Detroit Red Wings defenseman Marc Staal inched two goals closer to 50 in his career in Tuesday’s 7–5 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Playing in his 1,001st regular-season game in the National Hockey League, Staal scored twice (once in the first period and again in the third) for his first-ever two-goal outing. Staal’s first goal of Tuesday’s game cut Edmonton’s lead to 3–1 midway through the opening frame. After receiving a quick feed from Moritz Seider, Staal unleashed a bullet from the point that found its way through a Michael Rasmussen screen and past Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen. Seider and Taro Hirose picked up the helpers on Staal’s second goal of the 2021–22 season, which came at the 8:46 mark of the period. Staal’s second goal of the game tied the score at 4–4 just 2:52 into the third period. (Sam Gagner and Filip Zadina had previously gotten the Red Wings back into the game after the Oilers took a 4–1 lead late in the first). This time, it was Gagner who teed Staal up for a one-timer from the top
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