The Detroit Red Wings have now lost three of their past four games following Friday night’s 6-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Cutter Gauthier scored his first NHL goal to put the Ducks ahead with 8:51 to play, and Anaheim rallied from a two-goal deficit for the win.
Ross Johnston scored Anaheim’s fourth straight goal 38 seconds after Gauthier’s goal, and Ryan Strome added an empty-netter after Alex deBrincat scored for Detroit on a power play with 3:44 to go.
Olen Zellweger had a goal and two assists, and Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry scored power-play goals for Anaheim.
John Gibson stopped 21 shots for Anaheim, which won twice in its six-game homestand.
Austrian rookie Marco Kasper scored his first career goal for Detroit. Jonatan Berggren scored on a two-man lead for Detroit, and Lucas Raymond also scored.
Alex Lyon made 23 saves.
Ducks forward Robby Fabbri has not played against his team, Detroit, in the past five seasons after undergoing knee surgery on Friday. Fabbri will be out six to eight weeks, while defenseman Cam Fowler will be out two to four weeks with an upper-body injury.
The 20-year-old Kasper finally broke through with his first multi-point game 19 months after his NHL debut. After spending last year in the AHL, the 2022 eighth overall pick has remained with Detroit this season despite a personal 10-game goalless drought.
Gauthier finally found the net in his 17th game for Anaheim, which acquired the 2022 fifth overall pick from Philadelphia in January.
The Ducks’ two power-play goals matched the total from the previous six games combined. Anaheim started the night 31st in power play percentage.
The Red Wings visit Los Angeles on Saturday.
