But it didn't help, Detroit with Lucas Raymond showed themselves stronger and won in overtime after 2–2 at the end of regular playing time. The winning goal came after a pass from Raymond, who will play for Sweden in the Four Nations in a week, to Alex DeBrincat.
Detroit is on a roll, the team won their sixth match in a row and can be on their way to securing a spot in the playoffs if they continue like this.
But Vancouver has disappointed fans this season, and part of the reason is the superstar, center and Four Nations selection Elias Pettersson, who hasn't shown the same spark as last season. Elias didn't score any points in the match, but Elias P did, setting up the leading goal to 1–0 for Vancouver in his third NHL match so far.
A third Pettersson made his debut for Vancouver. Defender Marcus Pettersson was traded from Pittsburgh last week.
Thus, a new Pettersson record was set in the NHL, writes Aftonbladet.
One reason why the more well-known Elias Pettersson hasn't played so well is constant conflicts with forward JT Miller, a conflict that forced JT Miller to be traded to New York Rangers.
There, Miller seems to be thriving better, in the vicinity of another Swede – Mika Zibanejad. When New York won at home against Vegas with 4–2, Miller was credited with two assists – one to Zibanejad's equalizing goal to 2–2 and one to Artemij Panarin's 4–2 goal. Zibanejad got points for two assists in addition to the goal.
