Red Wings win

It’s not a snarky headline.

On Thursday, the Red Wings ended a 12-game schneid with a 5-2 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets.

Robby Fabbri had two goals for the Red Wings – file photo by Lewis Bleiman

“A streak like that really grinds on you, so getting a win is a good thing for us,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “I think our guys have done a really good job of coming out every night with a next-game mentality. They’ve been able to put each game behind them and start fresh.”

Jonathan Bernier made 26 saves in the win.

Kyle Connor scored both goals for the Jets.

“They had a couple fortunate bounces and we had a good response, but they were all over us in the first period,” Connor said. “That’s a pretty desperate team over there and we didn’t match their intensity at the start.”

Robby Fabbri struck twice for the Red Wings.

“Those were some early Christmas gifts, but that’s what it takes to win games,” Fabbri said. “That’s what it takes to win some games. It’s not always going to be pretty, but you play hard and get into the dirty areas.”

Filip Hronek, Darren Helm  and Filip Zadina had single markers for Detroit.

“You’re going to have nights where the puck doesn’t go your way,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “Give the Red Wings credit for playing hard and maybe forcing some of those events, but the first one knuckled on us, and then we bunted two into our own net and the fourth one went in off a foot. You want to get all of those out of the way in one game.”

Connor Hellebuyck took the loss on  saves; two goals for Detroit went in off his own defenseman’s skate, Neal Pionk.

“You might see one play like that every few games, so it felt kind of wrong to see two of them tonight,” Hellebuyck said. “We weren’t out of position or anything like that. You just have to chalk it up to being their night.”