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 Left winger Matt Moulson's goal 2:15 into overtime gave Minnesota
a 4-3, come-from-behind win over the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis
Arena on Sunday night.
The Wild trailed 2-0 after the first period despite outplaying the
Red Wings and outshooting them 12-6.
"I was really impressed at the way they were able to stick with it,"
Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said of his players. "Obviously, there's a
tendency to get frustrated and go away from our game, but they stuck
with it.
Moulson tipped in a pass from defenseman Jonas Brodin — who was
along the right wing boards — for his 21st goal and the
game-winner.
"(Brodin) showed great patience. He kind of looked over and made eye
contact with me," Moulson said. "I went to the net. He couldn't have
put it in a better place."
The Wild lost 3-2 to the Red Wings on Saturday afternoon in St.
Paul, Minn.
Both teams are in the seventh playoff spot in tight races their
respective conferences — Minnesota in the West, and Detroit in the
East.
Center Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist, and right winger
Jason Pominville and left winger Zach Parise also scored for
Minnesota (37-24-11). Center Mikko Koivu had two assists, and goalie
Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 13 shots.
"It was frustrating being down 2-0 and how good we were playing,"
Parise said. "But we thought we were doing some really good things."
Right winger Gustav Nyquist, who scored twice to extend his
goal-scoring streak to five games, and left winger Tomas Tatar
provided the goals for Detroit (33-24-14). Red Wings goalie Jimmy
Howard made 21 saves.
"I don't think we were skating toward the middle and putting
pressure on their D," Nyquist said. "They could break out pretty
fast, I thought, so that was an issue, which is why we didn't get
enough zone time in their zone. We weren't skating good enough, I
thought."
Tatar tied it 3-3 with 8:17 remaining in the third with a shot from
the right circle off the rush. It was his 16th goal.
"I just thought we had a great response after they got the two,"
Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "We came out and got another one to
get right back to even and, like I said, got ourselves a huge point.
We would've liked to get the next one, (but) we didn't."
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Coyle's goal 4:33 into the third period tied the game at 2. He
pushed the puck into an empty net off a goal-mouth scramble. It was
Coyle's ninth goal of the season and second in two games. Parise
gave the Wild the lead just 1:45 later when he poked one past Howard
for his 24th goal.
Pominville's power-play goal with 8:03 left in the second period put
Minnesota on the scoreboard and made it 2-1. His 27th goal of the
season came on a one-time slap shot from the high slot area. The
goal was scored only 10 seconds after Red Wings defenseman Kyle
Quincey went off for interference.
Detroit right winger Daniel Alfredsson hit the goal post with 8:30
left in the second period.
Nyquist scored both of his goals in the first period to give Detroit
its 2-0 lead.
His first goal came on the power play with 6:15 left in the period.
Nyquist put in a rebound from the left circle. His second, and 23rd
of the season, was the result of a breakaway. He made a move and
slid a backhand shot past Bryzgalov.
Nyquist has an NHL-leading 18 goals since Jan. 20.
NOTES: Detroit C Joakim Andersson returned after missing six games
with a broken foot. ... Wild G Niklas Backstrom missed his 10th game
due to an undisclosed injury. ... Detroit veteran RW Todd Bertuzzi
didn't play because of the flu. ... Minnesota D Keith Ballard missed
his fourth game with a lower-body injury. ... The Red Wings sent RW
Teemu Pulkkinen to their AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. ...
Minnesota LW Matt Cooke played most of his junior hockey with the
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. Windsor is across
the Detroit River from Detroit.
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