Red Wings rookie Nate Danielson scores first NHL goal in win over Kraken

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Nov 18, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings are in first place and it's in large part because of the youngsters.

Nate Danielson scored his first NHL goal and had an assist, Emmitt Finnie scored a power-play goal (with Danielson assisting) and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had an assist Tuesday as the Wings defeated Seattle, 4-2, and moved into sole possession of first place of the Atlantic Division.

The Wings (12-7-1, 25 points) moved a point ahead of Boston and two points ahead of Montreal.

Danielson had a jaw-dropping second period. He scored his first NHL goal at 2:04 of the first period, after Sandin-Pellikka's point shot hit off Mason Appleton on the way to the net, then glanced off Danielson and into the net, Danielson credited for his first goal.

A few minutes later, Danielson almost had his second goal, on a nifty drive to the net. But Finnie was barely offside, as Seattle challenged the goal and won.

Danielson then capped his eventful period with his first NHL assist, finding Finnie alone in the slot. Finnie quickly snapped his fifth goal and ended a personal 10-game point drought. The goal put the Wings ahead 3-2, minutes after Seattle had tied the game.

Lucas Raymond opened the Wings' scoring with his sixth goal, and 10th point in the last five games. Dylan Larkin capped the scoring with an empty-net goal, his 12th goal (and 600th NHL point).

Jordan Eberle (power play) and Ryker Evans had second-period goals for Seattle (9-5-5).