Recap: Red Wings fall behind early, drop 5-2 decision to Predators

DETROIT -- The Nashville Predators led from wire-to-wire, securing a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings and breaking their five-game winning streak on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena.
Robby Fabbri and Michael Rasmussen both scored goals for Detroit, which finished one win short of matching their longest stretch of consecutive victories since the 2018-19 season.
The Red Wings were outshot, 33-16, in the game, dropping to 13-10-3 on the season. The Predators improved their record to 14-10-1 overall.

NEXT UP: The Red Wings will start a two-game road trip on Thursday evening with a matchup against the St. Louis Blues. Puck drop from the Enterprise Center is set for 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.

SCORING SUMMARY

Detroit 0, Nashville 1 (7:28, 1st period)
Ryan Johansen, assisted by Matt Duchene and Roman Josi, scored 24 seconds into Nashville's first power play to put the Predators on the board first.
Detroit 0, Nashville 2 (2:17, 1st period)
Nashville extended its lead late in the first period after Josi skated around Filip Hronek, and shot the puck past Alex Nedeljkovic for his eighth goal of the season.
Detroit 1, Nashville 2 (10:02, 2nd period)
After Alexandre Carrier was called for roughing, the Red Wings made the most of their power play opportunity. Moritz Seider fired a puck past the goalpost, which bounced back to Pius Suter. He tapped the puck through a pair of Predators defensemen to Fabbri, who scored his sixth goal of the season and cut into Nashville's lead. Suter and Seider were both credited with assists. Seider currently leads all Red Wings with 15 assists this season.

Detroit 1, Nashville 3 (17:27, 3rd period)
Nick Cousins scored the eventual game-winner after pouncing on a turnover in Detroit's defensive zone. Josi earned his second assist of the game on the play.
Detroit 1, Nashville 4 (12:53, 3rd period)
Eeli Tolvanen, assisted by Dante Fabbro and Johansen, scored his second goal in as many games to push Nashville ahead by three.
Detroit 2, Nashville 4 (11:03, 3rd period)
Shortly after Detroit gave up its fourth goal of the night, an impressive passing sequence between Vladislav Namestnikov and Adam Erne resulted in Rasmussen scoring from the slot. It was his second goal of the season.

Detroit 2, Nashville 5 (0:31, 3rd period)
Fabbro, off an assist from Mark Borowiecki, scored on an empty-netter to complete the game's scoring.

Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Detroit's start to the game

"In the first period, they out-competed us. They were more physical than us. They're a big, strong team. Hard on the forecheck. But I thought in the first was as poor of a job that we've done in terms of competing and being ready to play. I didn't think we were ready enough to play, and ready enough to compete at that high level. They wanted those two points more than we wanted those two points. That's the way it looked to me in the first."

Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin on the Red Wings' lack of shots on goal

"I think every time we got in their zone, we were getting mauled. They beat the crap out of us down low. They made it hard to get to the net and get shots and get in the slot. Maybe something to learn from and to take that intensity into our game."

Larkin on Givani Smith's performance and the energy he brought to the ice

"They were physical. They were taking liberties and like I said, their D are physical. Givani stood up and I didn't see what happened on the play, but I saw Harper come in and Givani did a good job."