The Detroit Red Wings fall 5-2 to the Oilers in a physical contest

The Detroit Red Wings took the phrase “100% healthy” a little too literally in Tuesday night’s competition. While there were no major injuries and players leaving the game or going off the bench, the Red Wings certainly played physically.

Between scuffles after the whistle and the body being thrown around, the Detroit Red Wings took her to Edmonton. They played well and did a good job against the Oilers’ top line. The “best power play in history”, as the program mentioned a million times, could be limited.

The Red Wings did a good job keeping Edmonton off the board early on, even when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made a late power play evaluation. They were able to hold it together for the most part. The Red Wings provided offense but puck luck was really against them throughout the game.

There were a couple of weak calls against Detroit that didn’t help, but the Red Wings fell victim to a couple of bad plays that ultimately told the story of the game in the scoring charts. With a little more puck luck, the Red Wings might have the edge. Instead, Edmonton took home the win on Tuesday night.

Let’s move on to a recap of the Detroit Red Wings vs. the Oilers.

First period

The Detroit Red Wings came out and did exactly what they had to do.

That’s the plain and simple analysis of how things went in the first period. They had things that fired on all cylinders. The offensive created good scoring chances and even hit the net. They played strong enough in the defensive zone to keep Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl from finding the back of the net.

Overall, they were able to hold shots to the outside and follow through with their game. Tyler Bertuzzi had quite the first period and scored a goal to open the second half of the season. He snuck into the backdoor spot unattended and was able to bury after a great feed from Lucas Raymond to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at halftime of the first period.

In addition to goal, Bertuzzi constantly interfered on the ice, including a penalty to give the Red Wings a power play. Ville Husso also cut a fine figure in the first net. It was a lap time indeed, and the Red Wings got to start on the right foot.

Remarkable…they could have been 3-0 up if Moritz Seider hadn’t missed the bar and Robby Fabbri hit the post with a redirect after failing to get the best piece of it.

second period

Early in the second game, the Oilers were able to go out and tie things. It was forward Ryan McLeod who was able to get the puck forward. He was able to hold on to the puck long enough before making a tear to hit Husso for the goal.

Almost immediately after that, the Oilers took the lead. It was a 2-on-1 rush, with Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins delivering a beautiful saucer pass to Warren Foegele. It was a quick snap of Foegele sending one hard into the back net for the Oilers’ second goal of the night.

Things only got worse as the Red Wings conceded their third goal of the period. It was Vincent Desharnais who lowered one from the top. Foegele was credited with the goal but it didn’t seem like he caught any of the replays shown during the broadcast. Despite this, the Oilers extended their lead to 3-1.

The Red Wings would not go quietly, however. The Red Wings were able to move up within one after a huge penalty kill. It was a quick turn of events with the Red Wings finishing the kill and then putting up a goal. Moritz Seider fed well to Joe Veleno, who appeared on the page.

He approached Jack Campbell and beat him to make it a 3-2 game going into the break. Adding momentum was a big goal for Detroit. Additionally, there was a scrum after the horn to end the third and all that resulted was a penalty for Edmonton, giving the Red Wings a power play to start the third.

Third period

It was an aggressive third period. Lots of scuffles after cleaning up after the horn. The Red Wings did their best to prevent Edmonton from going too far in the lead and they did an excellent job until about 5:00 minutes from time.

Nugent-Hopkins buried a wrist shot for a power play goal to make it 4-2 in Edmonton’s favour. He was able to capitalize on the power play after Edmonton took it to Detroit.

Public Enemy No. 1 Evander Kane slammed the empty goal home for the 5-2. The Red Wings would not be able to recover, and the Oilers took home the win Tuesday night. Robby Fabbri chimed in after the final whistle for another dust sample before the two teams exited the ice.

Detroit is back in action Thursday when they take on the Calgary Flames on home ice.

Source: octopusthrower.com