Compher, Fabbri each scores twice, Red Wings ease past Blackhawks

DETROIT -- J.T. Compher and Robby Fabbri each scored twice for the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday.

“When we are playing our system correctly and we’re playing fast, we’re a tough team to beat,” Compher said. "In these last few games, we’re starting to see the results when we do it right for 60 minutes.”

Alex Lyon made 34 saves, and Lucas Raymond and Jake Walman each had two assists for Detroit (12-7-3), which has won four of its past five games. It lost 3-2 at the New York Rangers on Wednesday.

“Our best player was our goalie,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “They outchanced us, outshot us and every underlying category is going to say they were better than us, but Alex bailed us out.

“… We were so much better last night. We didn’t get an outcome in New York, but our performance was pretty good. Tonight, our performance wasn’t very good, but we got the outcome.”

Lukas Reichel scored for the Blackhawks (7-14-0), who have lost seven of nine. Petr Mrazek made 24 saves.

“We’re not doing anything right,” Chicago center Tyler Johnson said. “It’s a privilege to be out there, and this is embarrassing.”

Compher scored short-handed to give Detroit a 1-0 lead at 2:29 of the first period after a cross-ice feed from Andrew Copp.

Reichel tied it 1-1 on the same power play at 3:20, sweeping in Connor Bedard’s pass.

Fabbri put the Red Wings back in front 2-1 at 8:42, beating Wyatt Kaiser down the right wing and flipping the puck over Mrazek.

“That was insane,” Compher said. “That was one of the nicest goals I’ve ever seen in person.”

Ben Chiarot made it 3-1 at 5:09 of the second period, knocking in a rebound of Alex DeBrincat’s shot.

“I think we gave them their first three goals, so we were behind the 8-ball after that,” Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. “We were chasing uphill the rest of the game.”

Compher scored again on special teams, this time on the power play, redirected a feed from David Perron at 5:56 to make it 4-1.

Fabbri scored on the power play at 10:54 of the third period, putting a rebound of Daniel Sprong’s shot from the slot past Mrazek for the 5-1 final. He has five goals in his past five games.

“We had kind of a rough stretch on special teams, but I think the power play is buzzing again,” Compher said. “That kind of feeds into the whole team.”

NOTES: Chicago forward Anthony Beauvillier, acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, did not play due to visa issues. … Bedard has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past nine games. … Lalonde said he expects Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin to play Saturday at the Montreal Canadiens. Larkin has missed the past two games with an undisclosed injury.