Scorching power play carries Red Wings to 7th straight win, 6-2 over Kraken

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Jan 12, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings have won in different ways during this, what is now, a seven-game winning streak.

On Sunday, they did it in a relatively quick and easy fashion.

The Wings breezed to a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Little Caesars Arena, exploding for four first-period goals and coasting the final 40 minutes.

The last time the Wings won seven consecutive games was Jan. 12-23, 2012.

The Wings (20-18-4) conclude a four-game homestand Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks, and then head out for a rugged four-game road trip.

Six different Wings scored goals against Seattle: Marco Kasper, J.T. Compher, Alex DeBrincat (power play), Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson (power play) and Dylan Larkin (power play) had goals, while Lucas Raymond, Mortiz Seider and Vladimir Tarasenko each had two assists.

While going 3 for 4 on the power play, the Wings extended their streak of scoring a power-play goal to eight consecutive games (March 19-April 2, 2016).

Goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 30 shots, earning the victory.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers had Seattle (18-23-3) goals.

The Wings jumped Seattle early. Kasper (his fourth goal), deflected Raymond's shot at 3:22 and 11 seconds later, Compher won a face-off and redirected Tarasenko's shot for Compher's sixth goal.

The Wings added two more goals 1:37 apart shortly later.

DeBrincat made it 3-0 with his 19th goal, on the power play at 6:16 and Kane made it 4-0 with his 10th goal, on an easy tap-in of Gustafsson's pass at 7:53.

Gustafsson reached the goal-scoring column at 4:17, his second goal, with a drive from the high slot, making the score 5-0. Larkin scored his 18th, and the Wings' third power play tally, converting a nice feed from Kane at 15:21.

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