Buffalo, N.Y. — Standing in the visitor’s dressing room with gauze in his left nostril, having checked his teeth in the big mirrors outside the shower room — and noting that all seemed to have remained in place — Dylan Larkin suggested the high-stick to his face might have been helpful.
“Maybe it woke me up,” Larkin joked.
Not quite. He had played well.
BOX SCORE: Red Wings 3, Sabres 0
Although their offense continues to sputter, delivering some fine play but too few goals, Larkin took matters into his hands Friday at Buffalo and produced a 3-0 win, with help from Henrik Zetterberg, who scored his ninth goal of the season, on a fine assist by Luke Glendening, who also scored into an empty net, and Petr Mrazek’s third shutout of the season.