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RECAP: Red Wings begin season-long six-game road trip with 6-5 shootout loss in Columbus

Detroit moves to 4-0-1 in its last five visits to Nationwide Arena

COLUMBUS — In a high-scoring, back-and-forth Eastern Conference matchup, the Detroit Red Wings fought hard but ultimately had to settle for just one point as they suffered a 6-5 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Thursday night.

“I feel like the last couple years of these games, they’ve always been kind of crazy games,” James van Riemsdyk said. “I liked the way we stuck with it…Usually, when you’re leading at the end of the game like that, you’d like to try to find a way to get the two points but I thought we played resilient and stuck with the process even if things didn’t go our way. I liked that part of our game.”

How to watch Columbus Blue Jackets vs Detroit Red Wings

After a fight filled 5-3 road victory Dec. 1 against the New Jersey Devils, the Blue Jackets return to home ice against the Detroit Red Wings on Dec. 4 at Nationwide Arena.

It's a chance for the Blue Jackets (12-9-5) to make amends for coughing up a two-goal lead against the Red Wings in a 4-3 overtime loss Nov. 22 at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit, which continued a season-long struggle protecting late leads. Kirill Marchenko will return to the Jackets' lineup after missing four games with a lower-body injury, while captain Boone Jenner (upper body) will miss his 11th straight game.

Red Wings’ power-play outburst not enough to earn two points

The Detroit Red Wings began their longest trip of the season Thursday with an offensive outburst that included a season-high three power-play goals.

But they couldn’t score in the shootout, and it cost them a point in a 6-5 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout against Cam Talbot while Elvis Merzlikins denied James van Riemsdyk and Lucas Raymond from scoring.

The Red Wings (14-11-3) continue their six-game trip Saturday in Seattle (10 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network). The Blue Jackets improved to 13-9-5.

Raymond and Patrick Kane each tallied a goal and an assist. Dylan Larkin, van Riemsdyk and Alex DeBrincat scored goals. Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp each added a pair of assists.

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