Red Wings get needed victory, skate past Bruins, 5-4

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Dec 2, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings needed a victory to end a growing slump, and the Boston Bruins were happy to help.

The Wings rolled past the Bruins Tuesday, 5-4, at Little Caesars Arena, only the Wings' second victory in their last seven games and ending a four-game winless streak.

With the standings so tight and very little separation among teams, the Wings can't afford to slip too far down. They needed a victory to stay in the thick of air-tight race.

And especially after the injury-riddled Bruins edged the Wings Saturday in Boston, and with the Wings (14-11-2) heading off on a six-game road trip beginning Thursday in Columbus, they needed a victory to regain some momentum.

They got it, with goaltender John Gibson stopping 31 shots, earning his first victory since Oct. 28 having lost his last five decisions.

Ben Chiarot's goal at 16:15 of the second period put the Wings ahead 4-2, after Boston (15-13-0) had scored twice to cut the lead to 3-2.

Dylan Larkin found Chiarot trailing on a rush, Chiarot finding room down the slot, and Chiarot whistled his fourth goal of the season, after the Bruins had rallied to within a goal.

Lucas Raymond's power-play goal in the third period, his ninth goal, extended the Wings' lead to 5-2 at 3:55.

Boston's Marat Khusnutdinov sliced the Wings' lead to 5-3 with his fourth goal at 14:57 and Alex Steeves scored his second goal of the game with 11.2 seconds left to make it 5-4.

James van Riemsdyk, Moritz Seider and Alex DeBrincat added Wings goals.

Jonathan Aspirot scored the other Bruins goal.