Red Wings, Petr Mrazek blank Golden Knights

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Mar 16, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings continue to hang around, clawing and nipping at the teams above them in the playoff race.

They aren't going quietly away.

Playing Pacific Division-leading Vegas on Sunday, the Wings shut out the Golden Knights, 3-0, in one of their best defensive performances of the season.

Goaltender Petr Mrazek only needed to stop 17 shots to post his 26th career shutout, and Albert Johansson, Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper scored goals as the Wings moved to within two points of a playoff berth with two teams ahead of them.

Johansson opened the scoring with his second goal, midway in the second period. Johansson took a pass from Vladimir Tarasenko near the hashmarks, made a nifty move net-front on goaltender Ilya Samsonov, and gently tucked the puck in at 7:58.

Raymond pushed the lead to 2-0 with his 23rd goal, but first in 11 games. After a couple of failed attempts by Vegas to control the puck, Raymond cut through the slot and ripped a shot past Samsonov at 4:51 of the third period.

Kasper then put the game away with his 13th goal. Erik Gustafsson found Kasper driving alone toward the net and feathered a pass that Kasper redirected past Samsonov at 11:14.

The Wings open a stretch of four consecutive road games Tuesday at Eastern Conference-leading Washington.

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