Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen (93) scores on Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec (31) during the second period at MTS Centre.Bruce Fedyck
Tomas Tatar scored a pair of goals and added an assist as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Thursday.
Justin Abdelkader had the tying goal and an assist for the Red Wings (10-4-5), while Johan Franzen scored his sixth of the season.
Dustin Byfuglien, Adam Lowry and Mathieu Perrault scored for Winnipeg (10-8-3). Ondrej Pavelec made 23 saves.
Detroit was resting goalie Jimmy Howard after he was in net for the Red Wings' 5-0 victory over Columbus on Tuesday.
With backup Jonas Gustavsson out because a dislocated shoulder, Petr Mrazek got to play his 12th career game and first this season. He made 28 saves for the win.
Detroit was without centre Pavel Datsyuk (groin) for a second straight game.
Tatar scored the winning goal at 15:10 of the third period when he was sent a pass from Abdelkader to the front of the net and buried a one-timer.
Abdelkader tied the game 3-3 with seven minutes left after he appeared to tip in Brian Lashoff's long shot that Pavelec might have pushed it in.
The Jets built a 2-0 lead after a scoreless first period.
Byfuglien ended his 14-game goal-less drought off a nifty setup by Evander Kane. Kane was at the side of the net and sent a between-the-legs backhand pass that Byfuglien used to score his third goal of the season 2:15 into the second.
Rookie Adam Lowry scored his second goal off a rebound to make it 2-0 at 9:32.
The Red Wings didn't get their first shot on goal in the second period until almost 11 minutes in, but they quickly made up for it.
Thirty seconds after Lowry's goal, Tatar took advantage of Winnipeg defenceman Toby Enstrom's turnover, intercepting his pass and beating Pavelec with a high shot to make it 2-1.
Then with Enstrom in the penalty box for tripping, Franzen scored his sixth of the season when he went around falling defenceman Mark Stuart and fired the tying goal at 12:52.
Perrault, who assisted on Byfuglien's goal, put the Jets ahead 3-2 with just under four minutes left in the second on a good individual effort.
Perrault took a pass from Jacob Trouba around Winnipeg's blue-line and skated down the boards. He took a shot, got his own rebound, went behind the net and then spun around at the side and beat Mrazek at 16:12.
Winnipeg, which defeated New Jersey on Tuesday, finishes off a three-game homestand Sunday against St. Louis. Detroit travels to Toronto for a game on Saturday.