Larkin extended his point streak to 11 games (15 points; nine goals, six assists).
Jake Walman, Joe Veleno and Andrew Copp also scored for Detroit (26-18-5), which has won six of its past eight. Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond each had two assists, and Alex Lyon made 28 saves.
Ivan Barbashev and Paul Cotter scored, and Alec Martinez had two assists for Vegas (29-15-6), which was 5-0-1 in its previous six and was coming off a 5-2 win at the New York Rangers on Friday. Logan Thompson made 24 saves.
Larkin gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 5:04 of the first period, finishing a 3-on-1 break with his 200th goal.
Walman made it 2-0 at 7:00, beating Thompson with a slap shot from the top of the left face-off circle.
Barbashev pulled Vegas within 2-1 at 8:02, diving onto the ice to bat in a rebound with one hand, and Cotter tied it at 10:55 with a tip of Martinez’s slap shot.
Veleno put Detroit ahead 3-2 with a power-play goal at 18:17.
Copp pushed the lead to 4-2 at 11:47 of the third period, and Larkin scored into an empty net at 18:30 for the 5-2 final.
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