Red Wings 3, Oilers 2 (OT): Pavel Datsyuk ended his 11-game goal-scoring drought at 3:39 of overtime as visiting Detroit rallied to halt its three-game winless streak.
After receiving a pass from Johan Franzen, Datsyuk used a deke in the slot to get around Edmonton defenseman Jeff Petry before beating Devan Dubnyk with a wrist shot from the inner edge of the left faceoff circle. The goal was Datsyuk's first since Feb. 19 against Nashville.
Defenseman Niklas Kronwall recorded a goal and an assist, Valtteri Filppula also scored and Jimmy Howard made 30 saves for the Red Wings, who completed a sweep of the three-game season series between the clubs and improved to 11-0-2 in their last 13 meetings with the Oilers.
Taylor Hall scored a goal and set up another, Sam Gagner also tallied and Dubnyk turned aside 25 shots for Edmonton, which was beginning a four-game homestand after going 3-4-2 on its franchise-record nine-game road trip.
Hall gave Edmonton the lead just over 3 1/2 minutes into the game and Gagner tapped in the rebound of rookie Nail Yakupov's shot while on the doorstep with 3:42 remaining in the second period for a 2-0 advantage. Filppula halved the deficit at 4:27 of the third and Kronwall was credited with the tying goal during a power play with 5:53 left as Petry fired a loose puck into his own net.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Detroit outscored Edmonton 8-3 in the season series. ... The Red Wings have scored a power-play goal in each of their last two road games after failing to convert in their first 10 contests away from home. ... Gagner has scored four goals over his last three games.

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