In Detroit, Dylan Larkin hit the only goal in the penalties phase of the skills competition on Friday to give the Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes. 
Arizona forced extra time, which solved nothing, with a goal with 26 seconds left in regulation on a goal from Jakob Chychrun.
“I’ve had a lot of good looks in these first few games, and I’ve just tried to keep shooting,” said Chychrun, who was playing his third game following offseason wrist surgery. “If I keep putting the puck on net, I know eventually they will go in.”
Ville Husso made 21 saves in the Detroit win.
The Red Wings improved to 11-5-4.
“We did a great job of killing the penalties and got really unlucky on a clear,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “But even if we had lost in overtime or the shootout, we knew we had played really well.”
Detroit to the tenuous 2-0 lead on goals from Filip Hronek in the fist period, and Andrew Copp in the middle frame.
“I’m confident, because our team is better and everything is going well for us right now,” Hronek said after Detroit’s fourth straight win. “We’re playing for each other and it is paying off.”
Arizona dropped to 7-9-3..
Nick Schmaltz scored for the Coyotes to cut the lad in half to 2-1.
Jordan Oesterle made it 3-1 for Detroit before Arizona rallied.
“A year ago, we probably would have celebrated getting a point on the road or four out of six, but right now we are very frustrated,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “We want to win these games, not just get a point.”
The Coyotes cut it to 3-2 on a goal from J.J. Moser in the 16th minute of the second period.
Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves in the Coyotes loss.
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