RECAP: Red Wings unable to hold off Wild in 6-3 road loss

St. Paul, Minn. -- The Detroit Red Wings allowed four third-period goals in a 6-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday night.

Goalie James Reimer turned aside 25 of 31 shots he faced for the Red Wings (16-15-4; 36 points), who lost their second straight game. The Wild won their fourth consecutive contest, improving to 16-13-4 (36 points) on the season.

"It's high, but I think it's self-inflicted," head coach Derek Lalonde said about Detroit's current frustration level. "I think sometimes you go through these stretches and you can't pinpoint this or there are things you can't control, and this is easy controllable. I think the guys see it, now it's a matter of having some discipline to execute it."

Minnesota scored the game-opening goal just 38 seconds into the first period, grabbing a 1-0 lead.

Tying it up for the Red Wings with his sixth goal of the season 5:54 later, Patrick Kane took a pass from Alex DeBrincat just inside the blue line before carrying it into the left face-off circle, where he rifled a shot past Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson to make it 1-1. By lighting the lamp, Kane pushed his goal streak to four straight games and point streak to five.

"Body feels good," said Kane, who has recorded 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his first 11 games with Detroit. "Playing with those two guys (DeBrincat and captain Dylan Larkin), you're going to find yourself either with the puck with a lot of space or getting chances."

Minnesota retook the lead, 2-1, at 1:37 of the second period.

"We're very fortunate to come out of the second at 2-1," Lalonde said. "(The Wild) had six grade-As in the second and they were all off egregious turnovers."

DeBrincat made it a 2-2 game at 2:43 of the third period, burying a one-timer from the left face-off circle for his club-leading 16th goal of the season. Shayne Gostisbehere and J.T. Compher had the assists.

The Wild scored three consecutive goals in a span of 2:07 later in the frame, propelling ahead, 5-2.

Daniel Sprong cut Detroit's deficit to 5-3 at 8:00, burying a wrister top shelf for his ninth goal of the season. Simon Edvinsson recorded his first career NHL assist with the primary helper on the play, while Berggren had the secondary assist.

Minnesota scored the final goal of the night at 14:15 for the 6-3 final.

Ben Chiarot and Andrew Copp both skated in their 600th career NHL game.

"We know what we're capable of," Reimer said. "We know what we can do when we all are pulling on the rope. But at the same time, there's no easy way to get out of it. Just like there's no easy way to win."

NEXT UP: The Red Wings will open a quick two-game homestand on Friday night, hosting the Nashville Predators at Little Caesars Arena.

QUOTABLE

Lalonde on Reimer's performance

"He did his job over the first 40 minutes. He gave us a chance. We got it to 2-2 because of Reims, then obviously things fell apart in the third."

Reimer on the root of Detroit's recent third-period struggles

"I think it's multiple things. I don't think you can really pinpoint one thing. It's something where every single guy needs to be better. That's what it comes down to. We have a good group of guys in here who care. A group that works and wants to be there for each other. Sometimes you just go through adversity and right now, we're going through it."

Kane on the Red Wings' defensive lapses

"I think the coaches kind of talked about it in the intermission between the second and third, just too many turnovers. Giving them too many easy chances off the rush. A lot of guys in this league can make a lot of plays and when you give them easy offense, they get momentum off that. Obviously that was the case tonight."

Kane on the upcoming schedule

"You don't want to say they are must-win games at this point of the season, but it's a pretty important stretch when you think about what we got going on from here until the All-Star break or bye week or whatever you wan to call it...We're obviously going to have to put together a good record over that stretch."