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Detroit Red Wings' 30-goal scorers snap the NHL's longest drought

Dylan Larkin says hearing he wasn't considered a goal scorer motivated him to prove people wrong. Filmed March 28, 2019 in Buffalo, N.Y. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

Last week was big for the Detroit Red Wings; not in the standings, but for their personal stats. Dylan Larkin’s goal against the Sabres on Thursday gave the Wings their first 30-goal scorer in a decade, since the franchise was playing in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2008-09. (Four Wings — Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen, Marian Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg — did it that season.