Oilers emerge in SO after struggling Wings rally from 4 down to force OT

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Game Information

Arena: Rexall Place Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Referees: Wes McCauley Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux

Attendance: 16,839 (100.0% full)

Team Stat Comparison
65	Goals	66
59	Goals Against	72
22	Power Play Goals	21
18	Power Play Goals Allowed	18
1	Shorthanded Goals	0
0	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	2
196	Penalty Minutes	301
9	Average Penalty Minutes	13

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD			DET	EDM
0:42		Jean-Francois Jacques Assists: Gilbert Brule, Patrick O'Sullivan	0	1
9:09		Dustin Penner Assists: Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky	0	2
12:24		Ales Hemsky (Power Play) Assists: Dustin Penner, Shawn Horcoff	0	3
2ND PERIOD			DET	EDM
0:58		Ales Hemsky Assists: Dustin Penner	0	4
6:15		Darren Helm Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Brad Stuart	1	4
9:05		Shawn Horcoff (Power Play) Assists: Denis Grebeshkov, Dustin Penner	1	5
12:50		Henrik Zetterberg Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk	2	5
3RD PERIOD			DET	EDM
6:32		Jonathan Ericsson Assists: Kris Draper, Patrick Eaves	3	5
7:47		Todd Bertuzzi Assists: Pavel Datsyuk	4	5
12:53		Patrick Eaves Assists: Darren Helm, Jonathan Ericsson	5	5
OT			DET	EDM
No scoring this period			5	5
Shootout Summary
	Start of Shootout period
	Shootout attempt by Sam Gagner SAVED by Jimmy Howard (Backhand 11 ft)
	Shootout attempt by Jason Williams SAVED by Nikolai Khabibulin (Snapshot 17 ft)
	Shootout attempt by Ales Hemsky MISSES wide of net (Backhand 7 ft)
	Shootout attempt by Pavel Datsyuk SAVED by Nikolai Khabibulin (Snapshot 24 ft)
	Shootout GOAL scored by Patrick O'Sullivan on Jimmy Howard (Snapshot 19 ft)
	Shootout attempt by Henrik Zetterberg SAVED by Nikolai Khabibulin (Snapshot 26 ft)
	End of Shootout
	End of Shootout period

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Patrick O'Sullivan gave the Edmonton Oilers a full two points in the standings with one accurate shot.

O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.

Paying Penn-ance

At 6-4 and 243 pounds, Dustin Penner is a load. When opponents have let him use his big body in front of the net, he's made them pay.

Goals	1
Assists	3
Attempts at net	5
Touches in front*	15

*Within 15 feet of net

The Red Wings overcame a 5-1 deficit to force overtime.

Zetterberg started the rally midway through the second period, and Jonathan Ericsson, Todd Bertuzzi and Patrick Eaves had third-period goals. Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings.

"We had a bunch of goals to start, but unfortunately we didn't continue to play the same way we got those goals," Oilers coach Pat Quinn said. "Detroit's a pretty good team. You can't let them off the hook. We had some fear take over. They started checking and we didn't answer it. We got through it tonight, but it wasn't pretty."

Ales Hemsky had two goals and an assist for Edmonton. Linemate Dustin Penner had a goal -- his ninth of the season -- and three assists, and slumping Shawn Horcoff had a goal and two assists. Jean-Francois Jacques also scored.

"It was nice," Horcoff said. "Penner and Hemmer having been playing at such a level, it's been outstanding. I'd been trying to stay positive."

Edmonton snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 7-5-1, while Detroit dropped to 4-4-3 with its fourth loss in five games.

Detroit coach Mike Babcock focused primarily on the positives.

"It's one of those give-and-take situations," he said. "It's one of those situations where you can be somewhat happy to battle back the way we did and steal a point, but we still have to be disappointed with not getting the two points.

"It was very important for our team to battle back the way we did and show that kind of grit and determination. As a coach you have to question what they were doing at the start of the game. Overall, we shot ourselves in the foot there. But we challenged our team to respond and they did. It was a real good point from where we began with that terrible start."

Detroit outshot Edmonton 20-6 in the third period, with Eaves tying it a 5 with 7:07 remaining.

Game notes
Helm's goal was his first in regular-season play. He has six goals in the playoffs. ... Horcoff entered the game with only three points and had been shut out in his last seven games. ... The game was the first of four meetings between the two teams this season. Detroit swept the four-game series last season.