Detroit - Fittingly on a night the Red Wings celebrated past Stanley Cup champions, fans Thursday were able to celebrate an exciting present-day Wings victory.
Andrew Copp, the Ann Arbor native who cheered those 1997 and 1998 Cup winning Wings' teams, scored his first goal as a Red Wing late in the third period, helping send the Wings to a 3-1 victory.
Copp took a pass from Adam Erne and snuck a shot through the legs of Capitals goalie Darcy Kuemper at 16 minutes, 10 seconds, giving the Wings their first lead.
Copp then fed Dylan Larkin, after the Wings had killed a Washington power play, for an empty net goal with 27.