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12/09 21:20 CST Red Wings captain Larkin injured on hit from behind, Senators
pull away for 5-1 victory
Red Wings captain Larkin injured on hit from behind, Senators pull away for 5-1
victory
By DANA GAURUDER
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) --- Claude Giroux and Vladimir Tarasenko each had a goal and an
assist and the Ottawa Senators beat Detroit 5-1 on Saturday night in a game
overshadowed by a hit from behind that left Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin
face-down and motionless on the ice.
Larkin was down for about a minute after being cross-checked in the back of the
head and neck by Ottawa's Mathieu Joseph Eventually, Larkin was able to stand
up and was hunched over as he was assisted to the locker room. There was no
immediate report on the injury.
Standing near the Ottawa goal during a first-period power play, Larkin took the
hit from Joseph and fell into the Senators' Parker Kelly, who also hit him.
Joseph and Kelly were assessed roughing penalties on the play with 6:10 left in
the period. Detroit's David Perron was given a match penalty for intent to
injure for cross-checking Artem Zub as the Ottawa defenseman stood next to the
prone Larkin. Detroit's Christian Fischer and Joseph dropped the gloves early
in the third period.
Nine-time All-Star Patrick Kane scored his first goal of the season in his
second game with Detroit. He signed a one-year contract Nov. 28 as a free agent.
Dominik Kubalik, Tim Stutzle and Jake Sanderson also scored for Ottawa. Joonas
Korpisalo made 30 saves for his 100th regular-season victory.
Larkin's injury and Perron's ejection left Detroit, which dressed seven
defensemen, with only nine forwards.
Detroit goalie Alex Lyon was pulled after two periods. Lyon and James Reimer
combined for 32 saves.
Giroux scored on a power play less than two minutes into the game, shoveling in
a rebound of Jakob Chychrun's shot.
During a 4-on-3 power play a minute after Larkin's injury, Kane scored on a
wrister from the right circle that beat Korpisalo on his glove side.
Ottawa took a 4-1 lead in the second period. Tarasenko scored the go-ahead goal
at 3:36 on a power play. Kubalik, who played for the Red Wings last season,
then beat Lyon with a slap shot. Stutzle scored with 1:04 remaining in the
period.
Sanderson added an empty-net goal in the third.
UP NEXT
Senators: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.
Wings: At Dallas on Monday night.
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