Red Wings win third straight on Patrick Kane's late goal to down Devils

DETROIT — The Red Wings haven't made it easy on themselves lately but they keep winning.

Patrick Kane's power-play goal at 16 minutes, 26 seconds of the third period broke a tie and sent the Wings to a 5-3 victory over New Jersey.

It was the Wings' third consecutive victory — they're 4-3-0 — despite being outshot 41-20 by the Devils.

Kane's goal was his second of the season, a shot from the top of the slot that hit off Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom and into the net.

The Wings had to kill a Devils power play after Jeff Petry was penalized at 17:23, after the Devils had scored three power-play goals in the game. After the kill, Michael Rasmussen scored his first goal, into an empty net, to clinch the outcome.

Dylan Larkin's power-play goal at 9 minutes, 46 seconds broke a 2-2 tie.

The Wings got the power play after the Devils' Brenden Dillon was assessed a roughing penalty on top of a fighting penalty with Christian Fischer.

After failing on their two previous power plays earlier, the Wings converted this time with Larkin (fourth goal) batting in Kane's shot from the top of the slot at 9:46.

But the Devils tied it at 11:41, with Nico Hischier scoring his second power-play goal of the game and the Devils' third overall.

Fischer (first goal) and Alex DeBrincat (third goal) scored in the first period, giving the Wings a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Hischier and Erik Haula had New Jersey's power-play goals, opening the Devils scoring.

Wings goaltender Cam Talbot got the start despite two impressive outings from Alex Lyon in weekend victories over Nashville and the New York Islanders (56 saves).

Talbot starred himself, making 38 saves.

Talking after the morning skate, Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde acknowledged Lyon's performance but didn't want a repeat of last season.

With Lyon playing well over a long stretch last season and no other Wings' goaltender matching Lyon, the Wings arguably overplayed Lyon, tiring him late in the schedule. Lalonde wants to have two reliable goaltenders playing.

“We want to get a rhythm,” Lalonde said. “We need to get two guys rolling. We got in this situation last year where Alex was playing at such a high level, we didn't really have a comfortable option at the time outside of Alex. We overplayed him, it was pretty obvious, and it affected his play.

"We want to be able to manage that this season."

Talbot starred in his Wings' debut, shutting out Nashville on 42 saves, but was pulled five days later in the second period in a loss to the New York Rangers.

"I know Alex has played at a very high level his last two games but we've been here before," Lalonde said. “We got to get two goalies going. I know Cam didn't look overly comfortable last game out but he was really good the previous game. We're excited to get him back in net."

Lalonde also was adamant that Ville Husso was also still in the Wings' goaltending picture. Waived mainly for salary cap reasons recently, Husso allowed one goal in a victory for Grand Rapids last weekend.

The key for Husso, said Lalonde, is mainly getting game action after missing the second half of last season with injuries.

"Seeing game action is a lot different," Lalonde said. "It's just getting him some rhythm."

After Hischier gave the Devils a 1-0 lead with his sixth goal, cruising alone through the slot, the Wings rebounded with rapid fire goals from Fischer and DeBrincat.

Fischer tied it 1-1 at 18:09 of the first period. Fischer pounced on a rebound off Andrew Copp's shot, patiently waited out the sprawling Markstrom and flipped his first goal into the back of the net.

DeBrincat quickly gave the Wings the lead, scoring 25 seconds later. Devils defenseman Luke Hughes, returning from injury and playing in his first game this season, turned the puck over near the blue line where DeBrincat pounced on it and skated into the slot, then firing a shot past Markstrom.

But the Devils answered with their second consecutive power-play goal, this one at 4:59 of the second period.

Haula, playing in his 700th NHL game, redirected Timo Meier's shot from the flank past Talbot, Haula's third goal.