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.
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.