Anthony Mantha OT goal gives Red Wings win

OTTAWA --Anthony Mantha scored at 1:07 of overtime, and Jared Coreau made 26 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.
Mantha beat goalie Mike Condon after taking a pass from Niklas Kronwall, who jumped on a turnover by Senators forward Bobby Ryan along the right-wing boards.
Thomas Vanek and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings (16-16-4), who won for the third time in nine games (3-5-1).

Derick Brassard had a goal and assist, Mark Stone scored, and Condon made 25 saves for the Senators (20-12-4), who have lost two in a row.
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Tatar tied the game 2-2 at 9:18 of the second period on a breakaway off a pass by Henrik Zetterberg.
The Senators took a 2-1 lead at 5:43 of the second when Stone one-timed a pass from behind the net by Brassard for his 11th goal.
Thomas Vanek put Detroit up 1-0 at 4:37 of the first period when, standing in the slot, he tipped a shot by Brendan Smith.

The Senators tied it 1-1 with 16.2 seconds left in the first on Brassard's eighth of the season. Stone forced Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser to turn over the puck to Hoffman, who made a short backhand pass to Brassard in the left faceoff circle.
Coreau, making his third NHL start, got the win with his 92-year-old grandmother, Pat Thompson, watching him play for the first time. Coreau is from Perth, Ontario, located about 40 miles west of Canadian Tire Centre.

When told his grandmother said it was the best day of her life, Coreau said: "Well, that's good. That means I'm probably one of her favorite grandchildren. She's a wonderful woman. A great grandmother, minus the pink hat and mittens she knit me. I was so happy she could make it. She's 92, so it might have been a lot getting her here, but it was worth it."
Coreau made a series of good saves in the first period.
"I thought it was the best game he played for us of the three," Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said.

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Goal of the game

Tatar scored when the Red Wings took advantage of the long change for the Senators. Zetterberg sent Tatar in on a breakaway with a sharp stretch pass up the middle that allowed Tatar to break in behind Senators defensemen Marc Methot and Erik Karlsson.

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Save of the game

At 12:28 of the first period, Coreau moved to his left to get his pad on Ryan's wrist shot from 12 feet away.

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Highlight of the game

Mantha scored the winner after a good play by Kronwall, who sealed off the boards and intercepted a backhand clearing attempt by Ryan on the right-wing boards. Kronwall skated the puck to the top of the right faceoff circle and passed across to Mantha, who hit the open side of the net to win the game.

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Unsung performance of the game

The Red Wings penalty kill limited the Senators to one shot on goal during a two-man advantage for 1:16 late in the second period with the game tied 2-2.

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They said it

"It's something special. The rivalry is there between us and Toronto. It's going to be awesome. I'm really excited and looking forward to it. We have a practice outside tomorrow and we're all looking forward to it." -- Red Wings forward Tomas Tatar on playing in the 2017 Scotiabank NHL Centennial Classic at Exhibition Stadium on Sunday against the Toronto Maple Leafs
"I thought [Anthony] Mantha was excellent tonight. I thought he was maybe the best player on the ice. He's 6-foot-5, and when he wants to skate like that, he's a heck of a player and he skated great tonight." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill
"When you have a 5-on-3, you have to find a way to score a great goal. The game was tied. That's obviously something we're going to address … obviously something we could do a lot better." -- Senators center Derick Brassard

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Need to know

The Senators retired Daniel Alfredsson's No. 11 jersey in a pregame ceremony. … The Red Wings went 0-for-5 on the power play and are 2-for-50 (4.0 percent) on the road this season, last in the NHL. … Ottawa defenseman Mark Borowiecki, whose 156 hits lead the League, had six against the Red Wings, including a big one on forward Luke Glendening at center ice at 8:28 of the first period.

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What's next

Red Wings:At Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2017 Scotiabank NHL Centennial Classic at Exhibition Stadium on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; NBC, SN, TVA Sports, NHL.TV)
Senators: At Washington Capitals on Sunday (7:30 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, CSN-DC, NHL.TV)