Suter lifts Red Wings past Oilers in 5-4 shootout victory
By The Associated Press on February 15, 2023.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Pius Suter scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Robby Fabbri and Olli Maatta scored in regulation for the Red Wings, who have won four straight. Ville Husso made 41 saves overall. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a pair of goals, and Leon Draisaitl and Derek Ryan also scored for the Oilers, who have dropped their last two. Jack Campbell stopped 19 of 23 shots. Detroit opened the scoring 4:17 into the first period on Larkin’s power-play goal – the fourth straight game in which he has scored. The Red Wings made it 2-0 when Seider sent a backhand shot from the corner toward the net and it caromed off defenseman Philip Broberg, the post and then Campbell before going in. Nugent-Hopkins got the Oilers on the scoreboard 1:26 into the second period, but Fabbri restored Detroit’s two-goal edge on the power play at 9:06. Edmonton made it a one-goal game just over two minutes later as Connor McDavid sent a one-handed pass across the crease to Nugent-Hopkins, who recorded his 26th goal of the season in his 55th game. Nugent-Hopkins’ career best is 28 goals in 82 games in 2018-19. Maatta made it 4-2 with 3:48 to play in the second. Draisaitl scored 3:26 into the third period, and Edmonton pulled even a couple of minutes later on Ryan’s goal. UP NEXT Red Wings: At Calgary on Thursday night in the third of a five-game trip. Oilers: Host New York Rangers on Friday night to finish a two-game homestand. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://www.twitter.com/AP_Sports 15-14
