The Red Wings came out of the All-Star break still allowing too many goals — but Wednesday, they scored just enough to win.
The Wings began the second half sprint to the end of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The two teams meet again Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.
The Guelph line of Pius Suter, Robby Fabbri and Tyler Bertuzzi continued their hot stretch with five points. Suter and Fabbri both scored a goal and assisted on one, and Bertuzzi had one assist.
Dylan Larkin (power play, his 24th goal), Lucas Raymond (12th), Givani Smith (fourth) and Vladislav Namestnikov (empty net, his 13th goal) added goals, as the Wings moved back to .