LARKIN’S GOAL LIFTS WINGS OVER DEVILS
newark, n.j.» Dylan Larkin scored on a breakaway and Petr Mrazek made 22 saves as the Red Wings beat the Devils 1-0 on Monday night.
Mrazek, appearing in an eighth straight game, posted his second shutout of the season and the seventh of his NHL career.
Cory Schneider stopped 20 shots for the Devils, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped.
Larkin scored on a nifty backhander to polish off the breakaway at 9:20 of the first period.
“I saw he was out pretty far,” Larkin, 19, said of Schneider. “He bit on the move, so I got pretty lucky there. It happened so fast, and it turned out to be a big goal.”
MONDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
The Senators defeated the Blues 3-2 when Bobby Ryan scored 2:33 into overtime. It was Ryan’s second goal of the game and 13th of the season. “Huge win,” said Senators coach Dave Cameron, whose team snapped a threegame losing streak. “Falling behind 2-0, we found a way to come back and get the win.” Said the Blues’ coach, Ken Hitchcock: “We could have buried them, and we let them off the hook.” ... Andrej Sekera’s goal 2:47 into overtime gave the Oilers a 1-0 victory over the
FOOTNOTE
Sabres lose Deslauriers. Sabres forward Nicolas Deslauriers will be sidelined three to five weeks because of lower-body injury. He has three goals and seven points in 38 games this season.