The Detroit Red Wings came out with energy and emotion but their penalty kill continues to be a drain. An two-goal lead had dissolved into a deficit by the time the third period began in Friday's matinee at Little Caesars Arena. By then, the New Jersey ...

It was a fun atmosphere on a holiday weekday afternoon and an entertaining game, but the Red Wings gladly would have exchanged the result.

Devils Stefan Noesen and his teammates jabbed and poked their sticks at the loose puck, trying desperately to give New Jersey its first lead of the game against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. Noesen and the Devils recorded five shots in six seconds in the second period before Noesen finally got the puck past goaltender Cam Talbot.