The six-game road swing for the Detroit Red Wings continues with a Saturday night matchup against the Seattle Kraken.
Their most recent tilt was a 6-5 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night, a wild back-and-forth affair that saw several Detroit comebacks ultimately fall just short.
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Part of the comeback effort was the 496th career goal by forward Patrick Kane, who tied the score at 4-4 in the third period with a patented wrist shot from the top of the slot that beat goaltender Elvis Merzlikins.
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Kane, who is hot on Mike Modano’s trail to become the highest-scoring American-born player in NHL history, passed Modano in one specific category with his performance Thursday. He recorded his 359th career multi-point game, passing Modano for the most by an American-born player:
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Kane’s goal was his fourth of the season and his first since mid-November, but he also added 14 assists, giving him 18 points in 19 games.
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He missed several games earlier this season when he was hit with an upper-body injury he suffered late in Detroit’s 2-1 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in mid-October.
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