SUNRISE, Fla. – Olli Jokinen scored a power-play goal 1:36 into overtime, pushing the Florida Panthers past the Detroit Red Wings 3-2.

It was Florida’s first win over Detroit since Dec. 1, 1996. The Panthers were 0-8-5 since.

Gary Roberts and Rastislav Olesz also scored for the Panthers, who have won four of five at home. Roberto Luongo made 34 saves for Florida.

Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Red Wings. Chris Osgood made 27 saves but lost for the first time in 17 games in the state of Florida (11-1-5).

With Mathieu Schneider in the penalty box for tripping, Jokinen scored 13 seconds into the power play when he beat Osgood with a slap shot from the point.

Zetterberg sent the game into overtime with a power-play goal with 1:02 left in regulation. With Juraj Kolnik in the penalty box after he closed his hand on the puck, Zetterberg skated in uncontested from the side of the net and fired a shot over Luongo’s right shoulder.

Olesz had given Florida a 2-1 lead at 12:39 of the third when he beat Osgood with a wrist shot from just outside the faceoff circle.

Roberts, who didn’t practice Wednesday because of a hip injury, opened the scoring with his second goal in three games at 15:37 of the second period. He took a cross-ice pass from defenseman Sean Hill and fired a shot over Osgood’s right shoulder.

Cleary tied it 1-1 at 6:45 of the third period when he grabbed the rebound of Valtteri Filppula’s dump-in and put a shot between Luongo’s legs.

Notes: Florida C Joe Nieuwendyk (back) missed his second consecutive game because of back problems. … Filppula, recalled from Grand Rapids of the AHL on Wednesday, made his NHL debut. He became the first Finnish player to play for the Red Wings. … The Panthers recalled C Kamil Kreps from Rochester of the AHL.

AP-ES-12-15-05 2346EST


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