Sunday in the NHL | A seventh win in a row for the Red Wings who crush the Kraken

Four goals in the first period (and six unanswered) led the Detroit Red Wings to a seventh straight victory, 6-2 against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.

Consult the meeting summaries

Nets from Erik Gustafsson, Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Larkin were scored on the power play.

In eight games under Todd McLellan, the Red Wings’ five-man offense is 14-for-28.

Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper and JT Compher also scored for the winners.

Before the current streak, the Red Wings had lost four straight.

Detroit will play again Tuesday at home, against San Jose.

Cam Talbot made 31 saves, being beaten by Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers.

The Kraken were 4-0-2 at Little Caesars Arena.

Merilainen shines again and the Senators beat the Stars 3-2

A day after recording his first NHL shutout, Leevi Merilainen stopped 24 shots to help the Ottawa Senators defeat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Sunday at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The Stars (27-14-1) had won their previous seven games and scored 27 goals during that stretch. However, Merilainen, who is 22 years old, shone against one of the NHL’s hottest teams.

Trailing 3-1, the Stars cut the deficit to a single goal when Evgenii Dadonov scored with 52.7 seconds left on the clock. However, they were unable to complete the comeback.

Sunday’s match marked Merilainen’s first home outing this season. His first five starts took place abroad.

The two teams were playing a second game in as many nights, but the Senators (21-18-3) took off in the second period.

Jason Robertson opened the scoring in the first period for the Stars, but Merilainen then kept the Senators in contention.

Josh Norris tied the game early in the second period, following a pass from Drake Batherson. He hit the puck on the fly to score his first goal in six games.

The Senators took the lead 39 seconds later. Goalkeeper Casey DeSmith was caught out of position and Tim Stützle took advantage of the situation to score his 14^e goal of the season.

The Stars thought they tied the game 2-2 midway through the second period during a power play. However, the Senators contested the goal and replays confirmed that there was offside during the zone entry and the goal was canceled.

Matthew Highmore widened the gap to 3-1 after 21 seconds of play in the third period. He scored his first goal in the NHL since April 21, 2022, when he wore the colors of the Vancouver Canucks.

DeSmith stopped 25 shots in front of the Stars net.

Lightning 5 – Penguins 2

Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2.

Kucherov also took part in Anthony Cirelli’s goal.

Brandon Hagel and Nick Paul scored the other goals for the Lightning, who have won three times in four games.

The Lighting is the first NHL club with four scorers of at least 20 goals this season (Hagel, Kucherov, Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point).

Rickard Rakell and Kevin Hayes fought back for the Penguins.

Sidney Crosby got a 1040^e pass-tying Marcel Dionne at 11^e rank in the history of the league in this regard.

Ducks 3 – Hurricanes 2 (P)

Cutter Gauthier completed a double in overtime and the Anaheim Ducks returned to victory after three straight losses, winning 3-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Gauthier ended the debate at 1:52, scoring his seventh goal of the season.

Gauthier was the fifth overall pick in the 2022 draft.

Jansen Harkins was the Ducks’ other scorer, Jackson LaCombe provided two assists and Lukas Dostal stopped 35 shots.

For the Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov scored on the power play and Seth Jarvis created a 2-2 deadlock with 56 seconds remaining in the third period.

Wild 1 – Golden Knights 4

Keegan Kolesar broke the 1-1 deadlock at the start of the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights prevailed 4-1 against the Minnesota Wild.

Kolesar converted the rebound of a Zach Whitecloud shot, making it 10^e net this season.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice on the power play for the Knights, who had lost their last two games.

Tomas Hertl also threaded the needle for Vegas.

Ryan Hartman scored for the Wild, who had won four straight road games.

Minnesota will play in Montreal on January 30.