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Swinging momentum right back to the Sabres before the opening frame concluded, Tage Thompson finished Jason Zucker’s pass on the rush at 10:25 to even it up at 2-2. A goal from Zucker, his first of the night, during a delayed penalty at 15:26 pushed the hosts back in front 3-2.

Husso finished with four saves in the opening frame, then Cossa took his place in the crease to kick off the second period.

“I thought it would be a little unfair on Coss to do it with four minutes left,” Lalonde said about switching out goalies. “So I wanted to get to the end of the [first] period. It was a pretty easy decision.”

Lucas Raymond tied it 3-3 at 1:05 of the second period, blasting Larkin’s pass from the right face-off circle past Reimer for his 11th goal of the season. Eric Gustafsson recorded the secondary assist.

After Nicolas Aube-Kubel finished a rebound to make it 4-3 at 2:26 of the middle frame, Zucker extended it to 5-3 with his second tally at 9:46. He skated across the front of the crease and tucked the puck past Cossa.

Copp scored his second of the game at 10:27 of the third period, finding a rebound in front and sending it in to bring Detroit within 5-4. Assisted by Compher and Seider, Copp recorded his seventh goal of the season and second multi-goal game of the campaign.

Netting the equalizer for the Red Wings a little over four minutes later, Seider got a pass from Raymond then snapped home a shot from the right face-off circle to make it 5-5 at 15:42 of the third period. Simon Edvinsson collected the secondary assist on Seider’s third goal of the season, giving the Swedish defenseman three assists in his last four games.

Lalonde said secondary scoring played a big role in the eventual win.

“I thought we could get some offense tonight,” Lalonde said. “Some of the things we’ve worked on and preached, but the guys had to go out and execute. We got some balanced scoring throughout.”