Detroit Red Wings on opening month: ‘We know what we’re capable of’
Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond & Todd McLellan, Oct. 31, 2025 in Anaheim, Calif.
The Detroit Red Wings looked much like the team they want to be, as they picked up their five-game trip after a day off.
The outing against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, Nov. 2, had pace and solid team defense. A former teammate stymied attempts at putting the game at SAP Center away, and it took four rounds of a shootout for the Wings to win, 3-2.
The Wings (9-4-0) won for the third time on this trip, which wraps up against the Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Tuesday (10 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Detroit). James van Riemsdyk, in the fourth round, was the only player to score in the shootout.
Lucas Raymond broke a scoreless game with less than two minutes to play in the second period. Axel Sandin Pellikka had his shot blocked, picked the puck back up and passed to Raymond. Raymond faked a shot to slip defenseman Dmitry Orlov, then fired a wrist shot to extend his point streak to four games.
The Sharks needed less than a minute in the third period to respond. Jeff Skinner tipped the shot just outside the crease. Moritz Seider ripped the puck on net from the blueline and was rewarded with his first goal of the season and a 2-1 lead.
Rookie Sam Dickinson flattened that when with his first NHL goal, redirecting Will Smith’s behind-the-net pass with about three minutes to play.
The Wings took on a Sharks team on the second night of a back-to-back.
Cam Talbot got the start, opposite former Wings goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (30 saves through overtime). The Wings weren’t able to convert on two power play opportunities in the first period (against the 30th-ranked penalty kill in the NHL) but they gained momentum with some good looks. And unlike Friday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks – when the Wings had trouble handling that team’s speed – they did a better job breaking up opposing odd-man rushes.
Simon Edvinsson limped to the bench in pain early in the second period after blocking a shot, but was back out in a minute for a penalty kill.
Halfway through the game, shots favored the Wings, 16-6.
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