The Red Wings made it back-to-back wins Saturday, taking down the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime. Jimmy Howard stopped 31 shots in his return to the net. Gustav Nyquist drained the game-winning shot with under a minute left.

Detroit beat Buffalo 6-3 before the Christmas break. Petr “Griffin” had been filling in admirable for Howard, picking up the win in this one. We trailed 3-1 before opening up a can of five unanswered goals. Two were scored by Tomas Tatar.