DeKeyser’s OT strike gives Red Wings 3-2 comeback win over Arizona

By @MichaelCaples –

It took the Red Wings until the 11:50 mark of the third period to find the scoresheet last night.

That didn’t keep them from picking up another win in their Western Conference road trip, however.

Danny DeKeyser’s overtime goal at the 2:08 mark of the extra period capped off a 3-2 comeback victory for the Red Wings in Arizona last night, as they rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the third period.

Pavel Datsyuk and Gustav Nyquist scored the Wings’ regulation goals, while DeKeyser finished off a pass from Dylan Larkin with a wrist shot from the slot to secure victory for the Wings.

“We were just trying to make some plays,” DeKeyser told RedWings.com after the game. “Anytime Larks and Pavel are on the ice, we try to hit Larks with some speed. He kind of swings and gets going. He’s really flying out there so we try to hit him with the puck and I think Pav hit him right before the goal for a little breakaway. He almost buried that one but he made a nice play to set me up after that.”

Detroit has now won five of the six games they have played since the start of the new year, including three of the four on their west coast trip that concluded with Thursday’s match against the Coyotes.

“I don’t make too much between home and road but obviously going on the road is not easy and it’s a long stretch and I think just winning five out of six games is a big thing in this league right now,” coach Jeff Blashill said, also via DRW.com. “Being able to do it on the road makes it a little bit better. We put ourselves in a little tough stretch before and after Christmas at home when we had winnable games and we didn’t win. You think of that Pittsburgh game (on New Year’s Eve), it was kind of a low moment there, and we gave up a lead and ended up losing. But I just think the character in the room; they won’t allow that to continue. They certainly did that coming into Buffalo and all throughout this road trip.”