from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

The Detroit Red Wings’ final meeting of the season with the Buffalo Sabres mirrored the slog of the winter storm but ended with a celebration.

It took a patient performance before the Wings had reason to rejoice during Monday’s matinee at KeyBank Center, where a shorthanded goal sparked a rally. Dylan Larkin scored at 2:07 of overtime to secure a 3-2 victory and a 4-0 sweep of the Sabres.

“It was very satisfying,” Larkin said. “We knew it was going to be a tough game. We played them Saturday at home and it was a great crowd at home. We come here and it’s a snowstorm.”...

“It’s a huge two points to be able to come back,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “There wasn’t a lot being created either way. I was a little bit frustrated with the lack of creation on our end - I thought we had opportunity to create more and we didn’t. We just didn’t seem to have it with the puck, but we stayed with it.”

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Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 01/17/22 at 06:37 PM ET

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today reassigned left wing Taro Hirose and defenseman Luke Witkowski to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins from the team’s taxi squad and assigned goaltender Calvin Pickard to the Griffins.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 01/17/22 at 06:57 PM ET