Chicago came to town still smarting about the 4-0 licking Detroit gave them earlier in the month. Chicago ended up paying Detroit back by equal measure with a 5-1 victory. Which was terrible. Read on if you love Classic Greek Tragedies, Exercises in Futility, or just general melancholy. Yayyy!
The Wings and Hawks opened the evening with a little back and forth of either end. Chicago tried getting the puck down low and back out to the point while the Wings focused more on moving the puck laterally in front of the net to create space. The Wings looked the more dangerous squad in the early going, but Chicago did their thing, got the puck back up near the dot on Howard’s left, and Alex DeBrincat fired a wrister past Howard to make the game 1-0 Chicago with 16:41 remaining in the period.