Lucas Raymond scored with 51 seconds left and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night.
Jonatan Berggren also scored to help Detroit snap a three-game losing streak. Alex Lyon finished with 22 saves.
Simon Holmstrom scored for the Islanders, who have lost five of their last six games. Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots.
Holmstrom got the Islanders on the scoreboard first at 5:51 of the first period with his third goal of the season.
Berggren tied the score with 4:46 left and stayed in regulation with his third before Raymond got the go-ahead in the final minute. Raymond took a pass from Dylan Larkin and scored from the left circle, lifting the puck past Sorokin’s glove for his third.
Islanders: The penalty kill ranked No. 31 in the league entering the game, while the Red Wings had the No. 2 power play. New York stopped three Detroit power plays, with Sorokin making six saves.
Red Wings: Raymond scored 31 goals last season but was consistently frustrated until his last-minute game winner.
The first meeting between the teams last month resulted in Detroit’s 1-0 win, with Patrick Kane scoring in the first period. It looked like Holmstrom’s goal in the first period would do the same until the Red Wings scored twice in the final five minutes.
Detroit was adept at mounting comebacks last season, leading 11-24-3 after two periods. The Red Wings were 0-8-0 when trailing after two periods this season until their late rally in this game.
Islanders host St. Louis on Saturday and Red Wings host Boston.
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