The Red Wings tote a 5-game win streak into this contest. In its most recent game Sunday, +121 Detroit topped the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 (push 6.0). That game was at home; the Wings' trip to Buffalo marks the club's second road game of the season.

It certainly showed when the Wings traveled to Toronto for a matinee matchup against the Leafs on Monday. Despite being brutally outplayed for the entire game, Mason Appleton’s tally in the final minute of regulation, giving Detroit a 3-2 win.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan told reporters on Tuesday that Patrick Kane will miss at least the next two games due to an upper-body injury.

The Red Wings made us collectively groan at our TVs just one game into the season as they fell 5-1 to the in-your-face Canadiens. It was another brutal defensive and goaltending performance -- exactly what the Red Wings had hoped to improve upon as they opened the season.

No current player has been with the Red Wings longer than Dylan Larkin , the captain and No. 1 center who got a taste of the playoffs as a rookie in 2015-16 but hasn’t been back since. Larkin leads Detroit with 11 points (five goals, six assists) in six games. The rest have followed.

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The Detroit Red Wings elevated their trust in young players when Todd McLellan took over as coach midway through last season and that belief continues into this season. With Patrick Kane out at least two more games with an upper-body injury,

Redmond spent nine seasons in the NHL (1967-68 to 1975-76), primarily with the Red Wings. Redmond, who also played for the Montreal Canadiens, tallied 233 goals and 428 points in 538 games, posting a career-high 93 points in the 1972-73 season.

Griffins and Red Wings forge historic start, boasting their best combined record ever. How veteran leadership and emerging stars fuel the dominant push to start the season.