Wings Defensemen Provide Offense

From Elias: The Red Wings evened their series against the Blackhawks at one win each with a 4-1 victory in Game 2. Defenseman Brendan Smith scored the game-winning goal, and fellow backliners Jakub Kindl, Jonathan Ericsson and Niklas Kronwall each recorded an assist for Detroit. It was the first time that the Red Wings had four different defensemen register points in the same playoff game since 2011, when Ericsson, Kronwall, Nicklas Lidstrom and Brad Stuart all got their names in the scoring summary in Game 5 Detroit's second-round series versus San Jose. Three other teams have had four D-men with points in one game in this year's playoffs: the Senators (Game 3 vs. Montreal), Capitals (Game 3 vs. the Rangers) and Islanders (Game 4 vs. Pittsburgh).