Red Wings score 3 in 3rd, hand Predators 5th straight loss to start season

Red Wings score 3 in 3rd, hand Predators 5th straight loss to start season

Copp gets two goals, Lyon makes 37 saves; Stamkos scores 1st with Nashville

Red Wings at Predators | Recap

Andrew Copp scored twice, and Alex Lyon made 37 saves for the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-2 win at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Saturday to keep the Nashville Predators winless.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Dylan Larkin and Simon Edvinsson scored for the Red Wings (2-3-0), who have gotten each of their wins this season against Nashville. Larkin and Copp also scored in Detroit’s 3-0 win on Oct. 12.

Steven Stamkos scored his first goal with Nashville (0-5-0), which has been outscored 23-10 this season. Juuse Saros made 19 saves.

Luke Schenn, who was honored before the game for his 1,000th NHL game, which came on Thursday, gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 8:48 of the first period with a shot from the point.

Colton Sissons appeared to make it 2-0 at 10:57, putting in a rebound, but the Red Wings used a coach’s challenge for offside and the call on the ice was overturned.

Tarasenko tied the game at 13:26, scoring off a pass from Jonatan Berggren. Marco Kasper’s assist was his first NHL point.

Larkin made it 2-1 with a power-play goal at 3:17 of the second period, off a pass from Alex DeBrincat.

Nashville a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:34 spanning the second and third periods. Lyon robbed Steven Stamkos with the shaft of his stick late in the second period, but Stamkos made it 2-2 at 32 seconds of the third with a power-play goal.

Copp broke the tie for a 3-2 lead at 3:39, deflecting in Joe Veleno’s pass with his skate.

Edvinsson scored an empty-net goal to make it 4-2 at 18:43, and Copp got his second of the game at 19:18 with Saros still on the bench for an extra attacker.