The bad news is that the Detroit Red Wings dropped their first game of the season last night. The good news, however, is that they were able to battle back multiple times to tie the score to secure a point in the standings. 

And it was one unbelievable display of back checking by Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin late in the 3rd period on Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson, who was leisurely skating towards the open net with a 4-3 lead and held the chance to seal the victory. However, Larkin had other plans. 

Moments later, Oskar Sundqvist tallied the tying goal, sending the crowd at Little Caesars Arena into a frenzy. And though the Red Wings would ultimately fall in overtime, Larkin would explain that the entire sequence of events meant a lot to him. 

"I got pretty emotional about it driving home," Larkin said. "It’s something that, it means a lot. I was a little bit upset, I felt I kind of cost the team in overtime, I took a long shift and kind of threw the puck away. 

"The care level is there. It’s easy to kind of skate back and be pissed off. You lost by two and break your stick over the post and try and show the guys how mad you are. I just think it means so much more that – it was kind of a lucky play, but that it wasn’t shot in the net. We didn’t give up on it. The reaction from the fans, the reaction from the guys after we scored."

The Red Wings are hoping to transition towards returning to the upper echelons of the National Hockey League, and it's plays like Larkin made on Monday night that could set the tone. 

"I talked to Dylan this morning," head coach Derek Lalonde said. "It felt like that play was symbolic of what we are trying to do. Never give up, fight through things. He did it and we got rewarded for it. A good moment to build off."