Detroit — The Red Wings insist Andreas Athanasiou is close to ending his season-opening goal-scoring drought, and about to begin scoring those jaw-dropping, edge-of-your-seat, breakaway goals that make every nightly top-10 highlight show.
Exhibit A that Athanasiou is soon going to end this 11-game drought without a goal (with only three assists) is Tuesday’s 3-1 victory over Edmonton.
“He played his best game, he was flying,” said forward Dylan Larkin, who himself was pretty dangerous on the ice against the Oilers. “He was, I think, the fastest player out there. He looked dangerous every time he was on the ice, and he played the right way.