Isles fall to Detroit in OT for 10th loss in row

DETROIT — Moritz Seider scored 3:33 into overtime, and the Islanders lost to the Red Wings, 4-3, on Saturday for their 10th straight defeat.

Filip Hronek, Sam Gagner and Givani Smith also scored for the Red Wings, who won their season-high fifth straight. Alex Nedeljkovic had 20 saves.

“This wasn’t our best game, but we have that swagger and confidence now,” Seider said. “We have an ability to stick together and win these games somehow.”

Oliver Wahlstrom had two power-play goals, Cal Clutterbuck scored shorthanded, and Mathew Barzal had two assists as the Islanders earned a point for the second straight game and fell to 0-8-2 during their skid. Ilya Sorokin finished with 26 saves.

“We had the power play working, but we can’t expect to get all of our goals that way,” Wahlstrom said. “We have to find a way to get some goals at 5-on-5 if we want to win games.”

In the extra period, Seider scored on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Pius Suter.

“[Seider] has got a good swagger and a good way of rising in the moment,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “And, he certainly rose in that moment.”

The Islanders, missing leading scorer Brock Nelson and defenseman Ryan Pulock due to injuries, matched the longest winless streak in franchise history, a similar 0-8-2 stretch from Nov. 19 to Dec. 9, 2013. They managed just 23 shots on goal — only three in the first period — and scored more than one goal for just the second time in nine games.

Wahlstrom snapped a ninegame pointless streak to tie it 2-2 midway through the second period before his second of the night tied it 3-3 with 7 ¹/2 minutes left in the third period.

“We need to find a way to finish one of these games,” Barzal said. “We can’t give away points.”