This road trip ended up in weird fashion for the Red Wings on Tuesday — and a loss.
Logan Couture scored one minute into overtime for San Jose, with an octopus that a fan threw onto the ice laying by the boards, giving the Sharks a 3-2 overtime win over the Wings.
Officials also took a lengthy review of the goal, because of a possible Sharks offside, but the decision was an allowed goal.
The Wings earned one point in this game thanks to the goaltending of Alex Nedeljkovic, who stopped 39 shots.
Nick Leddy gave the Wings a 2-1 lead early in the third period with his first goal as Wing. Leddy carried the puck into the zone and lifted a shot from the dot that somehow founds its way through Sharks goalie Adin Hill at 1:48.
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But the Sharks quickly answered. Jeffrey Viel drove to the net and pushed the puck past Nedeljkovic at 3:18 as Moritz Seider was dragging Viel to the ice, Viel’s second goal.
Tyler Bertuzzi (power play) added the other Wings goal.
BOX SCORE: Sharks 3, Red Wings 2 (OT)
The Wings (16-16-5) went 0-1-2 on the three-game California road trip, and are 3-7-2 in their last 12 games.
Bertuzzi scored with the Wings enjoying a two-man advantage. After a slow start to the start of the advantage, Filip Hronek delivered a shot-pass to Bertuzzi at the side of goalie Adin Hill, and Bertuzzi redirected the puck for his 17th goal.
The Wings were without Dylan Larkin, who suffered an upper-body injury Tuesday in Anaheim. Coach Jeff Blashill said after the morning skate Larkin is considered day-to-day and could be available to play Thursday.
San Jose took the first period lead on Timo Meier’s power play goal.
Sharks forward Jonathan Dahlen drove to the net from the flank, and slid the puck across the slot to Meier, who tapped the puck past Nedeljkovic for his 15th goal at 14:24.
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