Overview
- Detroit ended a three-game slide with a 6-3 win over Anaheim, striking twice on the power play after a 1-for-20 stretch.
- Alex DeBrincat logged two goals and an assist, while Moritz Seider and Dylan Larkin each recorded a goal and an assist.
- Starting goalie John Gibson exited after two periods with an upper-body issue, and Cam Talbot secured the win with 10 saves on 11 shots; Gibson practiced Friday.
- Todd McLellan’s early-week sessions stressed net-front traffic and simple feeder shots, a focus players credited for the improved execution.
- The game snapped Leo Carlsson’s 11-game point streak and closed a split season series after Anaheim’s 5-2 win on Oct. 31.