Since Todd McLellan put Kasper on a wing on the third line, with Nate Danielson and Mason Appleton, there has been a glimmer of hope.

After building a 4-1 lead in the second period, the Wings allowed four straight goals, the last on in OT for a 5-4 loss.

There’s no doubt the Red Wings pushed their own detonation button Saturday. And it started late in the second period.

The Detroit Red Wings were cruising midway through the second period, scoring three goals in less than five minutes to take command, making it look easy. They ended up with just one point, however, squandering a three-goal lead and losing to the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Mattias Samuelsson’s goal at 1:05 of overtime.

The Wings blew a three-goal third-period lead and watched Buffalo's Mattias Samuelsson score the winner at 1 minute, 5 seconds of overtime.

Josh Doan and Thompson each had a goal and an assist, and Alex Tuch and Ryan McLeod scored for Buffalo (6-8-4), which was 0-4-1 during its skid and won its first road game of the season (1-5-2). Colten Ellis made 24 saves and picked up his first NHL point with a third-period assist.

The Detroit Red Wings are working to get second-year forward Marco Kasper back to peak efficiency after he scored 19 goals last season.

The Rangers acquired Morrow in the K’Andre Miller trade with the Carolina Hurricanes this past offseason. The 2021 second-round pick who starred collegiately at UMASS has six points (one goal, five assists) in 16 NHL games with the Hurricanes. He also recorded 39 points (13 goals, 26 assists) in 52 games with AHL Chicago last season.