The Florida Panthers finished with over double the shots (40-19), but the Detroit Red Wings doubled up the Cats where it counts, on the scoreboard, in a 4-2 win for the home team at Little Caesars Arena.
Andreas Athanasiou opened the scoring 42 seconds into the action to put Detroit in the driver’s seat. Mike Green passed for Athanasiou at the center line and the speedy forward chipped the 50/50 puck by Aaron Ekblad and maneuvered his way around the defenseman before stuffing a backhander by James Reimer.