DETROIT — Former University of Maines standout Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win against the Nashville Predators on Friday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Left wingers Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller, Tomas Tatar and center Darren Helm also scored for Detroit (3-2-0), which won its third straight.
Goalie Petr Mrazek made 30 saves.
Defenseman P.K. Subban and centers Mike Ribeiro, Mike Fisher scored for Nashville (1-3-0), which lost its third straight.
Goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 38 shots.
Fisher’s power-play goal with 4:46 pulled the Predators to within 4-3. He tipped in defenseman Roman Josi’s shot from the point. It was Fisher’s third goal, all on the power play.
But Helm scored an empty-net, power-play goal with 22 seconds left for his fourth goal of the season to account for the final score.
Tatar gave the Red Wings a 3-2 lead 1:10 into the third period with a wrist shot from high in the right circle. It was his first goal.
Nyquist made it 4-2, with 8:33 left, with his first goal. He scored on a breakaway after a turnover by Nashville’s Filip Forsberg in the Predators zone.
Miller’s goal tied the game 2-2 with 40 seconds left in the second period. He beat Rinne with a one-time slot from a bad angle deep in the left circle. It was Miller’s second goal and second in two games.
Nashville took a 2-1 lead with power-play goals 18 seconds apart in the second.
With left winger Tatar (interference) and defenseman Danny DeKeyser (delay of game) in the penalty box, Subban got his second goal of the season, which came on a one-time slap shot from the high slot with 5:47 left in the middle period.
That brought Tatar back but Ribeiro put in a rebound with 5:29 remaining in the period to give the Predators a 2-1 lead. It was Ribeiro’s first goal.
Abdelkader’s power-play goal gave Detroit a 1-0 lead, 5:17 into the second. The rebound of defenseman Ryan Sproul’s shot from the point trickled in off of Abdelkader’s backside.
Nashville coach Peter Laviolette unsuccessfully challenged the goal after he thought Abdelkader interfered with Rinne.
NOTES: Detroit F Dylan Larkin moved from center, where he played the first four games of the season, to right wing, on a line centered by Frans Nielsen and LW Justin Abdelkader. Larkin is a natural center but played the wing in his rookie season of 2015-16. … Nashville entered the game Friday with only two even-strength goals. Five of their goals this season had come on the power play. … D Ryan Sproul made his season debut for the Red Wings. He replaced D Xavier Ouellet in the lineup. … The Predators were without D Anthony Bitetto (upper body) and RW Miikka Salomaki (upper body).