The Detroit Red Wings built two leads, got good goaltending, and paced a hot opponent to a tight contest.
Their Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators at Little Caesars Arena ended with their first shootout of the season. They fell, 3-2, when neither Dylan Larkin nor Filip Zadina could convert on their chances and Ryan Johansen and Roman Josi did.
The Wings fell to 13-22-6. The Predators were 8-2 in their last 10 entering Tuesday; one of those victories was a 7-1 rout of the Wings on March 25.
Danny DeKeyser scored late in the first period.