DETROIT -- It had been a long time since the Detroit Red Wings won at home and even longer since they had scored five goals.

Forward Dylan Larkin and left winger Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist each to lead Detroit to a 5-1 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday at Joe Louis Arena.

Right winger Tomas Jurco and defensemen Kyle Quincey and Mike Green also scored for the Red Wings, who broke a five-game home losing streak (0-4-1).

Center Pavel Datsyuk, right winger Gustav Nyquist and forward Brad Richards each had two assists. Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 28 saves.

The Red Wings' last win at home came on Dec. 20. The last time they scored five goals in a game was Dec. 5.

"Obviously it's imperative that we get wins here at home," Green said. "We haven't been getting our points here at home and it was a big night for us to sort of get in the right direction and I thought the guys played really well tonight and Petr stood on his head."

"It was definitely nice to play with a lead, nice cushion," Quincey said. "We don't do that much, so that was very nice to do tonight."

Center John Tavares scored for New York. Goaltender Jaroslav Halak made nine saves before being pulled in the middle of the second period and goalie Jean-Francois Berube made six saves.

"I thought we played well the whole way, I'm not going to lie to you," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said.

Jurco gave Detroit a 1-0 lead with 5:35 left in the first period. He scored on a snap shot from the bottom of the right circle. It was his third goal of the season.

Quincey made it 2-0 with 1:57 remaining in the first period when he put a shot through Halak from the bottom of the left circle after taking a backhand pass from Larkin.

"We did some good things in the first period. So you just want to stick to the game plan in the second," New York right winger Cal Clutterbuck said.

Green made it 3-0 7:32 into the second period with a 5-on-3 power-play goal. He beat Halak with a wrist shot from the top inside edge of the left circle. It was his fourth goal and second in two games.

"The 5-on-3 goal was definitely a turning point, for them and for us," Capuano said.

Tatar scored with 9:40 left in the second period when he backhanded in a rebound. It was his 15th goal and first in eight games.

Halak was replaced with Berube after that goal.

"I thought we did some good things. It didn't think it was a 4-0 game after two periods but it was," Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic said.

The start of the third period was delayed a little more than 33 minutes because of ice issues. One of the Zambonis dragged one of the goal post moorings for a few feet in front of one of the nets.

"I was on the bike (during the delay)," Larkin said. "A few guys riding the bike, just trying to stay loose and be prepared if there was still a game. You have to be ready."

Capuano said the main concern was the players' safety and making sure no one would get injured. He said he talked to Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill during the delay.

The teams shot at the same goal as they did to end the second period and then switched ends at the first whistle after the halfway mark of the third period.

Larkin scored 2:56 into the third period. It was his 18th goal and third in two games.

Tavares picked up a power-play goal 4:07 into the third period,

NOTES: New York D Johnny Boychuk returned after missing 11 games because of an upper-body injury. ... Detroit recalled C Andreas Athanasiou from Grand Rapids of the AHL on Friday. ... The Islanders sent D Scott Mayfield to Bridgeport of the AHL. ... The Red Wings were without D Niklas Kronwall (knee), LW Drew Miller (knee) and RW Johan Franzen (concussion). ... New York was missing LW Eric Boulton (upper body) and D Adam Pelech (upper body). ... The six goals surrendered in Detroit's 6-3 loss against Florida on Thursday were the most the Red Wings have given up in a game this season.