Detroit Red Wings preseason score: Slice through Buffalo Sabres, 5

Youngsters again showed off their skill set in another opportunity to make their case to the Detroit Red Wings.

The Wings' second exhibition match, on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Little Caesars, featured prospects Emmitt Finnie on the top line and Axel Sandin Pellikka on the top defensive pairing. Several of the up-and-comers who played in the first game reappeared against the Buffalo Sabres .

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Preseason lineups are a mix of veterans, minor-leaguers and prospects – Moritz Seider, for example, played with Jacob Truscott, who is at camp on a tryout. But the games afford an opportunity to see how someone such as Finnie, a 20-year-old 20