National Hockey League
Detroit 5, Boston 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 4, 2023
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Michael Markovic, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Devin Berg, CJ Murray
Attendance: 18676

David Perron had a goal and two assists to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 home win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

It was the first regulation loss of the season for Boston.

Trailing 3-2 after two periods, Detroit scored three goals in a span of 3:44 in the third period to take a 5-3 lead.

Detroit tied the game at 3-3 with 13:10 remaining in the game when Dylan Larkin skated in toward the Boston goal and beat Linus Ullmark with a shot to the stick side.

Perron gave the Red Wings a 4-3 lead with 11:04 remaining when he fired a wrist shot from the left face-off circle into the goal. Andrew Copp put Detroit ahead 5-3 with 9:26 left when he put home a rebound into a half-open net after a shot from J.T. Compher bounced off the crossbar and in front of the goal.

David Pastrnak pulled Boston to within 5-4 on a power-play goal with 5:49 remaining.

Boston briefly pulled Ullmark with under two minutes left, but a tripping penalty on Pastrnak with 1:28 remaining gave the Red Wings a power play for the rest of regulation. Another penalty on Charlie Coyle gave Detroit a 2-man advantage and Boston wasn't able to pull Ullmark the rest of the way.

With the game tied at 2-2, Boston took a 3-2 lead with 6:19 left in the second period when Coyle skated to the right of Ville Husso and tipped in a pass from Jake DeBrusk.

Boston took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by James van Riemsdyk and Matthew Poitras, but Detroit cut its deficit to 2-1 on a power-play goal by Lucas Raymond with 3:40 remaining in the first period.

Detroit tied the game at 2-2 with 10:01 left in the second on a power-play goal by Jake Walman.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Boston   Detroit
David Pastrnak 2 Points David Perron 3
David Pastrnak 1 Goals David Perron 1
David Pastrnak 1 Assists David Perron 2
David Pastrnak 1 Power Play Goals Lucas Raymond 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Linus Ullmark .875 Save Percentage Ville Husso .867
Linus Ullmark 35 Saves Ville Husso 26
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Boston 30 4 1-4 6-8 32 33
Detroit 40 5 2-8 3-4 20 29
Upcoming Games
  • Detroit will play their next game on the road against NY Rangers. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .600 after a loss.
  • Boston will play their next game on the road against Dallas. The Bruins have a W/L % of .800 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.