Connor McDavid had his 98th and 99th points of the season Wednesday night, leading the NHL scoring charts. Still, the Red Wings won 5-4 in a shootout once morest the Edmonton Oilers for their fourth straight win.
McDavid and David Perron scored for their respective teams in the shootout, but it then took until the fifth round of the shootout to see Pius Suter put an end to the dispute.
After being shut out for the rare time this season once morest the Montreal Canadiens last Saturday, McDavid recovered by contributing two assists tonight, each time on goals from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who finished the game with three points .
Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell has admitted defeat for the first time in his last nine starts. On the other side, Ville Husso earned the win with 41 saves.
The Wings took a 2-0 lead in the first period when Dylan Larkin scored first on the power play, good for his sixth goal in four games, followed by Moritz Seider, whose shot deflected off the skate of the defender Philip Broberg.
Nugent-Hopkins scored his first of two goals early in the second period to cut the deficit to 2-1 when he caught a back pass from his captain.
Robby Fabbri restored a two-goal lead to the Red Wings, who hit the mark on their two powerplays of the game. Nugent-Hopkins, however, returned to the charge two minutes later.
Olli Maatta made it 4-2 immediately on the faceoff won by Dylan Larkin on a one-timer.
The Oilers finally managed to force overtime thanks to Derek Ryan’s tying goal. Leon Draisaitl was the other scorer for the Canadian squad, on the five-man attack.