“ I think we’ve got to shoot for more chaos.”Įrne’s goal ended a stretch of 20 games without scoring. “I still think we’ve got to have a better shot mentality,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. Fresh out of the box after serving a hooking penalty, Erne slipped behind the Nashville defense and received a perfect lead pass from Tyler Bertuzzi on a breakaway and beat Saros with a wrist shot on the stick side. He gave it right back to me on a pillow and an open net.”Įrne pulled the Red Wings within one with 1:09 left in the middle period. “He made a good play getting it to me with speed and I was able to challenge the D and put him in a good position. “We had a really good give-and go play there,” Duchene said. Forsberg completed the give-and-go by sending the puck back to Duchene in the slot, where he beat Nedeljkovic at 14:21. After carrying the puck into the Detroit zone, Duchene passed it to Forsberg on the right side. With just 5 seconds remaining on a penalty to Detroit’s Joe Veleno, Cousins sent a wrist shot from the high slot through traffic that went off of Nedeljkovic’s glove and into the net for Cousins’ sixth goal of the season.ĭuchene made it 2-0 less than 2 minutes later. The Red Wings have lost two in a row.Ĭousins scored the game’s first goal with 7:14 left in the second period. “I thought Detroit had a good push in the second period, but I’m just proud of the fact that guys were able to grind through this stretch of games and find a way to win.”Īdam Erne scored for Detroit, Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves. “I thought the guys, really at the end of this stretch here, came out strong,” Predators coach John Hynes said. Nick Cousins and Filip Forsberg also scored and Juuse Saros made 28 saves for Nashville, winners of two straight. (AP) - Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
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