Larkin ties it late in 3rd, lifts Red Wings past Stars in OT

DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin scored his second goal of the game 34 seconds into overtime after tying it with 4:03 left in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Dallas Stars 4-3 at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday.

“We had to be patient, get a couple (penalty) kills, and go to work,” Larkin said. “It wasn’t going our way, but we kept playing well and stuck together.”

Larkin beat Casey DeSmith with a wrist shot from the high slot after tying it 3-3 with a power-play goal in front off a between-the-legs backwards pass by James van Riemsdyk.

“Dylan’s had a tough time putting the puck in lately -- I think two of his last three goals have been in the empty net -- but you saw the timing of the two tonight,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan said. “That’s the resilience he provides as a captain, and everyone seems to follow him.”

Van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist, Lucas Raymond had three assists, and Emmitt Finnie also scored for the Red Wings (22-13-3), who have won three in a row and eight of 10 (8-2-0).

John Gibson made 19 saves to extend his winning streak to a career-best eight games. It is the longest streak by a Red Wings goalie since Chris Osgood also won eight straight in 2007-08.

Wyatt Johnston, Roope Hintz and Jamie Benn scored, and Mikko Rantanen had two assists for the Stars (25-7-6), who had won four in a row and eight of 10.

“I thought it was a great hockey game,” Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. “It was fast, it had great goaltending, special-teams goals, and I thought it was physical. I like the way we played, so I’m not going to judge our team on losing a point.”

DeSmith made 21 saves and set a franchise record by extending his point streak to 13 games (9-0-4). Don Beaupre had a 12-game streak (9-0 with three ties) for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1982-83 season.

“We deserved a point and they deserved a point,” Gulutzan said. “Three-on-three, anything can happen.”

Van Riemsdyk gave Detroit a 1-0 lead at 9:23 of the first period when he took a pass from Michael Rasmussen at the edge of the crease and flipped a shot over DeSmith’s shoulder.

Hintz’s power-play goal tied it 1-1 at 10:47 of the second period. After a quick pass across the crease from Jason Robertson, Rantanen got the puck to Hintz in the right face-off circle, and he put a wrist shot over Gibson’s blocker.

Benn gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 19:16, taking a pass from Matt Duchene on a 2-on-1 break and beating Gibson into the open side of the net.

“We weren’t really moving in the first and they came out with a good pace,” Stars forward Mavrik Bourque said. “We played a good second and a good third, but you have to play 60 good minutes in this league.”

Finnie’s power-play goal tied it 2-2 at 3:02 of the third. DeSmith stopped Raymond’s shot and Finnie’s first attempt off the rebound, but he regained the puck and put a wrist shot into the top of the net.

“I’ve talked about him a lot and I could talk about him all night,” Larkin said of his rookie linemate. “If I can go to the Olympics and play on the wing, I would probably try to play like Emmitt Finnie. I’d be a good supporting player who digs out pucks, gets them to guys and goes to the hard areas.”

Johnston put the Stars back ahead 3-2 on the power play at 11:18, deflecting Miro Heiskanen’s pass past Gibson.

Raymond took a penalty at 13:30 to put Dallas on the man-advantage again, but Rantanen was called for interference 39 seconds later. Larkin then tied it with 12 seconds left on the ensuing power play.

“That’s a learning experience,” Gulutzan said. “We’re trying to run a little play there without quite getting to the level of interference, but he got a little overly enthusiastic.”

NOTES: Larkin recorded his fifth consecutive 20-goal season and became only the third Red Wings player in the past 20 years to accomplish the feat. The others are Henrik Zetterberg (seven from 2005-06 to 2011-12) and Pavel Datsyuk (seven from 2003-04 to 2010-11). … Rantanen (51 points; 14 goals, 37 assists) became the second-fastest player in Stars history (37 games) to record 50 points in a season. Only Jason Robertson required fewer games (35 in 2022-23). … DeSmith (9-1-4) lost 5-3 to the Vancouver Canucks on Oct. 16 -- his first game of the season -- and has recorded at least one point in every start since.