Recap: Red Wings defeat Bruins, 2-1, for 3,000th franchise win

BOSTON - The Detroit Red Wings were outshot and outnumbered for most of the night against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at TD Garden.
And yet, Detroit found a way.
While the Bruins outshot the Red Wings, 42-16, Detroit left Boston with a 2-1 win. It was Detroit's third straight victory and the 3,000th regular season win in franchise history, the fourth-most wins by any NHL franchise.

"Offensively, we didn't get many looks on the power play in the third period there. There was a lot of sitting around and a lot of killing and you know, we did it," Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said. "We did the job. We got the two points, and it wasn't pretty, but I think it was the kind of the win we needed."
Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said his team didn't play a perfect game, but he was pleased with Detroit's discipline and defensive effort Tuesday.
"I thought we had opportunities to create more chances. We had rushes where I think could have resulted in real chances to score that we didn't quite execute clean enough with the puck," Blashill said. "But from a mindset, from a defensive standpoint, with the exception of a little bit in the second period when we left the puck in our zone when we should have gotten it out, I thought we did a much better job of playing good defensively and managing the puck, getting it out of our line, getting it into their line, of overall being pretty disciplined."

With the win, Detroit pulled three points ahead of Boston (11-8-0) for fourth place in the Atlantic Division.
The Red Wings (11-9-3) have a quick turnaround, and will host the expansion Seattle Kraken on Wednesday (Dec. 1) at Little Caesars Arena.
Red Wings goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished the game with 41 saves, the most since Nov. 2 when he turned aside 40 shots against the Montreal Canadiens.
After a scoreless first period, Detroit got on the board with 14:57 to go in the second when Filip Zadina forced a neutral zone turnover and beat Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark to put Detroit up, 1-0. It marked Zadina's fourth goal of the season and first since Nov. 13.

The game was briefly delayed after referee Marc Joannette was injured with 9:34 to play in the second period after he was clipped in the leg by the stick of Bruins defenseman Jakub Zboril. He was helped off the ice and did not return. Two referees officiated the remainder of the game.
The Bruins outshot the Red Wings, 17-5, in the second frame, but Detroit held onto its one-goal lead.
Things got heated early in the third period after Gustav Lindstrom cross-checked Boston captain Patrice Bergeron and was penalized. Just 59 seconds later, the Red Wings found themselves down two skaters when defenseman Marc Staal was called for a hooking penalty.
Boston took advantage of the five-on-three opportunity when forward David Pastrnak, assisted by left winger Taylor Hall and defenseman Charlie McAvoy, beat Nedeljkovic to tie the game, 1-1, with 13:40 remaining.
Momentum shifted back in Detroit's favor mid-way through the third period. After a delayed penalty call, Staal aggressively capitalized on an open net to score his first goal of the season, and the eventual game-winner, with 8:27 remaining.
"It was a good response," Larkin said. "There were stretches throughout that game that we were hemmed in our own zone, and we had to grind it out. Ned made some big saves, and we just did it."
Boston was without coach Bruce Cassidy, who was placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday. Forward Brad Marchand was also unavailable, as the Bruins' leading scorer served the first game of his three-game suspension.
The Red Wings will welcome the Kraken, the NHL's newest franchise, to Little Caesars Arena for the first time on Wednesday night. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. It will mark the first of two meetings between Detroit and Seattle this season.