Dylan Strome has hat trick as Blackhawks outlast Red Wings

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Dylan Strome scored three goals and the Chicago Blackhawks had their highest-scoring game of the season in an 8-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

Alex DeBrincat added two third-period goals for the Blackhawks, who led 4-0 in the first period but twice allowed Detroit to get within one goal. DeBrincat's empty-netter with 1:43 remaining finally put the game away as Chicago ended a four-game winless drought.

Dominik Kubalik, Sam Lafferty and Brandon Hagel also scored for Chicago.

"It was a great night," Blackhawks interim coach Derek King said. "But most games we’re not going to be up eight goals on a Colorado or a Minnesota. It would be nice, but we need to clean it up a bit when we do have a lead."

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Chicago Blackhawks center Dylan Strome (17) celebrates his goal against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Robby Fabbri, Tyler Bertuzzi, Pius Suter, Moritz Seiter and Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit. Larkin banked in a shot off a goalpost to cut Chicago's lead to 6-5 with 4:35 left in the game.

"We got it to 4-3, but you can't spot teams four, first of all," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "We made terrible decisions with the puck and we're not winning that way here. Ultimately, we gave them a whole bunch of chances."

Chicago is one of seven NHL teams to score eight times in a game this season. The Florida Panthers have the most goals in a game this season with nine, doing it twice.

Strome scored twice in the first period and completed the hat trick in the third with his second