The victory was the first one on the road this season for Chicago (3-10-1), who have garnered two of their three wins over Detroit.
Gordie Howe scored twice for Red Wings (5-6-3), who failed to enter into a temporary tie for third place with Boston.
As usual, Detroit's offense came from one line: Howe, Ted Lindsay and Alex Delvecchio. They teamed up on all three Red Wings goals. Lindsay had three assists.
After Chicago took a 3-1 lead in the second period, Red Wings shifted momentum and it paid off when Howe scored his first goal of the night at 15:46 to make the score 3-2.
Red Wings carried the play for the rest of the period but couldn't score the equalizer.
At 2:07 of the third period, Howe struck again, on the power play. He skated from the corner and lifted a shot past Al Rollins to knot the score, 3-3, as the Olympia crowd roared its approval.
But Rollins stoned Howe minutes later, denying the NHL's leading goal scorer a hat trick, while also keeping the score tied.
That save would prove huge at 9:37, when Litzenberger scored on the power play much the same way Howe did earlier in the period, putting Black Hawks back in front.
Both teams clogged the shooting lanes as there were 19 blocked shots among the 72 fired at the respective goals.
Chicago's Gus Mortson got into two fights in the first period, but in each instance, the Red Wings opponent was whistled for an extra two minutes.
1st Period
DET- Delvecchio (Lindsay, Kelly) 3:33
CHI- McIntyre (Mortson, Litzenberger) PPG 10:20
2nd Period
CHI- Wilson (McIntyre, Litzenberger) PPG :09
CHI- Nesterenko (Mickoski, Ciesla) 2:50
DET- Howe (Delvecchio, Lindsay) 15:46
3rd Period
DET- Howe (Lindsay, Pronovost) PPG 2:07
CHI- Litzenberger (Wilson, McIntyre) PPG 9:37
SOG
CHI 8-6-9 = 23
DET 9-11-10 = 30
PP: CHI 3-4; DET 1-3
Goalies
CHI- Rollins
DET- Hall
McIntyre notched a goal and two assists in Chicago's first road win
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