The Detroit Red Wings, winners of five straight games as they take to the road for their first back-to-back of the season, have much to feel good about.

Even that season-opening debacle looks good at this point.

"Maybe the two-by-four across the forehead against Montreal was exactly what we needed, in retrospect," coach Todd McLellan said after the Wings dispatched the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, Oct. 19, to improve to 5-1-0. "We didn't want it that time, none of us were happy, but maybe it just put us back to where we needed to be and hockey became real." SUNDAY'S ACTION: Rookie Emmitt Finnie mows down Oilers in Detroit Red Wings' 4-2 win

Not just real, but really good. For the most part, the wins have been team efforts – sure, goalie Cam Talbot stole the game in Toronto, but all f

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