“I thought it was good that we stuck together as a team,” said James van Riemsdyk, who scored his second goal of the season and was playing the 1,100th NHL game of his career. “It was definitely a tough game between two good teams. Tempers ran a little high at the end, but we stuck together as a team if we felt we didn’t like the play that was made there a little bit earlier in the (third) period.”
The Red Wings (13-9-1; 27 points) defeated the Devils (14-7-1; 29 points) 35-19, with goaltender Cam Talbot making 15 saves and netminder Jacob Markstrom scoring 32 points.
“They’re going to take liberties and we’re going to have to push back,” said captain Dylan Larkin, who scored his team’s 13th goal of the season. “They’re trying to get us to take penalties and kill the game that way. They took liberties. Our guy takes one at the beginning of the game and he stands up for it, and they don’t do that. That’s what it is. I thought we showed good composure and still saw a lot of play at the end.”
Timo Meier’s tip-in goal opened the scoring and gave the Devils a 1–0 lead at 12:54 of the first period, but Alex DeBrincat answered for the Red Wings at 16:33 when he placed a rebound from the right face-off circle on Patrick Kane’s shot that was initially blocked by Markstrom.
Moritz Seider recorded a secondary assist on DeBrincat’s 11th goal of the season, tying it 1–1. Over his last seven games, DeBrincat has collected 10 points (seven goals, three assists).
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