Corey Crawford and the Blackhawks did just fine without captain Jonathan Toews on Tuesday night.The Detroit Red Wings had a much more difficult time without their star center.Crawford made 31 saves and the Blackhawks beat the Red Wings 2-1 in a matchup of depleted Central Division rivals.Jimmy Hayes scored the tying goal in the second period and set up Marcus Kruger’s winning score in the third as the Hawks earned their fourth consecutive victory since a nine-game losing streak.Valtteri Filppula scored for NHL-leading Detroit, which had won six in a row. Jimmy Howard had 27 stops in his first action since being sidelined for two-plus weeks with a broken right index finger.While Howard was back in the net for the first time since Feb. 2 at Vancouver, the Red Wings were without leading scorer Pavel Datsyuk. The dynamic center had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove fragments from his right knee and is expected to be sidelined for two weeks.Datsyuk leads the Red Wings with 43 assists and 59 points, playing a key role in Detroit’s record 23-game home winning streak. The Red Wings host Vancouver on Thursday. The Hawks were missing Toews, who was scratched with an upper-body injury and is day to day.Hayes skated behind the Detroit net early in the third and threw it in front, where Kruger slammed in his own rebound to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead just 1:53 into the period.Crawford and the Blackhawks’ defense took it from there, tying up Detroit and preventing any great chances to tie it up in the waning moments.The Blackhawks evened the season series at two games apiece while improving to 7-1 in their last eight home games.The Blackhawks got off to a slow start without their captain and the Red Wings took advantage. Kruger was sent off for tripping just 34 seconds into the game and Filppula sent a wrister over Crawford’s right leg to give Detroit a 1-0 lead at 2:22.The Blackhawks turned up the pressure late in the opening period and carried it over to the second, forcing Howard to make a handful of outstanding stops. Patrick Kane made a perfect pass to Sharp in the mouth of the Detroit goal, but Howard got over to kick it away. Michael Frolik skated in on a breakaway after Ian White fell down in the second and Howard kicked that one away, too.The Hawks finally broke through at 7:45 of the second when Duncan Keith’s shot from the left point squirted through to White, who pushed it into the wide-open net for his fifth goal of the season.Detroit could have a different defensive look when it takes the ice against the Canucks.The Red Wings acquired Kyle Quincey on Tuesday in a three-team deal that also involved Tampa Bay and Colorado. The Lightning traded forward Steve Downie to the Avalanche for Quincey, who was shipped to the Red Wings for a first-round draft pick and minor league defenseman Sebastien Piche. Quincey was drafted by Detroit in 2003, and played a role as the Red Wings reached the Western Conference finals in 2007.

NOTES—Red Wings F Dan Cleary was activated from injured reserve and played against the Blackhawks. He missed the previous five games with a lower body injury…..The Hawks swapped minor league forwards with Tampa Bay, sending Brandon Segal to the Lightning for Matt Fornataro…..Red Wings G Ty Conklin cleared waivers and was assigned to Grand Rapids of the AHL…..Niklas Hjalmarsson missed his seventh straight game with an upper-body injury.