A milestone performance on a milestone night offered a balm against the nearly hourly intrusion of pandemic protocol updates.
Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin celebrated his first career hat trick Saturday at Little Caesars Arena, one of five games left on the NHL slate after five were postponed because of COVID-19. Coach Jeff Blashill was among the Wings who missed the game after testing positive, along with six players and an assistant coach.
Larkin’s four-point performance led to a 5-2 victory, in what marked the first time since its opening in October 2017 that LCA hosted a Wings and Pistons game on the same day.