After a slow start to the first period, it took almost 16 minutes before Mika Zibanejad scored his first goal in the match, which was number 700 for the Swede.
The second period initially looked to make the meeting more even.
After Gothenburg son Lucas Raymond in the middle period saw Detroit take a two-goal lead against the Rangers in front of the home crowd, Chris Kreider made sure to equalize before the teams went off for a final period break.
Four goals within three minutes
Then something happened that made the visiting team really crack up, and Ville Husso in Detroit's box got really hot on the ears.
In the space of 2 minutes and 57 seconds, Zibanejad and his teammates scored no less than four goals.
A little later in the period two more came.
- We had many good chances that didn't go in, but we didn't get frustrated.
We kept our focus, because we know that if we continue to play like that, we will score goals, Mika Zibanejad told nhl.com after the game.
The Swedish star center has now scored nine goals this season.
The Rangers are the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat of scoring six goals in the final period in a tie.
The last time it happened was in 1993 when the Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit 9-3.