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Detroit Ices Calgary 5-2 - Recap

Detroit earned a 5-2 victory over Calgary behind a 2-goal performance from Dominik Kubalik on Thursday at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Detroit was an underdog by +243 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Dominik Kubalik(2), Tyler Bertuzzi, Robby Fabbri, and Pius Suter each scored for the Red Wings in the victory. Kubalik opened the scoring for Detroit.

Magnus Hellberg stopped 33 of 35 Calgary shots in the victory.

Calgary got goals from Elias Lindholm, and Dillon Dube in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Dan Vladar stopped 19 of 24 shots for the Flames, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Detroit scored 2 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Calgary went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Detroit lost the shots on goal battle to Calgary by a margin of 35-24.

Detroit heads into a battle against the Kraken. Calgary, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.