— If this was a glimpse into what the future could look like, it has to excite Red Wings fans.
On a night the Red Wings dominated the Calgary Flames, 8-2, it was the some of the Red Wings’ young hopes for the future leading the way on Wednesday.
Anthony Mantha had two power-play goals, an assist and a fight — a Gordie Howe hat trick — while Andreas Athanasiou had two goals and an assist and Dylan Larkin a goal and two assists, sparking the Red Wings to the rout.
Mantha was also involved in a brawl that broke out near the Red Wings bench with 5:56 left in the third period, fighting with Calgary defenseman Travis Hamonic in the Red Wings’ bench.