Preview: Red Wings host Golden Knights, hoping to bottle up momentum

DETROIT -- In a span of exactly 90 seconds of game time on Saturday night in Buffalo, Tyler Bertuzzi took matters into his own hands. After an improbable comeback was completed to wrap up the road trip, the Detroit Red Wings hope the momentum he created carries over to a four-game stretch back at the confines of Little Caesars Arena.
The Red Wings trailed by a pair of goals with just under seven minutes remaining at the KeyBank Center, before Bertuzzi found the back of the net twice to quickly change the complexion of the game. Rookie defenseman Moritz Seider put the finishing touches on the 4-3, come-from-behind win with his first career goal at 2:15 of overtime.
It goes into the ledger as one win. But after a pair of lopsided losses in Montreal and Boston, and a one-goal setback to begin the road trip in Toronto, Saturday's result felt like a potential turning point.

At the very least, the club figures to return to Detroit with a renewed sense of confidence.
"Confidence is an interesting thing to watch it happen in this league," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "It kind of ebbs and flows, and you gotta fight through it. Sometimes you just gotta dig in, and I thought we dug in at the end."

Detroit will look to win back-to-back games for the third time this season when the Vegas Golden Knights visit Little Caesars Arena on Sunday evening. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. on Bally Sports Detroit and the Red Wings Radio Network.
Both clubs enter Sunday's game with 12 points on the season. Vegas is 6-5-0 overall, and coming off a pair of convincing road wins at Ottawa (5-1 on Nov. 4) and Montreal (5-2 Saturday night). The Red Wings' record is 5-5-2, including a 2-1-2 mark at home.
Center Chandler Stephenson is off to a quick start with 12 points among five goals and seven assists. Jonathan Marchessault (5 goals, 2 assists), Reilly Smith (2 goals, 4 assists), Nicolas Hague (2 goals, 4 assists) and Nicolas Roy (1 goal, 5 assists) have each chipped in with at least six points, while Robin Lehner has earned 10 starts in goal with a 2.79 goals-against average and .919 save percentage.
Bertuzzi's two goals and two assists at Buffalo vaulted his point total to 13, with eight goals and five assists in nine games played. Lucas Raymond (5 goals, 8 assists) and Seider (1 goal, 9 assists) remain the NHL's top-two scoring rookies at 13 and 10 points, respectively. Thomas Greiss could earn the start in goal on Sunday evening after Alex Nedeljkovic earned his second win of the season on Saturday.

Blashill continues to value Bertuzzi's complete game, and the intangibles that can often be overlooked.
"His ability to win pucks, his ability to create offense, that builds momentum," Blashill said. "And so I think you feed off that, I think you feed off his work ethic. He's an example of what we want to be about as a hockey team. He's got great grit, he plays hard, he plays right, he plays from the defensive side of the puck."
Sunday's contest will be Detroit's first home game in nine days, but kicks off a four-game homestand that concludes next Saturday.
"It was really, really good to bounce back [Saturday]," Seider said. "I think we had a couple tough ones on the road, not a good performance in Montreal, obviously not in Boston. It was really good to finish that road trip strong. Now it's just about to get some points at home."