Kyle Baun, Jonathan Toews, Teuvo Teravainen and Ryan Garbutt also scored for defending champion Chicago. Brad Richards had three assists, and Jakub Kindl and Niklas Kronwall each had two assists.
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Tatar tallied his second goal off a rebound when Richards’ shot bounced off Leighton at 4:24 in the third.
With 1:34 remaining, Tatar completed the hat trick with an empty net goal.
Following regulation, the teams played a 3-on-3 overtime session as a test. Tyler Kennedy scored in the extra session for New Jersey.
Vincent Hinostroza looked strong up front, recording three shots on net in more than 14 minutes of ice time. Paille and Hejda are both on professional tryouts.
Ottawa’s Robin Lehner made 16 saves on 19 shots in the first two periods. Mark Visentin allowed four goals on 16 shots in almost 32 minutes after starter Scott Darling stopped all 22 shots he faced his 30 minutes.
Jimmy Howard started in goal for the Wings and stopped 18 of 21 shots while playing roughly the first half of the game.
After Chicago’s Andrew Shaw tied it on a power play at 14:29 of the second, Abdelkader scored on another power play 96 seconds later.
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The Hawks travel to Montreal on Friday to play the Canadiens (0-1) at the Bell Centre.
