Larkin scores twice, Red Wings top Sabres

Red Wings 3, Sabres 2 (OT): Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal in regulation and notched the game-winner 2:07 into overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 comeback win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday before a sparse crowd in snowbound western New York.

Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Red Wings, who beat Buffalo for the second time in three days and improved to 4-4-2 over the past 10 games. Alex Nedelkovic made 26 saves.

Not many witnessed the impressive comeback. A storm that dumped around 2 feet of snow in the region limited attendance to around 1,000 at KeyBank Center

Henri Jokiharju and Jeff Skinner scored for the slumping Sabres, who have lost eight in a row at home and dropped to 1-6-2 in the last nine.

Avalanche 4, Wild 3 (SO): Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots in relief of injured Darcy Kuemper and three more in the shootout, and host Colorado beat the Minnesota Wild for its 14th straight home win.

Kuemper was injured Minnesota’s Jordan Greenway ran into him in the crease and knocked him down. The play drew the ire of Kurtis MacDermid, who dropped the gloves with Greenway.

Kuemper was down on ice for a few minutes, but remained in the game until he was replaced by Francouz with 10:34 left in the second period.

Sharks 6, Kings 2: Timo Meier set a San Jose franchise record with five goals, and the host Sharks used a huge first period to beat the Los Angeles Kings.

Meier, a sixth-year winger who made his first All-Star team this season, notched a hat trick before the first period even ended. He then scored his fourth goal less than two minutes into the second period and broke the Sharks’ record with his fifth just 27 seconds before the second intermission.

With fans chanting “Timo!, Timo!” at different points throughout the third period, Meier had a chance for his sixth goal midway through the period when he took the puck down the left side with open ice ahead of him, but Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson knocked the puck from his possession as Meier approached the net.

Kraken 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO): Ryan Donato scored the tying goal early in the third period, Joonas Donskoi scored in the shootout and host Seattle snapped its nine-game losing streak with a win over Chicago.

Donato scored at 2:02 of the third period to pull Seattle even at 2. Donato scored in the second round of the shootout and Donskoi – stuck without a goal this season in 38 games – scored the winner past Marc-Andre Fleury.

It was Seattle’s first win since Dec. 14 at San Jose. and first home win since Dec. 3 against Edmonton. The Kraken are 1-16-1 when trailing after two periods.