he came out of the penalty box and took a pass from Tyler Motte after teammate Ben Chiarot had blocked a shot by Columbus defenseman Ivan Provorov.

Berggren had been serving a delay of game penalty because McLellan challenged van Riemsdyk's tying goal with 2:41 remaining for goaltender interference and lost the challenge. Van Riemsdyk poked in a loose puck that was behind Talbot.

Larkin's power-play goal gave the Red Wings a 4-3 lead with 4:54 gone into the third period. He connected from the front of the net off a pass from DeBrincat.

The Blue Jackets scored twice in the second period to tie the game 3-3.

Werenski beat Talbot with a screened shot from the top inside edge of the left circle with 8:51 left in the middle period for his 12th goal, and Monahan tied it with 1:20 remaining in the second when he tapped in van Riemsdyk's back-door pass into an open net.

Detroit led 3-1 after the first period.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead 2:42 into the game on van Riemsdyk's power-play goal -- the Blue Jackets' ninth straight home game with a power-play goal. Kane tied it for the Red Wings at 6:55.

Gustafsson gave the Red Wings the advantage with 5:21 left in the opening period for his first goal with the team. DeBrincat scored a power-play tally 2:30 later.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Detroit   Columbus
Alex DeBrincat 3 Points James van Riemsdyk 3
Alex DeBrincat 1 Goals James van Riemsdyk 2
Alex DeBrincat 2 Assists Zach Werenski 2
Alex DeBrincat 1 Power Play Goals James van Riemsdyk 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Cam Talbot .840 Save Percentage Elvis Merzlikins .808
Cam Talbot 21 Saves Elvis Merzlikins 21
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Detroit 26 5 2-3 1-2 4 25
Columbus 25 4 1-2 1-3 10 26
Upcoming Games
  • Columbus will play their next game at home against St. Louis. The Blue Jackets have a W/L % of .312 after a win and .478 after a loss.
  • Detroit will play their next game on the road against Winnipeg. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .467 after a win and .391 after a loss.