Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Kopecky added power-play goals for Detroit, 3-for-6 with the man advantage. The Red Wings are 6-0-1 in their last seven and 13-2-3 overall.

Lubomir Visnovsky, Andrew Cogliano and Sheldon Souray scored for Edmonton. The Oilers have lost four of their last five to drop to 9-9-2.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings opened the scoring 1:50 into the first period. Andreas Lilja's point shot was kicked aside by goalie Dwayne Roloson, but Hudler scored off the rebound. Detroit made it 2-0 just 6 minutes later on a power play when Datsyuk feathered a shot through traffic.

Just 2:11 later, the Wings scored another power-play goal, with Kopecky tipping in Nicklas Lidstrom's shot. Mathieu Garon took over for Roloson after the goal, Detroit's third on 10 shots.

The Oilers finally got on the scoreboard with a power-play marker of their own with 7 minutes remaining in the second. Robert Nilsson made a nifty behind-the-back pass to Cogliano, who snapped a shot past Osgood.

But the Wings restored their three-goal edge on another power play with a 1 1/2 minutes to play in the second. After the puck caromed high off the glass and came straight down to Hudler, he stuffed in his second of the contest.

Edmonton would make a game out of it, however, with goals 19 seconds apart late in the third period. With a little over 7 minutes to play, Visonovsky took advantage of a scramble in front of the Detroit net, wiring a slap shot from in close with the teams playing four aside. The Oilers received a power-play opportunity seconds later and capitalized when Souray unleashed a hard shot from the point for his seventh of the season.

Notes:@ Detroit played without Tomas Holmstrom (back spasms) and Niklas Kronwall (sore ankle). ... Shawn Horcoff played in his 500th game for the Oilers.