Detroit – The Red Wings beat another of the top teams in the NHL Sunday, besting the Wild 3-2 in overtime on a breakaway goal by Andreas Athanasiou.
It was Athanasiou’s 17th goal of the season. He scored after Tomas Tatar tied the tightly-competed game at two, 55 seconds into the third period, on yet another play made by the captain, Henrik Zetterberg.
As is often the case playing three-on-three in overtime, Athanasiou’s breakaway came immediately after a big stop in the Red Wings’ end.
“I saw them load up for a shot, and Howie made a big save there and played it nicely,” Athanasiou said of Jimmy Howard, who won his ninth game of the season, despite missing two-and-a-half months and some of the weakest goal support in the NHL.