The teams skated to a 1-1 draw through 20 minutes, with Detroit taking the lead 6:40 into the game as Jakub Vrana stayed red hot. The trade deadline acquisition scored for the eighth time in 11 games and for the second game in a series when he tipped a shot from Dennis Cholowski past Kivlenieks to give the Wings a 1-0 lead.
But Columbus didn't take long to tie it, making it 1-1 at the 10:16 mark. Seth Jones skated the puck up the ice and dropped it off to Patrik Laine, who trucked to the net and sent a one-handed pass cross the top of the crease for Atkinson to put home into the open cage behind goalie Calvin Pickard.
Both teams had chances to take the lead later in the frame -- Kivlenieks made one rebound save with his backside to the play, while Robinson couldn't score on a yawning cage on a rebound as well -- so it remained 1-1 after a period.
The Red Wings would reclaim the lead just past the midway point of the contest when Danny DeKeyser got on the board. He took a pass from Michael Rasmussen in transition and let go a slap shot as he hit the top of the left circle that got between the far arm of Kivlenieks and the goalie's body to give Detroit a 2-1 lead at 11:55.
For the second time in the game, though, Columbus answered quickly. Just 1:20 later, Bjorkstrand tied the score on one of The Maestro's patented wrist shots, as he took a drop pass from Robinson, skated to the right faceoff dot and blew a shot past the blocker of Pickard to make it 2-2.
Kivlenieks kept it a tie game early in the third with a nice shoulder save on Vladislav Namestnikov and a double stop on Sam Gagner. Those saves proved crucial as Robinson gave Columbus its first lead with a shorthanded goal at 6:43, as Nathan Gerbe fired wide but tracked the puck down then fed the New Jersey native in the left circle for a clapper past Pickard's blocker near side to make it 3-2.
But the Wings had the answer at the tail end of the power play, scoring with 11:55 to go and just two seconds left on the penalty to make it 3-3. Filip Hronek fired on Kivlenieks from the left circle, and while the CBJ goalie made the save, former Jackets forward Sam Gagner was there to chip the rebound home and tie the score.
Columbus replied, though, in the final minutes, as Jones fed Jack Roslovic as he skated along the right wing with speed on a late rush, and the central Ohio native ripped a shot past Pickard's glove to give the Jackets a 4-3 lead.
Just as quickly, the Red Wings had their second tying goal of the period. It came in a scramble, as Kivlenieks made an initial save on Cholowski only to see the puck squirt loose from his grasp, and Valtteri Filppila was there to slide the puck home from the crease to make it 4-4.
The late trading of goals meant overtime in the finale, and Kivlenieks made a big save early in the frame on Richard Panik's breakaway try. Max Domi also had a great chance with a minute left in overtime as he used his speed to try to score on a wraparound, but his shot bounced off Pickard and stayed in the crease for the goalie to cover.
Domi didn't miss his second chance to win it, though, as moments later, he got the puck in the slot, faked a pass to Jones and ripped a shot past Pickard for the winner in the finale.
