Posted by Matt Schwartz

01:10AM - Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Chris Osgood made 27 saves to earn his 46th career shutout and Mikael Samuelsson added a goal and an assist as the Red Wings blanked the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 Tuesday night. The victory improved the Red Wings to 2-0 on their current three-game road trip with the final stop in Anaheim tonight. The win was the club's third in a row.

Detroit grabbed the lead after the first 20 minutes despite getting outplayed and badly out-shot by the host Kings, 12-6, when Tomas Holmstrom slapped home a one-timer off a perfect feed from Pavel Datsyuk at 6:57.

The Red Wings increased the lead to 2-0 in the second period following a solid defensive play by forward Matt Ellis -- subbing for the injured Henrik Zetterberg -- that freed the puck up for Samuelsson along the right side of the neutral zone. Once entering the Los Angeles zone Samuelsson rifled a quick wrist shot that beat goaltender Jason Labarbera high to the glove side.

Johan Franzen supplied an insurance tally in the third period to close out the scoring.

Detroit improved to 3-0 against the Kings this season.

Labarbera stopped 24 of 27 shots he faced.

Neither squad could score with the extra man, as the Red Wings went 0-for-3 and the Kings 0-for-2 on the power play.

LGW.com's 3 Stars 1. Chris Osgood (DET) - 27-Save Shutout 2. Mikael Samuelsson (DET) - Goal, Assist, +2, 5 Shots 3. Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - Assist, +1, 2 Shots Red Wings Lines Filppula - Datsyuk - Holmstrom Hudler - Franzen - Samuelsson Cleary - Draper - Maltby Ellis - Kopecky - Downey Lidstrom - Rafalski Lilja - Kronwall Lebda - Meech Osgood (Hasek)

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