He wasn’t the only one ending a drought on the play; Rasmussen got an assist after going 31 games without a point since scoring on Jan 5.
“We’re not going to sit here and judge (Rasmussen) based on his point total,” Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said. “The rest of the world might, but his contribution to the team is his size (6-foot-6, 220 pounds), which he’s used pretty well.”
Anton Johansson scored his first NHL goal, and Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves for Detroit (2-3-2), which had lost three games in a row (0-1-2).
Tarasov is 1-0-1 with a 0.79 goals-against average and .965 save percentage in three games (two starts) for the Red Wings. He made 30 saves and shut out the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, but the game was tied until Detroit lost 1-0 in the shootout.
“He’s done a real solid job for us,” McLellan said. “What is it now — seven periods and a bit? He’s been solid, so we’re very happy for him, and he’s obviously helped us get some points.”
Matvei Michkov scored, and Woll made 24 saves for Philadelphia (0-6-3), which extended its franchise-record winless streak to start a season to nine games.
“I liked our start, but they came on a little bit,” Flyers coach Rick Tocchet said. “There are moments in a game when you have to come through, and we’ve been having a tough time of that.”
The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at 17:32 of the first period when Michkov swatted the puck in at the right side of the net.
Johansson tied it 1-1 at 4:31 of the second period, finishing off a 2-on-1 with Dylan Larkin and scoring with a one-timer from the inside edge of the left face-off circle.
“I was coming off the ice, but (Justin) Faulk got the puck to (Larkin), and I saw we had a 2-on-1,” Johansson said. “So I changed my mind about going to the bench, (Larkin) made a great pass and it ended up in the back of the net.”