DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Building momentum coming out of the All-Star Break, Detroit won their second straight game at home with a 5-2 victory over Vancouver. Both Dylan Larkin and Jonatan Berggren netted two goals apiece as Filip Hronek had the other.

“The last two wins have been huge for our confidence. We just need to really bring it against Vancouver again and start the road trip on the right foot,” said Larkin.

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Larkin struck first right at the beginning of the game just over a minute in (1:08) as he sailed a shot in from the left faceoff circle. Just over a minute and half later, Berggren one-timed the goal to go up 2-0 (2:35). Vancouver cut the lead to one, 2-1, at 2:02 in the second period but Larkin netted his second goal at 13:17 as Robby Fabbri found him on the power play for the two-goal advantage, 3-1.

Once again, Detroit struck early for the third straight period as Hronek scored at 2:26 from the snap shot off an assist from Michael Rasmussen and Olli Maatta. At 9:05, Berggren made it 5-1 scored on a man advantage on a behind-the-goal pass from Larkin to Tyler Bertuzzi who got it to Berggren. Vancouver recorded their second goal at 10:25 for the 5-2 final.

Goalie Ville Husso stopped 32-of-34 shots in the game as Detroit moved to 23-20-8 with 54 points.

Head coach Derek Lalonde says, “This just gives us an opportunity to build off something because this will be a really tough road trip against four good teams, including against two we just beat.”

Detroit starts a five-game road trip with the first three games in Canada at Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary before going to Seattle and then finishing at Washington Capitals on February 21.