DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – It hadn’t been since February 1, 2019, that the Detroit Red Wings took a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Thursday, January 12, the Red Wings did just that in a 4-1 win in Detroit.

“This was a more complete game. This kind of felt like, before this two-game winning streak, the three-game losing streak where we played pretty good 5-on-5 but we didn’t execute special teams,” says head coach Derek Lalonde. “We had a good 5-on-5 game, executed on special teams and flipped a tight game. It was a very good win for us.”

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Robby Fabbri felt more natural returning to the lineup after recovering from his third ACL tear. He came back on January 4 and is now starting to play better. He says, “I’m just getting back to my game and getting my legs going. And goals are coming, so I’m not gonna complain about it. But getting them in wins definitely feels a lot better.”

Fabbri scored the second goal of the game to make it 2-0 in the second period at 3:49. He took the goal in off a pass from Jonatan Berggren as Dominik Kubalik was also credited for an assist. Lucas Raymond started the scoring in the first period for a 1-0 lead on his 12th goal of the year at 8:48.

Toronto cut the lead to one, 2-1, in the second period at 6:18 but Ben Chiarot made it 3-1 with a goal in the third period. Raymond found Chiarot at 18:07 for the third Detroit goal of the game and his first since November 19. Mortiz Seider finished off the scoring at 19:40 on an assist from Jake Walman for the 4-1 advantage.

Fabbri said on the win, “That’s more of a win that’s our style. Great on the penalty kill. Husso was great in net. Just defending a lot better, and from that, we’ve created our offense. As long as we stick to that, we’ll have a lot more games like this.”

Ville Husso recorded 32 saves as Detroit won their second straight game improving to 18-15-7 (43 points) on the year.

Detroit will host Columbus on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.