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Red Wings Notebook: Raymond, Berggren Finding Range

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Red Wings forward Jonatan Berggren has three goals in the past five games.

As much as Lucas Raymond was playing stellar hockey for the Detroit Red Wings, the fact that there was just a two in the goals column next to his name was alarming for a guy who put 31 into the net last season.

“I mean, I think everyone wants to score goals, right?,” Raymond asked. “I’m no different.”

Thursday, in a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders, Raymond was the difference maker. Firing home his third goal of the season, he was beating Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin with a quick shot from the high slot at 19:08 of the third period.

“Just started with a great forecheck,” Raymond explained. “I think that was a theme for us this night. Larks (Dylan Larkin) and (Tyler) Motte are just getting in there and Larks getting the puck to me, it was an unbelievable play.

“It just kind of popped out to me and I felt pretty alone there. So yeah, it’s nice to see it go in.

“It was a really big night for us. It’s something to build off.”

Berggren On Board Again

For the third time in five games, Red Wings forward Jonathan Berggren was also scoring. His breakaway goal with 4:41 left in the third period tied the score.

“Bergy’s been playing great,” Raymond said. “I think just his entire game. It’s really fun to see and I think everyone knows what he can do with the puck. He showed it and a huge goal for us.”

Red Wings Honor Datsyuk

Red Wings icon and newly-enshrined Hockey Hall of Famer Pavel Datsyuk was on hand to be honored and was dropping the puck for a ceremonial opening faceoff.

Earlier in the day, he was mingling with the current Red Wings and it was like they were welcoming franchise royalty.

“He was around this morning a little bit, and it’s just kind of one of those things where it’s like you’re in awe,” Detroit goalie Alex Lyon said. “Just obviously all of us are pretty much at the point where we grew up watching him and Larks obviously played with him.

“But when you see a legend like that, you just have appreciation for what they’ve done. And I think ultimately, how much work they’ve put in to get to that point, because that’s something that kind of goes unnoticed. So I think it’s cool. It’s cool to see for sure. And he’s part of Detroit history, so yeah, fun to see him out there.”

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