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.

After building a 4-1 lead in the second period, the Wings allowed four straight goals, the last on in OT for a 5-4 loss.

The Kraken's offense has perked up in the past two games, just in time for Seattle to embark on a four-game road trip that begins with a visit to Detroit on Tuesday.

Raymond took the puck through the right face-off circle and around the net into the left circle before skating between the hash marks, causing Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick to lose his balance, and roofed the Red Wings' 41st shot of the night into the top right corner.

Mattias Samuelsson scored at 1:05 of overtime as Buffalo rallied from a three-goal deficit to snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over Detroit.

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