DETROIT — Weather aside, the Kings’ road trip is off to a strong start.

Anton Forsberg made 27 saves – 17 in the third period – and the Kings beat the Red Wings, 3-1, on Tuesday night as Detroit winger Patrick Kane moved into a tie with Dallas’ Mike Modano as the highest-scoring American-born players in NHL history.

Samuel Helenius, Andrei Kuzmenko and Corey Perry (empty net) scored for the Kings (22-16-3), who won their third straight game after Monday’s game in Columbus was postponed due to Sunday’s blizzard, shortening their trip from six to five games.

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

Kane matched Modano by recording his 1,374th point on an assist on a goal by Alex DeBrincat late in the third period. He accomplished the feat just a couple of months after turning 37, while Modano was 40 when he scored a goal to register point No. 1,374. For his career, Kane has 500 goals and 874 assists in 1,341 NHL regular-season games. Modano retired in 2011 with 561 goals and 813 assists in 1,499 games.

“It’s tough to think about,” Kane told NHL.com. “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.”

Detroit’s John Gibson made 19 saves and had his eight-game win streak halted, surrendering a goal midway through the second period and a power-play score early in the third.

The Kings have earned points in their last six games (3-0-3), while the Red Wings (32-17-5) lost for just the second time in six games. They had points in nine of their previous 10 games (8-1-1).

“We really couldn’t get anything to the net,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan told NHL.com. “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.”

The Kings had nine shots on goal in the first period, nearly twice as many as the Red Wings, However, neither side broke through. Detroit killed off two penalties, while the Kings killed off one.

The Kings broke through midway through the second period via their fourth line. Jeff Malott and Taylor Ward fought for the puck from behind the goal line and Malott backhanded it to Helenius, who one-timed a wrist shot past Gibson from the left circle for his second goal of the season.

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

Detroit had a late power play in the period but couldn’t convert. The Kings held Detroit to 10 shots over the first two periods, and only seven at 5-on-5.

Forsberg made a quality save against Moritz Seider five minutes into the third period to keep the hosts scoreless.

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

The Kings were awarded a power play a minute later when Jacob Bernard-Docker was whistled for slashing, and the visitors didn’t waste the chance. Adrian Kempe set up Kuzmenko, who ripped a shot from the right circle that beat Gibson on the stick side at 6:46 for a 2-0 lead. Kevin Fiala collected the second assist.

The goal was the 24th of the season with a man advantage for the Kings, who rank last in the NHL on the power play.

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

Detroit soon had a power play when Drew Doughty was sent to the box for holding, but the Kings’ aggressive penalty kill worked again. DeBrincat got behind the defense, but Forsberg smothered his shot with 4:11 remaining.

After pulling Gibson for an extra skater, the Red Wings continued to pressure the net and broke through with 2:15 remaining. Seider set up DeBrincat for his team-high 28th goal, from the left circle.

The Kings iced the game when Perry scored into an empty net with 1:13 left.

The Kings play at Buffalo on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT in the third game of a six-game trip.