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 They did it against the lowly Los Angeles Kings, who entered the game with the fewest points in the league, no less.
Brad Stuart scored the go-ahead goal at 13:07 of the third period and Los Angeles rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Detroit 5-3 on Thursday night.
The Red Wings had a chance to win their ninth straight game, equaling a franchise record. They seemed to be set up to do it when Henrik Zetterberg scored his second goal to put them ahead 3-1 at 13:05 of the second.
But Los Angeles scored on four of its first eight shots in the third against Chris Osgood, who started the game with an NHL-best 1.84 goals-against average.
Osgood finished with 20 saves and matched a season high by allowing five goals.
Jason LaBarbera had 26 stops for the Kings, who hadn't won in Detroit since Feb. 18, 2000. Los Angeles entered the game with an NHL-low 47 points.
Tomas Kopecky scored 49 seconds into the game to give Detroit the lead. Former Red Wing Kyle Calder tied it midway through the first period before Zetterberg put Detroit ahead again at 18:51 of the first.
Zetterberg added another goal early in the second -- giving him 33 this season
-- and the Red Wings appeared set to coast to another victory.
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The Kings had other plans.
Patrick O'Sullivan scored 39 seconds into the final period, Alexander Frolov tied it several minutes later and Stuart gave the Kings their first lead of the night. Anze Kopitar essentially sealed the win, giving Los Angeles a two-goal lead with 5-plus minutes left.
Notes: Red Wings D Niklas Kronwall (left shoulder) was able to participate in some drills Thursday morning, taking a step toward coming back. ... The Kings put D Rob Blake on injured reserve with an ankle injury, and recalled goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. ... The Wings fell to 28-3-1 when leading after two periods and Los Angeles improved to 4-25-2 when trailing after two.
[Associated Press; By LARRY LAGE]
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