Alex DeBrincat scored twice, including the game-winning goal in overtime, as the Detroit Red Wings won 3-2 against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night, extending their winning streak to six games.
Ben Chiarot also scored for Detroit, which moved into a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with the win. Goaltender Alex Lyon stopped 25 shots.
Filip Chytil and Pius Suter scored for Vancouver, which lost its second straight game. Kevin Lankinen made 15 saves in net.
DeBrincat now has 23 goals on the season, tying Dylan Larkin for the team lead. His game-winner came with 42 seconds left in overtime, as DeBrincat led a fast break from one end of the ice to the other and finished a give-and-go with Lucas Raymond in the Vancouver zone.
Suter gave Vancouver the lead less than five minutes into the game with his 14th goal of the season. He deflected a shot from Elias Pettersson past a screened Lyon.
Detroit Red Wings (NHL)DeBrincat tied the game at 1 less than two minutes later, and Chiarot gave Detroit the lead at 5:54 of the second period. Chiarot’s wrist shot from the blue line beat Lankinen, thanks to screens from Michael Rasmussen and Elmer Soderblom. Soderblom earned an assist on the play, extending his point streak to four games.
Chytil, acquired from the New York Rangers on Friday, tied the game at 2-all at 10:46 of the third period. After winning a puck battle in the faceoff circle, he skated past Chiarot and found a way to get a shot past Lyon to guarantee Vancouver at least one point.
Just before the game, Vancouver pulled defenseman Quinn Hughes, the team’s captain and leader in points, from the lineup due to an undisclosed injury.
