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Red Wings beat Oilers 5-4 after wasting 4-0 lead

By AP

DETROIT – Brad Stuart scored with 1:07 left to lift Detroit to a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night after the Red Wings blew a 4-0 second-period lead.

Johan Franzen had a goal and an assist, and Andreas Lilja, Nicklas Kronwall and Drew Miller also scored for Detroit, which won its sixth straight. Jimmy Howard stopped 22 shots.

Tom Gilbert scored twice, Mike Comrie added a goal and an assist, and Zack Stortini also scored for Edmonton. Jeff Deslauriers made 39 saves.

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