DETROIT — The Kings’ six-game trip is off to a strong start.
Anton Forsberg made 26 saves and the Kings beat the Red Wings, 3-1, on Tuesday night as Detroit winger Patrick Kane moved into a tie with Dallas’ Mike Modano as the highest-scoring American-born players in NHL history.
Samuel Helenius, Andrei Kuzmenko and Corey Perry (empty net) scored for the Kings, who won their third straight game in the second game of their trip.
Kane matched Modano by recording his 1,374th point on an assist on a goal by Alex DeBrincat late in the third period. He accomplished the feat just a couple of months after turning 37, while Modano was 40 when he scored a goal to register point No. 1,374. For his career, Kane has 500 goals and 874 assists in 1,341 NHL regular-season games. Modano retired in 2011 with 561 goals and 813 assists in 1,499 games.
Detroit’s John Gibson made 19 saves and had his eight-game win streak halted, surrendering a goal midway through the second period and a power-play score early in the third.
The Kings have earned points in their last six games (3-0-3), while the Red Wings lost for just the second time in six games and third time in their last 11.
Helenius got the Kings on the scoreboard at the 10-minute mark of the second period, scoring his second of the season by converting a feed from Jeff Malott from behind the net.
Kuzmenko extended the lead to 2-0 for the Kings at 6:46 of the third period, scoring on the power play on assists from Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala. The goal was the 24th of the season with a man advantage for the Kings, who rank last in the NHL on the power play.
DeBrincat scored and pulled Detroit within 2-1 at 17:45 of the third period after the Red Wings pulled Gibson for the extra skater. Kane and Moritz Seider assisted.
The Kings iced the game when Perry scored into an empty net at 18:47.
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The Kings play at Buffalo on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT in the third game of a six-game trip.
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