Robby Fabbri's two goals led the Red Wings past the Blue Jackets, who have now lost eight of nine games, 5-4 on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
1st Period
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE JACKETS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| DET RED WINGS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Lucas Raymond opened the scoring for Detroit at 3:41 after Sean Kuraly fell and turned the puck over and Raymond was able to skate by Kuraly and fake Spencer Martin out from behind the net.
#CBJ Kuraly (7) falls and gives the puck away to Compher (37), who finds Raymond, (23) who goes behind the net and fakes out Martin (30) for the goal. CBJ 0-1 DET https://t.co/JYBdvKcu97
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
Martin kept the Columbus deficit at one when he robbed Fabbri with his stick from the left doorstep at 3:48.
However, Fabbri would score from the goalmouth at 4:26 to double Detroit's lead.
#CBJ Peeke (2) is caught between Fischer (36) and Fabbri (14) before Fabbri scores. CBJ 0-2 DET https://t.co/9Rox8cFNXk
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
Alexandre Texier responded for the Jackets on a breakaway thanks to an outlet pass from Damon Severson at 5:33.
#CBJ Severson (78) finds Texier (42) with a nice outlet pass before Texier fires a shot past Husso (35). CBJ 1-2 DET https://t.co/5oJIYp1PGc
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
Adam Fantilli tied the game at 18:14, batting Kirill Marchenko's shot that careened of the boards out of mid-air.
#CBJ Voronkov (10) hits Marchenko (86) in stride with a cross-ice feed before his shot misses the net and careens to Fantilli (11), who goes the front of the net and shows off his hand-eye coordination, batting the puck out of mid-air and in. CBJ 2-2 DET https://t.co/o8tdUx3Z5H
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
The teams were tied at two after the first period with Detroit leading 9-7 in shots on goal.
2nd Period
Kuraly gave the Blue Jackets the lead at 5:41 when he took Werenski's outlet pass, chipped the puck over Jeff Petry's stick, and fired a shot from the left slot.
#CBJ Kuraly (7) receives the pass from Werenski (8), chips the puck over #LGRW Petry's (46) stick to himself and beats Husso (35). CBJ 3-2 DET https://t.co/vL64tlKbn4
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
Alex DeBrincat was wide open from the right circle, where he fired a slap shot past Martin at 16:01 to tie the game.
#LGRW DeBrincat (93) is inexplicably left wide open at the right circle, where he scores. #CBJ 3-3 DET https://t.co/KECW1JAgXs
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
After Kuraly's exit pass hit the skate of Texier and found Klim Kostin in the Red Wings offensive zone, Kostin found Daniel Sprong in the right circle where he fired a shot past Maritn at 18:19.
An unforced turnover here as #CBJ Kuraly's (7) pass off of Texier's (42) skate finds Kostin (24) who passes to Sprong (88) who beats Martin from the right slot. CBJ 3-4 DET https://t.co/7JsjTnZT4d
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
The Red Wings led 4-3 after two periods and took a 20-15 advantage in shots on goal into the third period.
3rd Period
Fabbri scored his second goal of the game in a net-mouth scramble following Jake Walman's long shot that took a weird bounce in front of the net at 2:33.
#LGRW Walman's (96) long shot takes a weird bounce to the front of the net where Fabbri (14) scores. #CBJ 3-5 DET https://t.co/sQQTk37ilo
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
Patrik Laine cut Detroit's lead in half with a wicked right-circle wrist shot at 11:30.
#CBJ's Laine (29) takes the space he's given and then does what he does best, firing a wicked shot past Husso (35). #CBJ 4-5 DET https://t.co/PAZBbMfKYI
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 11, 2023
The Jackets lost 5-4 and are now 4-7-3.
Stats
- Shots on Goal: CBJ 22-28 DET
- Face-off %: CBJ 36.5-63.5 DET
- Power play: CBJ 0/3-0/3 DET
- Giveaways: CBJ 11-8 DET
- Takeaways: CBJ 1-9 DET
- Blocked shots: CBJ 15-22 DET
- Hits: CBJ 13-12 DET
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5-on-5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): CBJ 1.60-3.15 DET
- Shot Attempts (CF): CBJ 47-44 DET
- Shots on Goal (SF): CBJ 17-25 DET
- Scoring Chances (SCF): CBJ 19-25 DET
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): CBJ 4-10 DET
Injury Update
Patrik Laine returned to the lineup today after missing the previous nine games with an upper-body injury.
Next Up
The Jackets are back in action Sunday at Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
The club returns home to face the Penguins on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
