Kane ties Modano's mark for points by U.S.-born player in Red Wings loss to Kings

DETROIT -- Patrick Kane had an assist to tie Mike Modano for the most points by a U.S.-born player in NHL history, but the Detroit Red Wings lost 3-1 to the Los Angeles Kings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday.

Kane assisted on Alex DeBrincat’s goal at 17:45 of the third period, which came with goalie John Gibson pulled for the extra skater, for his 1,374th career point (500 goals, 874 assists in 1,341 NHL games). Kane got the puck along the right boards and passed to Moritz Seider at the blue line, where he found DeBrincat open at the left side of the crease.

“It’s tough to think about,” Kane said. “Nothing really went right for us tonight. Hopefully, the next game will bring a better result and I can move past Mike. It would be nice to do it with a win.”

Andrei Kuzmenko, Corey Perry and Samuel Helenius scored for the Kings (22-16-3), who extended their point streak to six games (3-0-3). Anton Forsberg made 27 saves.

“I didn’t like the last six minutes, because we were on our heels again, but prior to that, I really liked our game,” Los Angeles coach Jim Hiller said. “In the first five minutes of the first period, you could see that we had our legs going on all four lines.”

The Kings, whose game on Monday against the Columbus Blue Jackets was postponed due to Sunday’s blizzard, have won three straight.

“This was a game that [Forsberg] was scheduled to start, and we decided to keep it that way,” Hiller said. “We like the way things are going, and we don’t want to overplay [Darcy Kuemper].”

Gibson, who made 19 saves, had his eight-game winning streak end for the Red Wings (32-17-5), who had points in nine of their past 10 games (8-1-1).

“We really couldn’t get anything to the net,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan said. “A lot of our game is volume shooting and playing off the goaltender’s pads. We did a better job in the third period, but give them credit, they checked well and kept us to the outside.”

Helenius gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 10:00 of the second period. Jeff Malott and Taylor Ward combined to win a loose puck in the corner, and Malott passed to Helenius in the left face-off circle for a wrist shot past Gibson.

“I like to play with [Malott] and [Ward],” Helenius said. “We just keep things simple; I’m enjoying it.”

Los Angeles held Detroit to 10 shots over the first two periods, and only seven at 5-on-5.

“We definitely need to create a little bit more,” Kane said. “As a guy who is supposed to be offensive, I take that on myself. I definitely need to be better next game.”

Kuzmenko’s power-play goal made it 2-0 at 6:46 of the third period, scoring from the edge of the right face-off circle after a quick passing play involving Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala.

“We haven’t seen much of that kind of high level of execution this year,” Hiller said. “We really needed something there. That was probably the most important goal of the game.”

Following DeBrincat’s goal, Perry scored into an empty net at 18:47 for the 3-1 final.

“I thought we were solid, but nothing more than that,” Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider said. “We had too many mistakes that led to easy goals. If we had worked harder around the net, they wouldn’t have gotten those goals.”

NOTES: Modano had held sole possession of the record for most points by a U.S.-born player since Nov. 7, 2007. … The Kings game in Columbus has been rescheduled for March 9. … Warren Foegele, who was a healthy scratch in the Kings’ most recent game, had 15:44 of ice time and led Los Angeles with four shots on goal. … With Simon Edvinsson out until the Olympic break with a lower-body injury, Jacob Bernard-Docker spent most of the game on Detroit’s top defensive pairing with Seider.