Tomas Tatar's hat trick lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night at Joe Louis Arena in the Wings' second game of the eight-game exhibition slate.
It was a winning home debut for first-year coach Jeff Blashill, despite the Wings being outshot, 31-25.
Petr Mrazek started in goal and stopped all 16 shots sent his way, before leaving early in the second period for Jared Coreau in a pre-planned move.
Tatar opened the scoring in the first period, and added two third-period goals after Justin Abdelkader's go-ahead goal at 16:05 of the second period.