Red Wings fall to Stars, 5-4, in 2022 NHL Prospect Tournament

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Detroit and Dallas traded chances all night, but the Red Wings fell, 5-4, to the Stars in the second game of the 2022 NHL Prospect Tournament at Centre ICE Arena on Saturday.

For the second straight NHL Prospect Tournament game, the Red Wings opened the scoring when forward Elmer Soderblom, who was Detroit's 159th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, one-timed a cross-ice feed past Stars netminder Remi Poirier just 53 seconds into the second period.

Later in the period, Dallas forward and Plymouth, Mich., native Antonio Stranges scored off a rebound to tie the game at 1-1.
Undrafted forward Trenton Bliss put the Red Wings ahead, 2-1, with 2:36 remaining in the middle frame when he redirected 2019 second-round pick Albert Johansson's shot into the net, but Dallas answered and evened the score with 19 seconds left before the second intermission.

Fifty-seven seconds into the third period, 2019 seventh-round pick Kirill Tyutyayev scored to give Detroit a 3-2 advantage. The Red Wings' lead was short lived, though, as Stars forward Oskar Back tied the game.

Cross Hanas, Detroit's 55th overall selection in 2020, scored a breakaway goal to put the Red Wings up, 4-3, with 12:13 remaining. Then Dallas countered 25 seconds later when Stranges netted his second tally of the night to make it a 4-4 game.

Blueliner Christian Kyrou gave the Stars their first lead of the night, scoring the eventual game-winner with 8:28 left in the final frame.
Jan Bednar, a 2020 fourth-round pick, started in the crease for Detroit and stopped all 18 shots he faced before being replaced by free-agent invitee and Shelby Township, Mich., native Andrew Oke in the middle frame.
The Red Wings will conclude their NHL Prospect Tournament slate Monday at 11 a.m. against the Toronto Maple Leafs, but Detroit is focused on utilizing Sunday's practice to continue to improve.
"It's all about chemistry," said 2022 fourth-round pick Amadeus Lombardi. "We look to build some of that, get a good meal tonight and we'll be ready for Monday."
Monday's game will be carried live on
DetroitRedWings.com
and on the club's social media platforms.