The Red Wings got on the board early as Filip Zadina struck on the game's opening power play with a shot from the near-side circle that beat Crawford up high through a screen in front at 3:21 of the first.
Detroit would double its lead heading into the first intermission as Luke Glendening got a deflection on a Patrick Nemeth shot from the point as he was falling to the ice, beating Crawford on the redirection at 16:53 of the opening frame.
Chicago got on the board at the 15:07 mark of the second period as Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Strome combined in the offensive zone. Strome picked up a loose puck along the boards and cycled it to DeBrincat in the corner before driving to the slot. DeBrincat found him with the return feed in the slot, where Strome fired a wrister to beat Jimmy Howard and cut the Detroit lead to 2-1.