Larkin completes Red Wings’ comeback in Buffalo with OT winner, second goal of game

Hot take: Dylan Larkin is really good. After the Detroit Red Wings went down 2–0 to the Buffalo Sabres midway through the third period of Monday’s game, Larkin scored the final two of his team’s three unanswered goals to propel the Wings to a 3–2 overtime victory. Vladislav Namestnikov got the Red Wings on the board at the 10:21 mark of the third period, with Moritz Seider and Tyler Bertuzzi picking up the assists. Just over three minutes later, Larkin netted his first of the game to tie things up at 2–2. Finally, at the 2:07 mark of the overtime period, Larkin sealed the deal. He first forced a turnover in the Sabres’ defensive zone before capitalizing off a give-and-go play with Red Wings defenseman Nick Leddy, taking a return pass and immediately firing a hard wrister past Sabres goaltender Aaron Dell. The Red Wings improved to 18–17–5 on the season with the win, although they remain distantly behind both the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins for an Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot. After Mon