The start was rough, falling behind by a pair of goals at home to an opponent near the bottom of the standings, and then losing a teammate to injury.
The Detroit Red Wings were urged by their coach ahead of Wednesday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Little Caesars Arena to stop feeling sorry for themselves over the trade-deadline dismantling. It took until there were four minutes left in the third period for the Wings to play with a lead, but when they did they made it count, earning a 4-3 victory.
Dominik Kubalik scored on his former team to end the Wings' winless skid at six games and make for a happy ending to a challenging night in which Robby Fabbri left in the first period with a lower-body injury.