The Detroit Red Wings came out with energy and emotion but their penalty ... the third period began in Friday's matinee at Little Caesars Arena. By then, the New Jersey Devils already had two power play goals, with a four-minute man advantage on the ...

Devils Stefan Noesen and his teammates jabbed and poked their sticks at the loose puck, trying desperately to give New Jersey its first lead of the game against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. Noesen and the Devils recorded five shots in six seconds in the second period before Noesen finally got the puck past goaltender Cam Talbot.

Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier and Jack Hughes scored on power plays as the New Jersey Devils took advantage of Detroit’s NHL-worst penalty kill in a 5-4 victory over the Red Wings on Friday.

It was a fun atmosphere on a holiday weekday afternoon and an entertaining game, but the Red Wings gladly would have exchanged the result.

The Red Wings worked like a light switch today. They’d be on for the first half of the period and flip off and let New Jersey score twice in the last ten minutes of both of the first two periods.

The New Jersey Devils are on the road to play the Detroit Red Wings on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. New Jersey (15-8-2) is coming off a 3-0 shutout loss to St. Louis at home.

The Wings dropped to last in the NHL on the penalty kill (66.2%) after allowing three power-play goals in Friday's loss to New Jersey.

They couldn’t sustain it, however, and the New Jersey Devils battled back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Red Wings 5-4 at Little Caesars Arena. The Devils (16-8-2) scored three times on the power play against the league’s worst-rated penalty kill.