Alex DeBrincat also scored and Cam Talbot had 18 saves as Detroit rebounded from a 5-4 overtime loss to Buffalo at home on Saturday.
Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers, who snapped a three-game winning streak and fell to 1-7-1 at home to go along with their league-best 9-1-1 road mark. Jonathan Quick finished with 40 saves.
Raymond scored his fifth of the season with 3:47 remaining as he brought the puck into the offensive zone up the right side, skated around the back of the net and beat Quick from between the circles.
The game ended with a full line brawl after Red Wings forward Mason Appleton shot the puck into the empty net after the final horn sounded. Quick leaped off the Rangers bench and charged right at Appleton, leading to all the players from both teams to scrum near the Rangers’ net.
After the game, Quick defended his actions in the scrum.
“The horn goes, a couple seconds (pass), (Appleton) shoots it in the net. I donâ€t know why they were surprised,” the veteran goalie said, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic.
DeBrincat opened the scoring with his ninth on the power play at 9:30 of the second. Raymond and Patrick Kane had assists on the play, with Kane getting his 1,352nd point — one behind Guy Lafleur for 30th place on the all-time scoring list.
Zibanjead tied it with his seventh on the power play with 8:01 remaining in the middle period. Artemi Panarin had an assist on the play, giving him 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his last six games.
New York, which beat Nashville last Monday for its lone home win, has been shut out five times and scored once in two other losses at Madison Square Garden.
Before the game, the Rangers honoured Hall of Fame journalist Larry Brooks, who passed away on Nov. 13 at 75. Brooks primarily covered the Rangers for the New York Post in a career spanning five decades.
Red Wings: Host Seattle on Tuesday night to start a three-game homestand.
Rangers: At Vegas on Tuesday night to begin a three-game trip.
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