Robert Lang scored 1:39 into overtime Wednesday night in Detroit to give the Red Wings a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Tomas Holmstrom added two goals for Detroit (14-2-1) to give him seven in his last four games. Steve Yzerman and Johan Franzen each had a goal for the Red Wings and Dan Cleary and Mathieu Schneider each had two assists.

Alexander Frolov had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles (10-5-1), while Mike Cammalleri, Jeremy Roenick and Craig Conroy each had a goal.

Lang scored his sixth goal of the season by putting in a cross-crease pass from Andreas Lilja.

Frolov tied the game 4-4 with 3:48 left in regulation when he stole the puck from Jiri Fischer, made a move around goaltender Manny Legace and put the puck into an empty net.

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HURRICANES 5, SABRES 3: At Buffalo, N.Y., Martin Gerber tied his career-high with 41 saves, and Erik Cole scored on one of two penalty shots. The streak eclipsed the seven-game winning streak set 20 years ago when the team was located in Hartford. Ray Whitney, Michael Zigomanis, Frantisek Kaberle and Justin Williams also scored for the Hurricanes, who haven't lost in regulation since Oct. 8, winning 10 of 11 games since.

THRASHERS 5, PENGUINS 0: At Atlanta, Jim Slater scored his first career goal and Mike Dunham stopped 24 shots for Atlanta. The Thrashers outshot the Penguins 20-8 while scoring three goals in the second period. Overall, they outshot the Penguins 39-24.

BLUE JACKETS 3, BLUES 1: At Columbus, Ohio, David Vyborny scored two goals and Marc Denis stopped 24 shots as Columbus extended the Blues' franchise-record losing streak to nine games. Manny Malhotra and Nikolai Zherdev each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who came in having scored the fewest goals (28) in the NHL.

RANGERS 4, PANTHERS 3 (SO): At Sunrise, Fla., Petr Prucha scored the only goal in the shootout to give New York the victory. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stopped all four shots by the Panthers in the shootout. Florida's Roberto Luongo stopped three before Prucha scored with a wrist shot over his glove.

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