With JT Compher unable to play due to illness, the Wings promoted Marco Kasper as a backup on the second line between Vladimir Tarasenko and Kane and started with 11 forwards and seven defensemen, which made for fairly fluid combinations.

Means

The Devils took control shortly after the game began, taking the ball shift after shift and testing Talbot at every opportunity. Moritz Seider was called for a penalty midway through, but the Devils were able to take a 41-second lead as Jacob Markstrom went to the bench when the referee called the penalty. Seider went into the box at 11:55 for taking down Paul Cotter; At 12:11, the Devils scored when Jesper Bratt won a battle for the puck to give Hischier a 1-0 lead.

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After 15 minutes, the Wings launched a power play, but Kane's ability to hold on to the puck and direct a pass intended for Lucas Raymond through traffic was wasted when Raymond missed the pass. Instead, it was bottom-six forward Fischer who slowed the Devils' momentum by putting a puck in the net with 1:51 left in the first period to tie the game. The fans had barely celebrated the goal when DeBrincat made a double, stole the puck after a diving pass resulted in a turnover and scored 24 seconds after Fischer. That gave the Wings two goals on eight shots; The Devils had one on the 17th.

A devilish power play

Seider was in the box when the Devils scored their first power play goal, Larkin (for an elbow bump on Cotter) when they scored their second. Luke Hughes fired a pass from the top of the left circle across the ice to Timo Meier, who ripped the puck toward Detroit's net at 4:59 of the second period, where Erik Haula was ready for a relay. The Wings received a third penalty at 5:54 when Kane called for a high stick but was able to convert it. The Wings had started the second period with a power play when the Devils had to use too many players at the very end of the first period; In four minutes they had two shots on goal. The Devils had five goals in 3:48, part of a 31-14 shots advantage after 40 minutes.