Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist, and Pius Suter and Justin Barron each scored for the Blues (8-8-2), who were 0-2-1 in their previous three games.
Andrew Copp had a goal and an assist and Lucas Raymond had two assists for the Red Wings (7-9-3), who have been outscored 13-5 in their past four losses. John Gibson, who missed the past two games with a lower-body injury, made 30 saves.
Copp gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 19:47 of the first period. After Copp won the face-off and got the puck to Raymond, he skated to the slot area and redirected Ben Chiarot's wrist shot from the left point by Hofer’s glove.
The Blues scored twice in 1:57 early in the second period to forge ahead 2-1 when Suter first tied it 1-1, 37 seconds into the period. The forward scored his 100th career NHL point when he converted a pass from Alexey Toropchenko coming off the right wall with a puck through the crease to the opposite side, and then Barron made it 2-1 at 2:34 off a 3-on-2 pass from Robert Thomas into the right circle. The shot caromed off Gibson’s arm, then the back of the goalie's right skate and in.
Detroit looked to tie it with 11:23 left in the third period on the power play by pushing the puck past the goal line on a net-front scramble. It was deemed no goal on the ice and upon video review, the call was confirmed.
Snuggerud pushed the Blues' lead to 3-1 at 15:58. He shot to the net after taking the puck in on a breakout, then got the rebound of Dylan Holloway's shot from the top of the right circle and chipped it over Gibson's left pad.
Moritz Seider scored his first goal of the season, a one-timer off a no-look pass from Raymond with Gibson pulled for the extra attacker, for the 3-2 final at 18:46.
