The @DetroitRedWings became the ninth team in NHL history to score a goal in the first minute of all three frames and first since the Penguins on Feb. 19, 2007 - when Ryan Malone scored in the opening minute of every period. #NHLStats #DETvsMIN pic.twitter.com/J7woETGdPg<doc-sep>ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tyler Bertuzzi recorded his first career hat trick and the Detroit Red Wings ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Thomas Vanek had two goals for the Red Wings, winners for the second time in 11 games. Dylan Larkin had three assists and Gustav Nyquist and Jonathan Ericsson each had two. Nino Niederreiter and Luke Kunin scored for the Wild, who lost for the second time in three games and were booed by many fans remaining at the end. Playing in his 100th career game, Bertuzzi completed his three-goal performance at 8:38 of the third period, converting a feed from Nyquist by lifting a backhand past Devan Dubnyk. A few hats — and one octopus — were tossed onto the ice by the many Red Wings fans in attendance. Bertuzzi, who had one goal in his previous 18 games, redirected a shot by Larkin past Dubnyk 47 seconds into the third. He tipped in a shot by Nyquist 24 seconds into the game. Vanek broke a 2-all tie at 14:50 of the second period. His initial shot was blocked by Kunin, but Vanek controlled the loose puck and blasted a shot past Dubnyk from the slot for his first multigoal game since a hat trick on March 27, 2018. Detroit had a season-high 21 of its 37 shots in the middle period. Minnesota had two, the fewest allowed in a period this season by the Red Wings. One of those was Niederreiter's first goal in 13 games with a power-play tally 17 seconds into the second. Vanek tied the game 28 seconds later on a rebound of his first attempt. Minnesota, which finished with 19 shots, had no third-period shots in beating Winnipeg 3-2 Thursday. Kunin beat Jimmy Howard with a long wrist shot late in the first period to make it 1-all. It was Kunin's first goal of the season and first in 27 games since Oct. 31, 2017. NOTES: Ericsson had three goals and no assists in his first 28 games. . Wild C Eric Staal has one goal in 13 games; RW Mikael Granlund has one in 19. . Detroit C Michael Rasmussen missed his fourth straight game with a lower-body injury. UP NEXT Red Wings: Host Anaheim on Tuesday. Wild: at Philadelphia on Monday, the lone road game in a six-game stretch<doc-sep>Detroit headed into Minnesota on Saturday night reeling off a 4-2 loss to the Jets in Winnipeg on Friday, losers of their last three and winners of just one in their last ten. To welcome them, a rested Wild squad sitting in a playoff position and coming off a victory against those same Jets two nights ago. Jimmy Howard vs. Devan Dubnyk are your starters for this one. NHL.com’s Box Score The game started off very much in a fashion that Red Wings fans are used to as the opening goal came just 24 seconds in, except WAIT IT WASN’T AGAINST THE WINGS: Tyler Bertuzzi with the deflection 24 seconds into the hockey game. pic.twitter.com/PSq6ZJRni9 — Giles Ferrell (@gilesferrell) January 13, 2019 Originally credited to Nyquist, the goal was quickly changed to correct credit on the wonderful tip by Tyler Bertuzzi. From there, the first went decently back-and-forth between the two teams; the Wings gifted Minnesota a PP on a too-many-men infraction, but Charlie Coyle gifted it right back by tripping Jensen on the advantage. Nothing doing on either advantage that time, nor when Greg Pateryn went later for a hook. However, the one-goal lead wouldn’t last the entire period, as later on Luke Kunin took advantage of Nik Kronwall missing a bouncing puck in the neutral zone, taking the puck into the Wings’ zone and sniping it past Howard from between the tops of the circles. KUNIN! His first goal of the season ties it 1-1 on @fsnorth PLUS! #mnwild pic.twitter.com/lHluPjty6b — FOX Sports North (@fsnorth) January 13, 2019 Personally, I think Howard would want this one back. 1-1 tie after one period with shots 11-8 in favor of the Wild. The second period looked more-traditionally like a Red Wings’ period start. Mike Green took a hooking penalty just 11 seconds in and then the Wild notched a power play marker to make it 2-1 just six seconds after that. Nino Niederreiter gives the Wild a 2-1 lead. pic.twitter.com/PazPCT88tT — Giles Ferrell (@gilesferrell) January 13, 2019 Once again though, the reverse Red Wings took over and Thomas Vanek tied it 28 seconds later with a second-effort goal aided by Anthony Mantha: 2-2 tie prior to the one-minute mark of the 2nd. Detroit pretty much took over the game at that point, stifling the Wild for the next 15 minutes and taking the lead on Vanek’s 2nd goal of the night, a slapper from up top off kind of a broken play where Vanek was trying to pass and had the puck bounce right back to him. 3-2 Red Wings would take us to the end of a 2nd period where we saw a shot advantage of 21-2 in favor of Detroit. Just to really hammer home the point of how odd this game was, the third period started off with yet another goal in the first minute - this one was Tyler Bertuzzi’s 2nd of the night and another redirected point shot from one of his linemates. This was not only Bertuzzi’s 2nd goal of the night, but it was the 2nd tip on the same shift, as just prior to putting this Larkin shot on net, Tyler had redirected one off the post. 4-2 Wings at the 47 second mark. Tyler Bertuzzi makes it 4-2 Detroit with his second of the night. pic.twitter.com/fvP0U7lzu2 — Giles Ferrell (@gilesferrell) January 13, 2019 If it wasn’t already evident that the Wild had no wind in their sails after this one, the Wings would add the only other marker of the game on Tyler Bertuzzi’s first career hat trick in his 100th career game. This one looked more like a Luke Glendening special than the Bertuzzi tip-ins we’re used to, but nobody’s complaining here at the 5-2 score. Observations The Red Wings’ response to the loss against the Jets which included Dylan Larkin ’s comments about people needing to buy-in defensively was great to see, as the Wings outshot Minnesota 37-18 and, despite having actually trailed in this game, basically ran them wire-to-wire. ’s comments about people needing to buy-in defensively was great to see, as the Wings outshot Minnesota 37-18 and, despite having actually trailed in this game, basically ran them wire-to-wire. The ice was bad, but a veteran like Kronwall having the puck bounce over his stick isn’t exactly all “eh just dumb luck” like the FS-D crew made it out to be. Anthony Mantha had a pretty good game, but twice had his stick knocked out of his hands on what weren’t terribly-aggressive stick-checks. If I have to find something to complain about, I’m happy that this is the worst thing I could say about any forward. had a pretty good game, but twice had his stick knocked out of his hands on what weren’t terribly-aggressive stick-checks. If I have to find something to complain about, I’m happy that this is the worst thing I could say about any forward. I thought Jacob de la Rose had a really solid game in his limited ice time. He made a defensive play in the first that ended with a zone clear where his body positioning and aggression were superb. Jonathan Ericsson assisted on both of Vanek’s goals and those were his first two assists of the season. I love this stat. Wings next take on the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday at home. Anaheim is currently on a 10-game losing streak, but will play the Jets on Sunday, so it’ll either be over or it’ll be 11 by then and we may again be facing a team in a new coach’s first game. Exciting!<doc-sep>
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Detroit Red Wings feasted, on a hat trick, multi-point performances, and an octopus. They took their frustration of having played well but not seeing results out on the Minnesota Wild on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center with a 5-2 win, banging in goals from the opening shift. Tyler Bertuzzi earned the first hat trick of his NHL career, in the same building in which his uncle, Todd Bertuzzi, played in his 1000th NHL game in February of 2011. Two of Bertuzzi’s goals were deflections. Thomas Vanek demonstrated his ability to dazzle with the puck during a second period that saw the Wings outshoot the Wild, 21-2. [ It has been 1,000 days since Detroit sports' last playoff win ] Several players enjoyed fruitful nights as the Wings won for the second time in 11 games: Jonathan Ericsson had two assists — his first since March 26 — setting up both of Vanek’s goals. Dylan Larkin also had two assists for his eighth multi-point game of the season. Rookie defenseman Filip Hronek had his second two-assist game of the season, furthering his cause to stick around. • Box score Bertuzzi’s big night A night after giving up a goal 13 seconds into their loss at Winnipeg, the Wings jumped ahead right away. Larkin won the opening faceoff against Charlie Coyle and Gustav Nyquist took possession of the puck, firing a shot that Bertuzzi tipped just outside the crease. Bertuzzi scored again when he deflected Larkin’s shot 47 seconds into the third period, and completed the hat trick on a short back hand at 8:38. Hats landed on the ice — and so did an octopus. An easy one The Wings have talked lately about not giving up easy chances, but that’s how the Wild tied the game. Niklas Kronwall — who turned 38 Saturday — missed grabbing a loose puck in the neutral zone when it took a funny bounce and just like that, the Wild pounced, with Ryan Suter feeding the puck to Luke Kunin, who fired a shot from the top of the left circle that eluded goalie Jimmy Howard. It was a similar story to the night before, when the Jets scored after Ericsson turned the puck over in Detroit’s zone. The Wild finished the first period with 11 shots, seven of them generated the last half of the period. The Wings had eight. Vanek answers the call of the wild Nino Niederreiter gave the Wild a 2-1 lead 17 seconds into the second period when he scored six seconds into a power play, banging in a pass from Mikko Koivu. The Wings punched back, with Vanek scoring on a rebound from in front of the net at the 45-second mark to make it 2-2. Vanek scored again after dancing the puck through a couple defenders and firing the puck from the high slot, at 15:10. Vanek spent part of his career with Minnesota, signing a three-year, $19.5 million deal in July of 2014 only to be bought out in June of 2016. That led to his first stint with the Wings, in 2016-17. Download our Red Wings Xtra app on Apple and Android!