Detroit - A lot of the rookies continued to look good and some veterans made an impact in their preseason debuts on Thursday, as the Red Wings defeated Buffalo, 5-2.

Mason Appleton (shorthanded), Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (power play), Dylan Larkin, Mortiz Seider and Andrew Copp scored goals, as the Wings raised their record to 2-0-0 on the exhibition season. Copp added an assist for a two-point night, and Lucas Raymond had two assists.

Goaltender Cam Talbot played the first half of the game and stopped six of eight shots, while Michal Postava stopped nine shots in relief.

The Wings score three second-period goals after Buffalo's Josh Doan tied the game 2-2. Larkin put back a rebound at 10:04, Seider bounced a puck off Sabres players in front into the net at 12:35 and Copp backhanded a

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