It will be ushering immensely talented youngsters Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider to greatness, and making sure the malaise which infected the Red Wings before the coaching change doesn’t happen again.

Plus a hit parade in Vancouver, a savior in Ottawa, the timeline of witnessing all-time greatness in Washington and much more.

Larkin scored a power-play goal on three shots and added an assist Sunday in a 6-2 win over the Kraken.

Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

But, as Dylan Larkin noted, it’s only natural to peek at the standings, especially when things are going as well as they have been the past 2½ weeks for the Detroit Red Wings.

The Detroit Red Wings responded to Tuesday's setback with a scrappy performance and a 5-2 road victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

Many of the Wings' recent first-round draft picks have been contributing heavily during the team's 8-2-0 run since coach Todd McLellan took over.

While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to move up the Eastern Conference standings, their captain Victor Hedman keeps checking off milestones. The Lightning and their hulking defenseman will finish a two-game homestand Saturday night against the sizzling Detroit Red Wings in the opener of four matchups between the Atlantic Division foes.

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

After Tuesday’s loss to San Jose, the Detroit Red Wings got what they were looking for Thursday night in the first game of a four-game road trip.