from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

"Really happy," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said of the end result. "We won the road trip. You always want more points than games, and especially this is a tough road trip. Just going out West, it's hard, it's the travel in it and throwing this one (game) coming back all the way East, I give our guys credit.

"We were a little flat in the first (period) and were probably fortunate to come out of it ahead 1-0. I'm just real happy with the group, the way they responded, not only on the road trip, but the way they responded within these last couple of games."...

It was important, Seider said, to conclude this trip on a positive note after the way it began.

"Really important, which we did," Seider said. "We came out and got a little outworked in the first but we stayed with it and just won the special teams (battle) and just shut it down (defensively)."...

Goaltender Ville Husso won his seventh game (7-2-3) making 26 saves. Husso was particularly important the first half with some timely saves, keeping the Wings in front, or tied, until they took control.

"He had a sneaky good game because we were on our heels in the first and we got a little loose at times, and this is a real good transition team and they'll put you on your heels," Lalonde said. "You end up needing a couple of saves and we got that from Ville."

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