Recap: Blackhawks jump out early in 8-5 win over Red Wings

DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi both scored their 20th goals of the season and the Red Wings' newly minted second line produced a combined five points in comeback fashion, but a 4-0 deficit proved too much to overcome in an eventual 8-5 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks at Little Caesars Arena Wednesday night.
Chicago silenced the crowd early, jumping out to a commanding 4-0 lead in the opening period. The Red Wings, fueled by the second line featuring Pius Suter, Bertuzzi and Robby Fabbri, answered with three goals in the second period to pull within 4-3. The Blackhawks then extended their lead to 6-3 prior to the midway point of the third period before holding off another late rally by Detroit.

Calvin Pickard made his season debut in goal for Detroit, replacing Alex Nedeljkovic after the first period.
Detroit dropped to 18-19-6 on the season, and 13-7-3 at Little Caesars Arena.
Next Up: The Red Wings will travel to Pittsburgh on Friday night for the first half of a back-to-back. Puck drop from PPG Paints Arena is set for 7 p.m.

SCORING SUMMARY

Chicago 1, Detroit 0 (10:24, 1st period)
Chicago struck first after Dominik Kubalik capitalized on an open net to secure his 10th goal of the season. Seth Jones fired a puck toward the net from the slot, which slid past Nedeljkovic. Kubalik retrieved the pass and finished on Nedeljkovic's glove side.
Chicago 2, Detroit 0 (12:40, 1st)
After Suter was penalized for tripping, the Blackhawks scored on a very similar chance less than two minutes later. Jones once again set up the power-play goal, feeding an eventual tip to Dylan Strome for his fifth tally of the season.
Chicago 3, Detroit 0 (14:27, 1st)
Strome extended Chicago's lead to three goals after beating Nedeljkovic from the right faceoff dot.
Chicago 4, Detroit 0 (19:28, 1st)
Strome picked up his third point of the period with just 32 seconds remaining. After a Detroit turnover, Strome threw the puck at the net in transition, and fed his own rebound to Sam Lafferty for his first goal of the season.
Chicago 4, Detroit 1 (5:45, 2nd)
Fabbri got Detroit on the board with his 12th goal of the season just under six minutes into the second period. He intercepted a pass from Chicago, made a move that sent Marc-Andre Fleury to his knees, and scored on the backhand.

Chicago 4, Detroit 2 (6:41, 2nd)
Bertuzzi's 20th goal of the season sliced Detroit's deficit in half just 56 seconds later. He retrieved a pass from Filip Hronek and rebounded his own shot into the back of the net.

Chicago 4, Detroit 3 (19:47, 2nd)
Suter scored his 10th goal of the season to send the Red Wings to the dressing room at intermission with significant momentum on their side. He received a feed from Dearborn, Mich., native Jordan Oesterle, and beat Fleury, who was being screened by Bertuzzi.

Chicago 5, Detroit 3 (6:10, 3rd)
Strome scored on the power play from the point, completing the hat trick.
Chicago 6, Detroit 3 (8:55, 3rd)
Alex DeBrincat doubled Chicago's lead after combining with Caleb Jones and Jonathan Toews to score on an opportunistic rush. Jones stole the puck from Bertuzzi to start the play.
Chicago 6, Detroit 4 (12:05, 3rd)
On the power play, Moritz Seider received a pass from fellow rookie Lucas Raymond, and wobbled the one-timer past Fleury. It was Seider's fourth goal of the season and Raymond's 23rd assist.

Chicago 6, Detroit 5 (15:25, 3rd)
Leaning to his left, Larkin threw a puck that went off the skate of Connor Murphy, and crossed the goal line directly below the crossbar. It was the Red Wings captain's 20th goal of the season.

Chicago 7, Detroit 5 (16:13, 3rd)
Just 47 seconds later, Chicago's Brandon Hagel intercepted an attempted outlet pass and found himself in a one-on-one situation with Pickard. He finished the play, pushing Chicago's lead back to two goals.
Chicago 8, Detroit 5 (18:17, 3rd)
With Pickard on the bench for Detroit's extra skater, DeBrincat scored his second goal of the contest to officially put the game away.

QUOTABLE

Jeff Blashill on the early 4-0 deficit
"That's the story of the whole game for me. Yeah, we got it to 4-3, but you can't spot teams four, first of all. We made terrible decisions with the puck, and we're not winning that way here. We've talked lots about it; I think we've made some strides in it. Tonight we went backwards for sure in that way. We forced plays we didn't need to force, we didn't execute with the puck and ultimately, we gave them a whole bunch of chances."
On the process of stopping a team's offensive surge
"I thought we had momentum. I thought we were the better team early, and I thought the rest of the momentum, the rest of the first, was all theirs. Honestly, you've got to do what we did in the second. You get pucks behind them, and you play in the O-zone. We gotta figure this out, we gotta create more on the rush for sure. But you're not gonna do it by forcing things. We've been a pretty good O-zone team all year, so let's be an O-zone team. Let's get it in behind them, and make sure we can play in the O-zone. I thought when we did that in the second, you saw it pay dividends. We had tons of shifts where we were in their end, and tons of momentum."