The additions of Joe Veleno and Vladimir Tarasenko have not worked out the way that the Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota Wild had hoped so far in the early goings of this campaign.

Nevertheless, the win was important for the Wings, who have been inconsistent since their red-hot start to the 2025-26 season. There is still a lot of hockey to be played, but team-bonding victories like what Detroit had at Madison Square Garden can galvanize a team to turn things around.

Just after the final buzzer sounded at the end of regulation, Red Wings forward Mason Appleton fired a puck into the Rangers’ empty net. That, of course, is a sign of disrespect among hockey players, and it didn’t go unnoticed by New York’s bench.

But when the Red Wings went back on the man advantage a little later in the second period, they capitalized. Alex DeBrincat poked in a loose puck off the rebound of Raymond’s shot to grab a 1-0 lead at 9:30, with a secondary assist also going to Patrick Kane.

He instead circled behind the net, skated into the slot, got goaltender Jonathan Quick to slide to the side and buried the puck with 3:47 remaining in regulation to snap a tie. It was what’s called a goal-scorer’s goal, and it lifted the Detroit Red Wings past the New York Rangers 2-1 Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

The Detroit Red Wings are working to get second-year forward Marco Kasper back to peak efficiency after he scored 19 goals last season.

NEW YORK -- The Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers both will wrap up their respective weekend back-to-back sets when the Original Six clubs square off at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan spoke about his team's bounceback against the Rangers after a late-game collapse vs Buffalo.