Balanced Wings score three in third period to stop Lightning

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Game Information

Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida

Referees: Don Koharski, Dean Morton Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Jay Sharrers

Attendance: 20,544 (104.0% full)

Team Stat Comparison
289	Goals	207
240	Goals Against	269
90	Power Play Goals	61
71	Power Play Goals Allowed	89
6	Shorthanded Goals	4
4	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	9
824	Penalty Minutes	1306
10	Average Penalty Minutes	16

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD			DET	TAM
14:09		Mark Recchi Assists: Lukas Krajicek, Radim Vrbata	0	1
18:19		Jussi Jokinen (Power Play) Assists: Andrej Meszaros, Paul Ranger	0	2
2ND PERIOD			DET	TAM
1:33		Pavel Datsyuk Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Marian Hossa	1	2
3RD PERIOD			DET	TAM
1:38		Henrik Zetterberg (Power Play) Assists: Johan Franzen, Marian Hossa	2	2
2:30		Mikael Samuelsson (Power Play) Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall	3	2
9:21		Johan Franzen Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson	4	2
15:42		Matt Pettinger Assists: Martin St. Louis, Vaclav Prospal	4	3

TAMPA, Fla. -- Chris Osgood needed some help from his Detroit teammates to remain undefeated against Tampa Bay.

Fast Facts

• Detroit came back from a 2-0 first-period deficit to get the win in Tampa.

• Chris Osgood earned his 370th career win passing Tom Barasso for 14th on the all-time list. Osgood also improves to 17-0 in his career against the Lightning (longest active win streak by a goaltender vs. one team).

• Henrik Zetterberg has a goal in 10 of his last 11 games.

• Marian Hossa assisted on two goals and has scored a point in 12 of his last 13 games.

-- ESPN research

Pavel Datsyuk also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, and Osgood had 15 saves to improve to 17-0 against Tampa Bay.

"I think Ozzie would thank his teammates," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "Ozzie bails us out some nights, and we bailed him out tonight."

Detroit, which entered with the NHL's top power-play unit, converted two of five opportunities.

"We know we have good players on it, and we had a good start on it," Zetterberg said. "It gives us confidence to go in and do what we want and make the right plays. When you score goals, the confidence keeps growing."

Mark Recchi, Jussi Jokinen and Matt Pettinger scored for the Lightning, who were outshot 39-18 and lost their third straight.

The Lightning paid for three penalties taken in an 18-second span during the final half-minute of the second period. Zetterberg and Samuelsson scored on the advantages to give Detroit a 3-2 lead early in the third.

"For about four minutes in the second period we were brain dead," Lightning coach Barry Melrose said. "Three terrible penalties. You can't give the best team in the world a two-minute, 5-on-3 and another two-minute, 5-on-4. Detroit doesn't do that. Detroit doesn't beat itself. Tonight we beat ourselves."

Zetterberg tied it during a two-man advantage with an in-close goal at 1:38. Detroit went ahead on Samuelsson's shot from the top of the right circle at 2:30.

Franzen extended the lead to 4-2 at 9:21 before Pettinger cut the Lightning's deficit to a goal with 4:18 left.

Tampa Bay, which had scored just 30 goals in its previous 15 games, took a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by Recchi and Jokinen.

Recchi put the Lightning ahead from the right circle at 14:09 with his 1,392th NHL point. That moved him past Brett Hull into 20th place on the league's career list.

Jokinen doubled the lead with a power-play goal with 1:41 left in the period.

"We were doing fine until we got those [penalties]," Recchi said. "It really just changed the momentum of the game. There's some bright spots and some things we've got to keep working on."

Detroit dominated the second, outshooting the Lightning 18-3, but scored just once on Olie Kolzig when Datsyuk pulled Detroit within 2-1 at 1:33. The Red Wings outshot Tampa Bay 13-1 during the first 15 minutes of the period.

Game notes
Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom became the ninth NHL defenseman to reach 950 points, when he assisted on Datsyuk's goal. ... Red Wings RW Daniel Cleary missed his second straight game because of an eye infection. ... Tampa Bay LW Ryan Malone (lower body) sat out for a second consecutive game. ... Birgit and David Smith, the wife and son of Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. First Class Paul R. Smith, dropped the ceremonial first puck on military night. Paul Smith, a Tampa native, was awarded the nation's highest medal in 2005 after being killed in combat at the Baghdad Airport two years earlier.