The Detroit Red Wings' come-from-behind effort lifted coach Mike Babcock to a new career milestone.
Darren Helm and the Red Wings rallied Saturday night to top the New York Rangers 3-2 and secure Babcock's 500th victory.
Helm's wrist shot past Cam Talbot broke a 2-2 tie midway through the third period and capped a three-goal comeback that lifted the Red Wings to their second straight win. Jimmy Howard had 27 saves.
Talbot made 31 saves for the Rangers, who lost after a four-day layoff.
Detroit was shorthanded for more than five minutes late in the third after three consecutive penalties, including Kyle Quincey's 4-minute high-sticking offense, but allowed just three shots to keep the lead.
"That was huge. It showed a lot of character by our guys. A lot of heart," Howard said after his 13th win. "We found a way. That's all that matters."
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault saw it differently.
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"Our power play guys had the opportunity to at least tie it up and didn't get it done," he said.
Kevin Klein opened the scoring and Rick Nash added his 17 goal to send New York to the first intermission with a 2-0 lead but Detroit's Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening scored a minute apart in the second to tie the score.
"We were in control of the game, I thought," Rangers defenseman Dan Boyle said. "Then they get two goals in I don't know how many seconds."
Rangers forward Carl Hagelin received a double-minor penalty early in the first for high-sticking Brendan Smith but the Red Wings managed just a single shot during the power play.
The victory followed a familiar script for Detroit, which kept within reach of Atlantic Division leaders Tampa Bay and Montreal despite several games that featured poor starts.
