Kubalik goal helps Red Wings to beat Blachawks 4-3

Dominik Kubalik scored the clincher with 4:07 remaining and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a six-game skid with a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Jake Walman, Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond also scored for Detroit. Ville Husso made the impressive 39 saves.

Kubalik’s goal was against the team where he played his first three seasons in NHL. He signed with Detroit as a free agent prior to this season.

“You always want to beat the old team,” he said. “The team is different, obviously, after a lot of trades. There’s not too many guys left that I know, but you always want to play good against them and score or something.”

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The Red Wings had gone 0-5-1 after getting into position for a wild-card berth.

“I liked it a ton,” coach Derek Lalonde said of his team’s performance. “The message afterward was we talked about not giving up on the season or feeling sorry for ourselves on the season. That was a perfect example (with) tonight’s game. … Our guys just kept pushing and found a way. ”