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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Suspended defenseman Nate Schmidt and the Vegas Golden Knights agreed to a $35.7 million Custom Vegas Golden Knights Jerseys , six-year contract extension Wednesday that runs through the 2024-25 season.The team announced the move late Wednesday night after losing 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks in a shootout. Schmidt’s new deal is worth $5.95 million per year.The 27-year-old Schmidt was banned 20 games last month for violating the NHL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He can return to the Golden Knights on Nov. 18.“He is the kind of defenseman that every team in this league is looking for now,” Vegas general manager George McPhee said. “He is unique, excellent defensively and has become a shutdown defenseman for us playing against the other clubs’ top players. But he also brings a lot of pace to the game and he brings offense.”Schmidt led the Western Conference champions in ice time last season at 22:14 per game. He had five goals, 31 assists and 19 penalty minutes in 76 games. He added three goals and four assists with four penalty minutes in 20 playoff games for the expansion Golden Knights, who lost to the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup Final.In five NHL seasons, Schmidt has 13 goals, 66 assists and 64 penalty minutes in 276 career games. The native of Minnesota was selected by Vegas from Washington during the 2017 expansion draft.“He means a lot www.officialducks.com ,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “He’s a top player for us. He’s done a great job playing defense for us last year. Obviously he got a real nice contract that he deserves, and we miss him a lot. So he’s a big player for our group and we’re happy to have him for long term.”Schmidt insisted he didn’t intentionally take a banned substance and couldn’t have gotten any performance benefit from the “trace amount” that got into his system.He and the Golden Knights released statements disagreeing with the penalty, though neither specified the substance. Schmidt said one of the experts testifying on his behalf at the appeal hearing likened the amount to a pinch of salt in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.The appeal, which was heard by a neutral arbitrator, was denied. DETROIT (AP) — Dylan Larkin helped the Detroit Red Wings avoid their second seven-game winless streak of the season.Larkin scored with 24.9 seconds left in overtime as Detroit rallied from a two goal-deficit to defeat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Friday night and snap a six-game winless (0-4-2) skid.The Red Wings went 0-5-2 to begin the season.“For us to play that way, especially going down 1-0 (actually 2-0, early in the second period) Anaheim Ducks T-Shirts Authentic , it speaks a lot to the guys in our room and the preparation we had going into tonight,” Larkin said.Larkin, who has points in 15 of his last 16 games (8-11-19) beat Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne with a backhander from the slot as he cut in from the left point. It was Larkin’s 18th goal.“I just saw daylight and felt like a running back and went to the net,” Larkin said.“And I saw a defenseman going down on one knee and I shot it before I got to him and I think it caught Rinne off-guard.”It was his fourth OT winner of the season.Andreas Athanasiou, Thomas Vanek and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored for Detroit.Defenseman Filip Hronek had two assists and Jimmy Howard stopped 27 shots.Defenseman P.K. Subban, Craig Smith and Ryan Johansen scored for Nashville. Rinne made 35 saves.“We were awful from start to finish. We lost every 50-50 puck battle, and Pekka was the only reason we got a point Anaheim Ducks Hoodies Authentic ,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said.“We had three or four guys who came willing to work and 15 that didn’t, and that’s never going to work in this league.”Johansen tied it 3-3 with 1:16 left in regulation and Rinne pulled for the extra attacker. Johansen’s eighth goal of the season came on a shot from the left circle.Bertuzzi gave the Red Wings a 3-2 lead with 8:03 left in the third period. He tapped in a backhand goal-mouth pass from Gustav Nyquist after a turnover by Subban deep in his own zone. It was Bertuzzi’s 10th goal.Vanek, playing in his 1,000th career game, tied it at 2, with 6:25 left in the second period. It was Vanek’s seventh goal.Athanasiou put the Red Wings on the board 4:24 into the second with his 15th goal.Smith gave the Predators a 2-0 lead 3:01 into the middle period with his 12th goal.It appeared that defenseman Anthony Bitetto had given Nashville a 3-2 lead with 5:15 left in the second period. But Detroit challenged goaltender interference and the goal was overturned.Subban gave Nashville a 1-0 lead with 2:24 left in the first period with his third goal.The Predators did not get their first shot of the game until less than seven minutes remained in the opening period. The Red Wings had 10 shots at that point.NOTES: Detroit RW Anthony Mantha returned after missing 15 games with a broken hand. … Vanek was saluted during a stoppage of play in the first period. … LW Phillip Di Giuseppe made his Nashville debut after being claimed on waivers from Carolina on Tuesday.UP NEXTNashville: Visits Montreal on Saturday.Detroit: Hosts Washington on Sunday.