Detroit Red Wings lose 2-1 to Vegas, with Colorado up next

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings lost 2-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday at Little Caesars Arena, and they play the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on Saturday.

The team recap said nothing was scored until the third. Anton Johansson put Detroit ahead at 2:02, finishing a Carter Mazur shot that came off the end boards to the bottom of the right circle. Sheldon Dries also assisted. It was Johansson’s second goal of the season. He told the site he had told Mazur he was going to the back post. Braeden Bowman tied it at 4:20 from Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl. Trevor Connelly scored the winner with 1:42 left, taking a pass from Jack Eichel at the blue line, dragging the puck, and beating Daniil Tarasov. Detroit’s 6-on-5 push did not tie it.

Tarasov stopped 32 shots. Carter Hart stopped 25 for Vegas. The Wings are 7-7-3, 17 points. The Golden Knights are 11-5-2, 24 points. NHL.com’s recap said Connelly is 20, that he toe-dragged Michael Rasmussen, and that the shot beat Tarasov glove side. Vegas coach Ryan Craig said the Golden Knights killed both penalties. Detroit coach Todd McLellan said the team kept “a Stanley Cup-caliber team to one” and lost on one late mistake. The team recap quotes him saying the Wings got good goaltending and still need more to score. Johansson said mistakes happen and the team has to back each other up before Colorado.

Which night it was

The team recap is dated Nov. 6 and calls the game Thursday night. NHL.com’s independent recap is also dated Nov. 6 and says the same 2-1 score. NHL.com said the Golden Knights have won two straight and the Wings have lost two straight and three of four. Hart’s 25 saves and Tarasov’s 32 are the totals the two recaps agree on. Johansson told the team site that Mazur’s pass may or may not have been on purpose, and that the bounce was the one that found the net. McLellan’s point was the next one: the Wings had looks and did not finish them. Saturday’s game, the team said, starts a four-game road trip at Ball Arena in Denver. The Colorado game is a new night. Thursday’s 2-1 is the record that travels with them.

The photograph is the Detroit building. It does not show Connelly’s shot or Tarasov’s 32 saves.

Sources:
Detroit Red Wings, “Low-scoring affair ends in 2-1 loss against Golden Knights,” Nov. 6, 2026, https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/recap-low-scoring-affair-ends-in-2-1-loss-for-red-wings-against-golden-knights
NHL.com, “Connelly lifts Golden Knights past Red Wings with late goal,” Nov. 6, 2026, https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-detroit-red-wings-game-recap-november-5-2026
Photo: Adam Bishop, “Little Caesars Arena panorama.jpg”, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALittle_Caesars_Arena_panorama.jpg

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