High five from Patrick Kane lifts Red Wings over Sabres

Patrick Kane piled up two goals and three assists and the host Detroit Red Wings snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.Marco Kasper supplied two goals and an assist, while Alex DeBrincat had a goal and three assists for Detroit. Vladimir Tarasenko and Moritz Seider also scored, and Dylan Larkin added three assists.Petr Mrazek, making his first start since being acquired from Chicago, made 23 saves.Tage Thompson and Zach Benson each had a goal and an assist for Buffalo, and Josh Norris also scored. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 22 shots.The Red Wings emerged from the first period with a 3-2 advantage.Thompson’s wrister gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 7:38, but Kasper put the Red Wings on the board just short of five minutes later. He tipped in Simon Edvinsson’s shot from the high slot.Kane passed the puck out of his own zone to set up DeBrincat’s goal. DeBrincat collected it at center ice, advanced into the Sabres zone and scored from between the circles at 15:40.DeBrincat returned the favor during a power play with 53 seconds left in the period. He delivered the puck to Kane, who fired a shot from the left circle past Luukkonen.Norris scored 18 seconds later in front off Benson’s pass from behind the net.

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