Golden Knights rally with 3 straight goals, defeat Red Wings in OT

DETROIT -- Tomas Hertl scored on the power play at 2:11 of overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied with three straight goals to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday.

Hertl scored from the low slot off a Mitch Marner pass to win it after he set up Marner’s goal that tied it 3-3 at 16:36 of the third period.

Vegas ended a three-game losing streak.

“We’re not used to losing this many games, and it doesn’t sit well with our guys,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We’ve had some games where we’ve came back but not gotten over the finish line. Tonight, we did that.”

Marner had a goal and two assists, and Rasmus Andersson had two assists for the Golden Knights (29-19-14), who lost 3-2 at the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Adin Hill made 23 saves.

Vegas trailed 3-1 heading into the second period.

“After the first period, we knew we needed to step it and play with more desperation,” Marner said. “I thought we did a really good job of that over the next 40 minutes. That’s something we need to bring into our starts.”

Alex DeBrincat and Simon Edvinsson each had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings (35-20-7), who were 23-1-2 this season when leading after two periods. Cam Talbot made 21 saves in Detroit’s first home game since Jan. 31.

“I thought we played two games,” Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said. “The first half was excellent. We were aggressive, we were direct and we got a lot of pucks to the net.

“In the second half, we played cross ice too much and we never went to the net. You can’t sit back with a two-goal lead.”

The Red Wings haven’t won consecutive games since a three-game winning streak from Jan. 16-21.

“We took our foot off the gas a little bit,” DeBrincat said. “You have to keep attacking when you’ve got the lead, not sit back and let them come at you. Good teams will make you pay for that.”

After Reilly Smith gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 1:50 of the first period, Emmitt Finnie tied it 1-1 at 5:58 with a wrist shot from the top of the slot.

Edvinsson beat everyone to a loose puck in the slot and flipped a shot over Hill’s glove to make it 2-1 at 15:15. Fifty-nine seconds later, DeBrincat put an off-balance shot under Hill’s glove for a 3-1 lead at 16:14.

Ivan Barbashev cut it to 3-2 at 11:37 of the third, tapping in a loose puck at the right side of the net.

Marner then tied it by scoring in front after Hertl’s pass from behind the net.

“I thought we controlled the play in the third and had a lot of looks,” Vegas defenseman Noah Hanifin said. “Their goalie made some great saves, but we finally got some bounces to go our way.”

The Red Wings appeared to score the go-ahead goal with 19 seconds left, but Mason Appleton was ruled to have batted the puck in with his hand.

“We knew it was a good sign when the referee immediately waved it off,” Hanifin said. “They don’t usually do that unless they are pretty sure.”

NOTES: Detroit center Dylan Larkin left the game with an upper-body injury late in the third but was able to return in overtime. McLellan said his status will depend on how he feels Thursday. … During the first period, the Red Wings honored their players who participated in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 -- Larkin (Team USA), Moritz Seider (Team Germany) and Lucas Raymond (Team Sweden) -- as well as Hanifin and Jack Eichelof the Golden Knights (Team USA). … Forward Cole Smith played 14:13 and had one shot on goal in his Vegas debut after being traded from the Nashville Predators on Tuesday for defenseman Christoffer Sedoff and a third-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.