DETROIT (Interstat) — Andrew Copp scored with 4:38 remaining Thursday night, and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their season-opening ninth straight loss with a 2-1 victory at Little Caesars Arena. Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves for Detroit, which improved to 2-5-0 and snapped a two-game slide. Philadelphia remained winless and fell to 0-6-3, with three of its losses coming after regulation. The Flyers have now lost all nine games they have played. The skid is tied for the ninth-longest to open a season in NHL history and the worst such start since San Jose began a season with an 0-7-2 mark. Three teams have gone winless in their first 10 games, and the New York Rangers hold the record after starting a season with 14 losses and a tie. The announced attendance was 17,551.

Philadelphia grabbed the lead late in the first period after a tightly played opening. Sean Couturier won the opening faceoff against Emmitt Finnie. Early on, Oliver Bonk blocked shots by Finnie and Alex DeBrincat, while Nick Seeler blocked a Lucas Raymond attempt. Tarasov stopped Trevor Zegras on a wrist shot and later denied Tyson Foerster on a deflected attempt. Detroit had its chances. Moritz Seider’s slap shot was saved by Joseph Woll. Nate Danielson had a tip-in go wide and a wrist shot miss wide left. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård had multiple tip-in attempts, including one saved by Woll and another that went wide left. DeBrincat also put a wrist shot on net that Woll turned aside. Christian Dvorak also won faceoffs for Philadelphia, and Noel Acciari delivered a hit on Copp. Matvei Michkov scored his third goal of the season at 17:32, uncorking a wrist shot that beat Tarasov. The goal was unassisted. A roughing penalty on Philadelphia’s Travis Sanheim against Raymond at 18:43 gave Detroit a late power play. The Red Wings pressured with shots from DeBrincat, Brandsegg-Nygård and Raymond, but Woll and the Flyers’ defense held. Philadelphia led after the first period.

Detroit tied the game in the second period. Anton Johansson scored his first goal at 8:31, firing a wrist shot past Woll. Dylan Larkin and Justin Faulk assisted. The goal came shortly after Philadelphia’s Tyson Foerster hit the left post with a slap shot. Detroit continued to press. Andrew Copp had two wrist shots saved by Woll in quick succession. Lucas Raymond put a backhand on net, and Tarasov answered at the other end by stopping Travis Sanheim, Nick Seeler and Noah Cates. Michael Rasmussen had a takeaway, and Moritz Seider blocked a Travis Sanheim attempt. Penalties disrupted the period. Philadelphia’s Tyson Foerster was called for slashing against Raymond at 10:23. Later, Detroit’s Anton Johansson received a cross-checking penalty against Michael Bunting at 20:50, while Bunting was whistled for embellishment on the same sequence. Foerster was then called for tripping against DeBrincat at 36:44. Detroit’s penalty kill held firm. Tarasov also stopped Sanheim and Cates, while Woll denied Copp, Raymond and Seider. The teams went to the third period tied.

The third period was tight until Copp found the winner. Detroit kept Philadelphia in its own end for long stretches. Tarasov made saves on Michael Bunting, Oliver Bonk, Porter Martone and Denver Barkey. Justin Faulk and Albert Johansson also tested Woll, while Raymond had a shot blocked by Cates. Philadelphia’s best late push came around a tripping penalty on Detroit’s Albert Johansson against Porter Martone at 30:40, but the Flyers could not convert. Detroit then killed off the man advantage and regained momentum. Copp scored late in regulation, with Michael Rasmussen and Nate Danielson assisting. After the goal, Philadelphia pressed for an equalizer, but Detroit’s defense and Tarasov held. Dylan Larkin won key faceoffs in the final minutes and delivered a hit on Sean Couturier. A tripping penalty on Philadelphia’s Nick Seeler against Raymond gave Detroit another late power play, and the Red Wings ran out the clock. Tarasov finished with 17 saves on 18 shots. Detroit’s bench celebrated a needed home win.

Tarasov’s 17-save performance was central. He had recently made 30 saves in a loss at Montreal and faced only nine shots in a loss to Seattle, but he was steady against Philadelphia. Copp finished with a goal, three shots on goal and one hit. Larkin had an assist, two shots on goal and one hit, and he won several key faceoffs. Anton Johansson recorded a goal, one shot, four penalty minutes and three hits. Danielson added an assist, one shot and one hit. Rasmussen contributed an assist and one shot. Raymond had two shots and two hits. For Philadelphia, Michkov scored on his only shot. Cates had one shot and two hits. Sean Couturier won faceoffs throughout the game and delivered a hit on Seider. Woll made several important stops to keep the Flyers close, including saves on Copp, Raymond, Seider and Brandsegg-Nygård.

Philadelphia entered the game after a shootout loss to Seattle, a regulation loss to Carolina, a loss at Boston, a loss at Ottawa, a loss at Tampa Bay, an overtime loss to Carolina, an overtime loss at New Jersey and a home loss to Pittsburgh. Detroit had lost to New Jersey in overtime, lost at Montreal in a shootout, lost to Seattle, beaten Ottawa, lost to Winnipeg and lost to the New York Rangers. Philadelphia’s next game is at home against Ottawa, followed by a home game against Colorado. Detroit will host San Jose before beginning a road trip that includes stops at Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. Philadelphia will look to end its skid at home.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Detroit 1, Philadelphia 0. Interstat’s ELO system gave Detroit a 51.9 percent probability to win. Detroit was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under line was 5.5, and the game’s total score was 3.