Gregg Krupa The Detroit News Published 6:10 AM EST Nov 10, 2018 Detroit — For long stretches against the Rangers Friday, the Red Wings faced their continuing challenge of difficulty just getting the puck out of their own end. Eventually, though, with Jimmy Howard staving off defeat yet again, the Wings managed. Then, their young guns startedfiring. And now, the Wings have won five of their last six. BOX SCORE: Red Wings 3, Rangers 2, OT The high-flying Andreas Athanasiou, returning from four games lost to injury, tied the game with 2:02 left in regulation. And then, in overtime, Athanasiou deftly fed Dylan Larkin who sped into the Rangers’ zone to beat Henrik Lundqvist for his seventh goal of the season. Larkin’s winning tally came with 5.1 seconds remaining in overtime at Little Caesars Arena. Third-period goals by Justin Abdelkader and Athanasiou erased a 2-0 lead for the Rangers, who had power-play tallies from Kevin Shattenkirk and Neal Pionk. “I just took a quick look at the puck and saw that it was kind of trickling down there,” said Athanasiou of the start of three-on-three play in overtime. “And, I was kind of screaming to get the puck up. Greener did a good job of getting the puck up there. “Larks drove the net really hard, and fortunately the pass got through. He made a good play to put it in.” Jeff Blashill credits Athanasiou with being locked in and providing solid effort from the first day of training camp this season after contract talks… [Read full story]
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