In Detroit, the Chicago Blackhawks were unable to hold an early 2-0 lad or a 3-2 lead over the Red Wings on Wednesday night.
The Wings rallied twice for two goals in a 4-3 win.
Lucas Raymond and Dominik Kubalik scored in the back half of the third period to rally Detroit from a 3-2 deficit for the win.
“You always want to beat your old team,” Kubalik said. “Their team is different, obviously, after a lot of trades, but you still want to win and score against them.”
The win ended a six-game skid for the Red Wings.
“I liked this game a ton,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “We’ve talked about not giving up on the season, and tonight was a perfect example of that. We were down 2-0, had an unbelievable second period, then got down 3-2 and still came back.”
Ville Husso made 17 saves in the Detroit win.
The Red Wings moved to 29-26-9.
Joey Anderson had given the Blackhawks a 3-2 lead early in the third period after Detroit had rallied with two goals to tie the game, 2-2.
The Blackhawks dropped to 22-37-5 on their fifth loss on six games.
“Whatever we did to prepare for this game, it wasn’t good enough for the NHL,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “I thought we were sloppy right from the start, and the only reason we were close was our goaltender.”
Taylor Raddysh hit for a double in the opening stanza to give the Blackhawks a 20 lad.
“I thought we were soft in every area tonight, and that’s not the way we need to be playing,” Raddysh said. “We didn’t help [Stalock] tonight, and he still gave us a chance right to the end. I feel like there have been a lot of games where he’s been dialed in and we haven’t played well in front of him.”
Detroit rallied in the middle frame on a pair of goals including one from Jake Walman to get the Wings within one at 2-1.
Dylan Larkin tied it 2-2 headed to the third period.
Alex Stalock made 37 saves in the Chicago loss.
“That’s a good team over there, even if they’ve been struggling for wins, and we let them regain the momentum in their building,” Stalock said. “That’s always going to hurt you in this league.”
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