Red Wings rout Coyotes after three-goal first

Jonathan Ericsson, Dylan Larkin, Danny DeKeyserDETROIT – Their start was promising.

After managing only 15 shots amid a lopsided loss to the Predators in their road-trip debut, the Coyotes had a fifth of that total and a goal not even two minutes into the first period of Thursday’s action.

But the goal was wiped off the record, the Red Wings scored from near center ice and the Coyotes were steamrolled 5-1 in front of 20,027 at Joe Louis Arena for a 0-2 start on this five-game trek that continues today in Buffalo against the Sabres.

BOX SCORE: Red Wings 5, Coyotes 1

The Red Wings scored three times in the first, including two in 18 seconds in the final minute, to ward off any potential comeback…