Red Wings suffer another road setback in 7-2 loss to Islanders

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Oct 23, 2025

Published in Hockey

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Maybe coming back home for a bit can help the Red Wings rebound from what's been an ugly 48 hours.

The Wings capped an utterly forgettable two game road trip Thursday with a 7-2 loss to the New York Islanders.

The Wings (5-3-0) saw their five-game win streak come to a crashing halt — and are now in the midst of a two-game losing streak that was mostly deserved.

Dylan Larkin scored a third period power-play goal to cut the Islanders' lead to 5-1. It was Larkin's sixth goal and extended his point streak to eight games to begin the season, tying the longest of Larkin's career. Emmitt Finnie drew his fourth assist and seventh point, tying Finnie for the NHL rookie point lead with Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer.

Jonatan Berggren added a late third-period goal, his first goal of the season. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard drew an assist, the first point of his NHL career.

Similar to the night before, a 4-2 loss in Buffalo, the Wings had many more stretches of sloppy hockey — along with some unfortunate breaks — than clean hockey and got away from what fueled the win streak. Falling behind early and missed defensive assignments hurt the Wings, as they did in Buffalo.

Tony DeAngelo scored just 2 minutes, 5 seconds into the first period and the Islanders were off and rolling. DeAngelo skated down wing unchecked and converted a pass from Anders Lee past goaltender Cam Talbot (22 saves).

The Islanders outshot the Wings 11-5 in the opening 20 minutes while taking a 2-0 lead. They extended the lead to 5-0 after two periods.

Emil Heineman had two goals, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal and Simon Holmstrom added goals for the Islanders (4-3-0), while goaltender David Rittich stopped 29 shots.

Palmieri's goal was typical of the breaks that have been going against the Wings the last two games, compared to how they were going their way during the win streak. Defenseman Ryan Pulock lifted a shot into a maze of bodies in front of Talbot, with the puck bounding off Palmieri's skate and past Talbot.

The Wings host St. Louis Saturday, before playing in St. Louis Tuesday, which begins a five-game road trip for the Wings.