“I didn’t know that was the case,” Larkin said of his three-game goal streak. I found myself again this evening. It was good. Usually Kaner finds me too.

Joe Veleno scored his first goal of the season at 3:01 of the third period, redirecting a Moritz Seider shot past Nolan Allan into the back of the net to extend Detroit’s lead to 3-1. Michael Rasmussen had the secondary assist on the play, bringing his point total to three (two goals, one assist) in six games since October 24.

“I liked the game,” Lalonde said of Veleno’s goal. “Sometimes we are so fascinated by finding a pass. We work from the bottom up to reach the net… I’m happy we were rewarded for that.

With the Blackhawks pulling Mrazek for the extra skater late in regulation, Andrew Copp took advantage of an empty net to make it 4-1 with 2:13 remaining. Mrazek finished with 21 saves for Chicago.

The lone assist on Copp’s fifth goal of the season went to Lucas Raymond, who extended his point streak to three straight games and leads Detroit with 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 12 games.

Larkin said the Red Wings have benefited from good goaltending and special teams in their last two games, and views Wednesday’s win as another solid effort to build on.

“We didn’t get the (power play) goal we wanted (Wednesday), but at least we generated some momentum,” Larkin said. “It was huge. We were very good on the penalty kill and we just didn’t give much away. Our goalkeeper was good. I thought it was the best third period we played, the best 60 minutes we played all season. »

FOLLOWING : The Red Wings will drop the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night.