from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

A couple days ago, Dylan Larkin was talking to his dad when a teammate’s name came up.

As Larkin builds his resume with the Detroit Red Wings, he does so emulating the work put in over the years by Henrik Zetterberg.

“We were talking about the way he plays the game and the way he is so patient in a full 60-minute game,” Larkin said after contributing a goal and an assist in Thursday’s 6-3 victory over the Sabres. “He understands that a lot of nights, nothing is going to go on, if you play 20 minutes, for 19 minutes and 59 seconds. It’s that one second you get where he makes it count.

“My dad and I were talking about it. We admire how he plays the right way, he waits for his opportunity and then when he gets his opportunity, he makes the most of it.”

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from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

The Red Wings quickly trailed in this game, 2-0, but instead of quitting, they did just the opposite and won impressively.

“We got great character,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “I’ve talked about it a lot during the year. It’s easy when things are going well and people talk about character, but that’s not really when character shows.

“Character is when it’s been tough, like it’s been tough here, but we’ve had character and we’ve been competitive and we should have a better record than we have, but it is what is is, and our guys have continued to work.”

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