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Recap - Red Wings Defeat New Jersey 5-3

The Red Wings earned a 5-3 victory over the Devils on Friday at Prudential Center.

Detroit was an underdog by +153 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Moritz Seider, Tyler Bertuzzi, Joe Veleno, Michael Rasmussen, and Pius Suter each scored for the Red Wings in the victory. Rasmussen opened the scoring for Detroit.

Magnus Hellberg turned in a 20-save effort for the Red Wings.

Dawson Mercer, Nolan Foote, and Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Magnus Hellberg.

MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 30 of 34 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Detroit scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while New Jersey went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Detroit by a margin of 35-23.