DETROIT _ The Devils certainly are used to play overtimes by now.
And they're certainly getting used to getting goals from Brian Gibbons, the 29-year-old journeyman who spent the past two seasons in the AHL and had five career goals coming into this season,
But Gibbons, getting loose at the crease, gave the Devils a 4-3 win over the Red Wings in their first-ever game at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday night, despite not being able to hold a two-goal lead in the third period.
Gibbons, with his team-leading 11th goal, won it at 2:32 of the extra period for the Devils (14-5-4).
Both the Devils and the Red Wings (10-9-5) made it to overtime for the third time in their last four games.
The Devils are now 5-4 in overtime this season.
Keith Kinkaid stopped 31 shots while Petr Mrazek made 21 saves before being forced from the game in the third period. Jimmy Howard stopped seven of eight shots he faced.
Both teams were playing on back to back nights, the Devils coming off their 3-2 win over the Canucks at Prudential Center and the Red Wings losing 2-1 in overtime to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Taylor Hall and Brian Boyle, diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at the start of training camp, each had goals in an emotional win on NHL Hockey Fights Cancer night on Friday.
Both extended their goal streaks to two on Saturday.
The Red Wings tied the game at 3 with two goals within one minute, 26 seconds in the third period.
First, Anthony Mantha, with his 11th goal of the season, used defenseman John Moore as a screen and connected on a wrist shot from the left circle at 6:50, just 38 seconds after No. 1 overall pick Nico Hischier had given the Devils a two-goal edge.
Then, David Booth, with his second goal of the season and of the game, beat Kinkaid with a close-range wrist shot for the equalizer at 8:16.
The Red Wings took a 1-0 lead just 34 seconds into the game as Booth, at the crease, tipped Xavier Oullet's initial shot past Kinkaid, making his first start since a 7-5 win at Chicago on Nov. 12.
It marked the second time in three games the Devils had allowed a goal on the opponent's first shot after the Bruins' Jake DeBrusk beat Cory Schneider at 1:25 of the first period in the Devils' 3-2, 11-round shootout loss on Wednesday night.
Boyle tied Saturday's game at 1 at 9:12 on a similar play, deflecting Steven Santini's shot from the right point inside the near post and past Mrazek, who was sliding to his right.
Hall made it 2-1 on the power play at 13:21, wristing a shot through Mrazek's wide-open pads from low in the slot after Justin Abdelkader slashed rookie defenseman Will Butcher.
In the second period, Hynes began double shifting Hall, first on Blake Coleman's line with Brian Gibbons in Stefan Noesen's spot and later on Boyle's line with Miles Wood in Pavel Zacha's spot.
The Devils thought they had taken a two-goal lead at 3:56 of the third period as Adam Henrique, from the right, took the puck hard to the crease and bowled over Mrazek. The play was initially ruled a goal on the ice but quickly reversed as Henrique was sent off for goalie interference.
But Hischier, with his fourth career goal and first in six games, lifted a loose puck at the crease past Mrazek at 6:12 after Hall's forechecking set up the goal.
But that just set up the Red Wings' two-goal blitz.
