Pavel Datsyuk scores in overtime as Detroit rallies to 3-2 win over Edmonton

EDMONTON – Pavel Datsyuk scored the overtime winner as the Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Datsyuk scored 3:39 into the extra session as he made a nice move to get past defender Jeff Petry and blasted a shot past goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Petry scored on his own net to tie the game at two in the third on a goal credited to Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall.

Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Red Wings, who improved to 13-10-5.

Taylor Hall and Sam Gagner replied for the Oilers (10-11-6), who entered the game having won two in a row.

The Oilers started the scoring three-and-a-half minutes in as Hall found a seam to slip past two Detroit defenders up the middle and beat Wings goalie Jimmy Howard with a low wrist shot.

Edmonton had 10 first period shots while the Red Wings were only able to direct five shots on Dubnyk.

The Oilers came close to adding to their lead one minute into the second period as Magnus Paajarvi displayed a burst of speed to get past Detroit defender Brian Lashoff but Howard was able to make the pad save in tight.

The home team had another glorious opportunity a few minutes later as Ales Hemsky picked up his own rebound off of the boards and hooked in front of the net, but somehow a sprawling Howard was able to get a piece of it.

Detroit came close as well midway through the second on a power play but Datsyuk rang his shot off of the post.

Edmonton took a 2-0 lead with four minutes to play in the second after some hard work by Hall allowed Nail Yakupov to swing out front and take a shot. The rebound was pounded in from the side of the net by Gagner for his team-leading 11th goal of the season.

The shots favoured Edmonton 26-14 after 40 minutes.

Detroit finally got on the board four minutes into the third period as Filppula was allowed to walk out front and lifted a backhand shot past Dubnyk to make it 2-1.

The Red Wings got a gift goal to tie the game with six minutes to play in the third as Petry put the puck into his own net in an attempt to clear a big rebound on a Kronwall shot, eventually sending the game to overtime.

The Red Wings wrap up a three-game trip in Vancouver on Saturday night. The Oilers play the second game of a four-game homestand on Sunday against Nashville.

Notes: It was the Oilers first game at home in 20 days after enduring a team-record nine-game road trip … Forward Mike Brown made his home debut for the Oilers after being acquired in a trade with Toronto during the lengthy trip … It was the final of three games between the two teams this season. The Red Wings won both previous meetings, posting 3-0 and 2-1 victories. The Wings won three of four games against the Oilers last season, with Drew Miller collecting the game-winning goal in all three victories … After five goals in his first eight games, 2012 first overall draft pick Nail Yakupov has just one in his last 19 … Howard made his return to the Detroit net after a bout of the flu that saw backup Jonas Gustavsson struggle in his place … The Red Wings were without defenceman Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder) and forwards Darren Helm (back), Todd Bertuzzi (back) and Mikael Samuelsson (finger) … Edmonton forward Eric Belanger is on injured reserve with a groin problem but has been skating with the team.