Max Shabanov had two goals and an assist, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots for his second shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-0.

The Islanders have turned their traditional season-ending western road trip into…something else entirely. Thoroughly dispatching the Red Wings in Detroit, the Isles finished the seven-game stretch with a 6-1 record that has launched them up the standings.

DETROIT -- Little Caesars Arena will be adorned with purple on Thursday night, as the Detroit Red Wings are set to host the New York Islanders for the Hockey Fights Cancer Game, presented by Comerica.

The Islanders walked into Detroit on Thursday night and demolished a Red Wings team that started the day atop the Atlantic Division by a 5-0 score.

As the Detroit Red Wings enjoy a mountaintop view of a forest, Emmitt Finnie is learning how to deal with the grind of helping the team get there.

DETROIT – Youth can energize a team. The Detroit Red Wings saw it the second half of last season when Marco Kasper, Albert Johansson and Simon Edvinsson elevated their play. They have seen it a quarter of the way through this season in the spark provided by rookies Emmitt Finnie, Axel Sandin-Pellikka and more recently, Nate Danielson.

Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond, who is riding a five-game point streak, is feeling in tip-top shape while helping the Red Wings to the top spot in the Atlantic Division.