With 59 seconds left of regular time, Joel Eriksson Ek saved his team when he put the equalizer to 5-5 on tennis.
The goal was the Swede's second for the evening, two periods earlier he had equalized to 2-2, but the Värmlander was not happy with it.
Just seconds after Cam Talbot saved a free kick in the Minnesota goal, a completely free Eriksson Ek, after pure clap-clap play, could decide with his third and the team's sixth goal of the evening.
6–5 after extra time means that the team's loss zero remains intact.
Raymond scored his first NHL career goal
It is not for Detroit, but 4-1 against Columbus tonight means that the team has still got a good start to the season.
The team has over the years seen a long line of Swedes in the lead roles, and now another blue-yellow star has introduced himself to the team and the city - Lucas Raymond scored his very first NHL goal against Columbus.
- It feels great, says the 19-year-old, who will keep the historic puck.
- I will certainly do that, it was a special moment, which I have been looking forward to, he says at the press conference after the match.
Everything in the match happened in the final period.
Raymond's 1-0 - a hard shot from a narrow angle that went over goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo's picking glove - came after 46 minutes of play.
Out of sheer speed, he was one and a half minutes later in the prelude to Tyler Bertuzzi's 2-0 and thus also got his first assist point in the NHL.
- It is important to prepare and work hard in training and in the gym and out on the ice, that is what you get to work on every day, he says himself about how he has achieved his success.