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Wings pair two speedsters with Richards during practice

Grosse Pointe Woods — The search for offense continues.

Dylan Larkin and Andreas Athanasiou started skating on a line with Brad Richards during practice Wednesday at Liggett High.

Blazing young speed with a veteran playmaker.

Meanwhile, in the third period of yet another game when scoring was too sparse — a 2-1 overtime victory over the Blue Jackets — Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg seemed to leap back over the boards almost as soon as their tailbones hit the bench.

At 37 and 35, respectively, they remain the key cogs.

Thoughts of a slower pace for Datsyuk and Zetterberg can seem both wise and irrelevant at the same time with the standings so tight at the head of the stretch.