Helene St. James

Detroit Free Press

Detroit Red Wings forward Teemu Pulkkinen showed off his assets at the international level today.

Pulkkinen, who has yet to establish himself with the Wings, scored twice to lead his native Finland past the U.S., 3-2, in overtime in an exhibition ahead of this month's 2016 world championship.

Both of Pulkkinen's goals in Helsinki came during power plays. Pulkkinen's strength is his booming right-handed shot, though he struggles to get it off quickly enough at the NHL level. He had six goals and six assists in 36 games this season for the Wings.

Fellow Wings forward Dylan Larkin was quiet for the U.S., taking a slashing penalty late in the first period. Luke Glendening also had been chosen to represent the U.S. but had to return home because of a foot injury that plagued him during the Wings' first-round NHL playoff series against Tampa Bay.

The world event begins Friday, with games including the U.S. taking on Canada. The Wings also have players on Russia (Pavel Datsyuk and Alexey Marchenko), Sweden (Gustav Nyquist) and Slovakia (Tomas Jurco).

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