Red Wings score twice late, rally past Islanders

DETROIT -- Lucas Raymond scored the go-ahead goal with 52 seconds remaining for the Detroit Red Wings, who rallied for a 2-1 win against the New York Islanders at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday.

Raymond beat Ilya Sorokin glove side from the left face-off circle after Dylan Larkin swatted the puck out from the corner.

“Everyone wants to score goals, and I’m not different,” Raymond said. “But as long as we are winning games, everyone is happy.”

Raymond's goal came after Jonatan Berggren tied it 1-1 at 15:14 of the third period. Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov's stick broke on a shot attempt, allowing Berggren to gain control of the puck and skate in on a 2-on-1. He then roofed a shot over Sorokin's blocker from the right face-off circle with Noah Dobson electing to block a potential pass.

“I give both our goal-scorers a lot of credit for those finishes, because Sorokin looked like the top goalie in the League," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “I thought it would take an ugly goal or a good bounce, but we had two great finishes.”

Alex Lyon made 22 saves for Detroit (8-9-2), which ended a three-game losing streak.

“This was a really big night for us,” Raymond said. “It’s just a start, but it is something to build off of.”

Simon Holmstrom scored, and Sorokin made 29 saves for New York (7-8-5), which has lost three straight and went 1-2-2 on a five-game road trip.

“This was obviously a tough trip,” Dobson said. “We’ve got to get home and find a way to string together some better games.”

Thursday's loss was the third straight game the Islanders had blown a lead in the third period.

“It has been different every night,” New York coach Patrick Roy said. “Last time in Calgary (a 2-1 shootout loss on Tuesday), it was penalty killing, they scored on their power play. Tonight was a broken stick.”

Holmstrom gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 5:51 of the first period when he redirected Scott Mayfield’s point shot over Lyon's blocker.

“We had our chances to score a goal that would have really hurt them, we just didn’t do it," Roy said. "In all the games we’ve lost by one goal, I mean, I guess getting another goal would make a difference.”

The teams will meet for the third and final time on Monday in New York, where the Red Wings defeated the Islanders 1-0 on Oct. 22.

“I pretty much expected a one-goal game,” Lyon said. “That’s what happened last time and that’s been their bread and butter.”

NOTES: Before the game, the Red Wings honored Hall of Fame forward Pavel Datsyuk, who played all 953 of his NHL games with the team. His contract was traded to the Arizona Coyotes for cap reasons after he left the NHL to play in Russia following the 2015-16 season, so he signed a one-day contract on Thursday to officially finish his career with Detroit.