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SUNRISE www.officialcoyotes.com , Fla. (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings were finally able to feel good about themselves.Gustav Nyquist scored 3:44 into overtime to lift the Red Wings to their first win of the season, 4-3 over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.Dennis Cholowski and Dylan Larkin each had a goal and an assist, and Thomas Vanek also scored for the Red Wings, who were 0-5-2 in their first seven games. Jimmy Howard stopped 34 shots.The Red Wings were the only winless team coming into the game, as the Panthers recorded their first victory Friday night at Washington.“It’s great to come in here and see smiles after the game. We all needed this,” Howard said.On the winner, Nyquist grabbed a loose puck and his shot from the slot beat goalie Michael Hutchinson on the stick side.“Seven games and you’re looking for your first win, it’s not the position you want to be in Arizona Coyotes T-Shirts Authentic , but finally we got that one and it feels nice,” Nyquist said.Trailing 3-2, Florida’s Mike Hoffman tied the score with 1:16 left in the third as his shot from the left circle went between Howard’s pads.Nick Bjugstad and Keith Yandle each had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov recorded a pair of assists for the Panthers, who played into overtime for the fourth time in their six games. Hutchinson finished with 27 saves.The Panthers blew a 2-0 lead, allowing three goals in the second period.“Our second periods have to get better,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “It’s hurt us all year. It hurt us again tonight.”Each of the Panthers’ six games have been decided by one goal.“Obviously we wanted to get the full two points here tonight in first back-to-back of the season,” Hoffman said. “One point is better than none.”Detroit took a 3-2 lead on Larkin’s goal in the second. Darren Helm passed to Larkin on the left side of the crease and Larkin poked it into the net at 7:50.Barkov was awarded a penalty shot when he was hooked from behind by Cholowski at 1:49 of the third but he was unsuccessful.Trailing 2-0 Arizona Coyotes Hoodies Authentic , the Red Wings scored two power-play goals in 18 seconds in the second period. Cholowski took advantage of a 5-on-3 when he fired the puck from the point past Hutchinson at 5:47 to make the score 2-1.Vanek’s shot from the slot tied it at 6:05.The Panthers took a 1-0 lead after Yandle took a pass from Evgenii Dadonov in the high slot to the left circle and beat Howard glove side at 7:34 of the first.The Red Wings appeared to tie it when Michael Rasmussen tipped in the puck past Hutchinson. The Panthers challenged for goalie interference by Justin Abdelkader and the goal was disallowed.“We were down 2-0 in the first, got the goal called back. For a team that was fragile, we did a good job digging in,” coach Jeff Blashill said.The Panthers stretched their lead to 2-0 when Bjugstad grabbed the puck off the faceoff from Barkov and fired it past Howard with 3:50 remaining in the opening period.NOTES: Panthers D Mike Matheson returned from a two-game suspension for a hit on Vancouver rookie Elias Pettersson. … Red Wings D Jonathan Ericsson returned from IR and played his first game of the season. D Danny DeKeyser was placed on IR retroactive to Oct. 13.UP NEXTRed Wings: Host Carolina on Monday.Panthers: At the New York Rangers on Tuesday. NEW YORK (AP) Down by three goals with 6 1/2 minutes left in the third period, the New York Islanders needed a break.Tyler Bertuzzi swung his stick and gave it to them Friday night.The Detroit forward drew a major game misconduct for slashing and the Islanders took full advantage by quickly scoring four times on the power play. Brock Nelson then scored his third goal of the game 3:15 into overtime and New York, boosted by rookie Mathew Barzal’s five assists, emerged with a wild 7-6 win over the Red Wings.”That was a roller coaster of a game,” Barzal said.The Islanders were down 5-2 when Bertuzzi was penalized for slashing Cal Clutterbuck with 6:33 remaining.Nelson Arizona Coyotes Hats Authentic , Anders Lee, Nick Leddy and Josh Bailey scored in a span of 3:37 for a 6-5 lead. The four power-play goals in the third period set a franchise record.Bailey’s goal gave New York its first lead of the game with 1:49 left in regulation. But Mike Green’s sixth of the season with 29 seconds remaining forced overtime.Nelson completed his second career hat trick with his 14th goal, assisted by Barzal, and sent Detroit to its third straight loss.The Islanders had allowed an NHL-high 200 goals this season going into the game. They also had scored 181, third most in the league.”It’s good to have (our offense) in our back pocket,” Bailey said. ”But I think we’re a better team when we’re the ones controlling the pace and making the other team chase the game a little bit.”Barzal became the first rookie in NHL history to have a pair of five-assist games in a season. It was also his third five-point game, the first rookie in 100 years to accomplish that feat. Joe Malone did it in the NHL’s first season (1917-1.Barzal is the fifth player overall to have multiple five-assist games in a season over the last 30 seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky Custom Arizona Coyotes Jerseys , Mario Lemieux, Peter Forsberg and Pat Lafontaine.Jaroslav Halak made six saves on seven shots in the third period to pick up the win. He replaced starter Thomas Greiss, who allowed five goals on 32 shots.Jordan Eberle also scored for New York. Anthony Mantha, Martin Frk, Henrik Zetterberg, Darren Helm and Niklas Kronwall scored for Detroit.”It’s not the ending we wanted,” Mantha said. ”Every point is important and losing one tonight like that hurts.”Added Zetterberg: ”We lost a point instead of getting one.”Detroit took a 3-0 lead in the first period. Mantha scored his 17th goal 2:12 into the game, Frk followed with his 10th at 5:12 and Zetterberg snapped a rebound from the right hashmark over Greiss’ glove at 14:40.Eberle’s 19th midway through the second period made it 3-1 and Nelson scored early in the third. Detroit responded with two goals in 2:12 to go ahead 5-3 after Helm’s tap-in at 7:42 and Kronwall’s score at 9:54. Following Kronwall’s goal www.officialbruinsproonline.com , New York coach Doug Weight replaced Greiss in net with Halak.NOTES: The game was the second of three regular-season meetings for the Eastern Conference franchises. The Islanders and Red Wings will meet once more on April 7 in Detroit. … New York defenseman Johnny Boychuk dressed and played for the first time since Dec. 28. He had missed 18 games with an upper body injury before being activated from the injured reserve Thursday. He played 15:18 paired with Leddy, and fought Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader late in the second period, in which he landed three straight punches to the Red Wings forward while the two were entangled with linesmen. … New York scratched D Dennis Seidenberg, C Alan Quine and C Tanner Fritz. … Detroit scratched D Xavier Ouellet, LW David Booth and RW Luke Witkowski.UP NEXTRed Wings: At Washington on Sunday afternoon.Islanders: Host Calgary on Sunday night.—
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