RECAP: Red Wings salvage point in NHL Global Series opener, drop 5-4 OT decision to Senators

The Senators jumped all over the Red Wings midway through the first period, scoring three quick goals. After taking a 1-0 lead at 5:57 with a tip-in goal on the power play, Ottawa doubled it, 2-0, exactly four minutes later. Then with 6:51 remaining in the period, the Senators pushed ahead, 3-0.

“Honestly, in the first I didn’t think we played terrible,” Lucas Raymond said. “Obviously the score was 3-0, but we had some good parts and I think we brought that into the second.”

Ottawa built what looked to be a comfortable four-goal lead at 1:18, but Raymond gave Detroit a much-needed spark at 9:39 by scoring an unassisted goal on the rush to cut the deficit, 4-1.

Raymond, who is a native of Gothenburg, Sweden, became the fourth Swedish-born Red Wings player to score a goal in their native country, joining Tomas Holmstrom, Niklas Kronwall and Jonathan Ericsson.

“Really special and you could feel it coming,” Larkin said of Raymond’s goal. “One that I’ll remember for a long time and I’m sure he will as well.”