Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou each scored twice as the Red Wings routed the Calgary Flames 8-2 last night.
Four players were ejected with less than six minutes to go in the third period after 12 penalties were called following a fight between Brett Kulak of the Flames and the Wings' Luke Witkowski.
Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin, Justin Abdelkader and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings, who raced out to a 4-1 lead in the first period.
Micheal Ferland and Johnny Gaudreau had the goals for the Flames in the opener of a six-game road trip.
The Wings take on Buffalo tomorrow night, again at Little Caesars Arena.