from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News

The Wings could have been eliminated from the playoff race with a loss in regulation Saturday. But with the score tied 4-4 entering the third period, they persevered, then killed off a Toronto power play with 2 minutes, 45 seconds left in regulation time to survive, earn a point in regulation time, then earn the second point on Larkin's overtime goal at 41 seconds of overtime.

"Man, it's one of the biggest goals of my career and I'm hoping this year to have some more big goals," Larkin said. "You can't feel any better. I knew Kaner (Patrick Kane) was going to look for that play and I knew I had my stick on the ice and he was going to hit it. I didn't even see it go in, but I knew Kaner and all the big moments he's had in his career and to see how excited he was and see to all the boys rush over, man, what a feeling."....

"If we win out and don't get there (playoffs), you probably have to tip your hat to someone who won their way through and they would have won against some pretty good competition," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. "That's why I felt that point (in Pittsburgh Thursday) was so important. If we could hang in there and get five or six points down the stretch we'd have a chance. We have two now and it's on us."...

Goaltender James Reimer, playing his 500th NHL game, stopped 31 shots in earning a huge Wings victory.

"It's special," Reimer said. "On a night like this you want to play well and you want to win. It just makes it that much more special. The way the guys battled and worked and the resiliency they showed after the second period to come back in here and shut it down and play so well in the third period, I'm proud of the guys and how they worked.

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