Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Eric Belanger's goal with 49 seconds remaining in regulation tied the contest and Marian Gaborik was credited with the game- winner in the shootout, as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the Detroit Red Wings, 6-5, at Joe Louis Arena.

Gaborik also scored in regulation along with Martin Skoula, Todd Fedoruk and Matt Foy for Minnesota, which snapped a two-game skid and improved to 1-2 on its current four-game road trip that will conclude in Chicago on Friday.

Niklas Backstrom allowed four goals on 19 shots and was pulled in the second period. Josh Harding was stellar in relief with 26 saves.

Dan Cleary gave the Red Wings the lead with just over a minute to play in the third period, but Detroit failed to hold on for the win. Still, the Red Wings earned at least a point for the 21st time in their last 23 games overall (18-2-3).

Chris Osgood, who inked a three-year contract extension on Wednesday, finished with 23 saves. Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula, Dallas Drake and Niklas Kronvall also scored for Detroit, which had won four straight games prior to this one.

"We managed to get a point out of the game, but we should've had two because we had a lead with a minute left," said Osgood. "(Even) more disappointing than anything is that we fought that hard to finally get the lead for the first time, then gave it up right back."

After a scoreless overtime, the shootout began and the first three shooters missed. Brian Rolston's slap shot from the low slot lit the lamp, but Jiri Hudler kept the Wings alive with a high wrister. Gaborik then won it on the final shot after a nice deke move and a low shot along the ice under Osgood.

With the contest tied 4-4 after 40 minutes of action, a mostly defensive third period was suddenly ignited by two late goals. Cleary's 16th with 1:08 remaining in regulation appeared to win it for the Red Wings, but the Wild tied it up only 19 seconds later to force overtime.

"I thought we were in a real good position, to get the go-ahead goal with such little time (remaining) to take care of business, and we were unable to do that," said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock.

The Wild had lost their last three at Detroit and won here for the first time since January 3, 2006. Earlier in the day, the Wild also announced that majority owner Bob Naegele and Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the club Wild, have reached an agreement to sell the team and all its related entities to Craig Leipold. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the final sale requires approval by the NHL. Leipold recently sold the Nashville Predators.

"To win a game against (Detroit) -- which we don't too often -- and to get new owners, it was a busy day," said Wild coach Jacques Lemaire.

After Skoula opened the scoring at the 4:04 mark, Zetterberg struck back just 63 seconds later to tie it up. Brett Lebda gained control of the puck and faked a shot from high above the left circle before a pass across the slot for Zetterberg, whose one-timer from the right side flew past Backstrom.

The teams traded scoring chances through most of the remainder of the first period, but neither side found the back of the net until the waning minutes, when the Wild scored twice in a 15-second span for a two-goal edge.

First, Gaborik's 22nd goal with 1:32 remaining in the stanza made it 2-1. He carried the puck along the rear boards and eventually made his way to the top of the right circle before he spun around and fired a wrist shot that made its way through heavy traffic in front and into the back of the cage.

Moments later, a turnover by Detroit paved the way for a rare goal by enforcer Fedoruk. On the ensuing faceoff after Gaborik's tally, the puck was dumped into the Detroit defensive zone, but Brian Rafalski turned the puck over to Foy, who quickly sent it out in front for a wide open Fedoruk and his wrist shot beat a surprised Osgood at 18:43.

Detroit gained at least some momentum back, though, when Filppula tallied with only 28 seconds remaining before the first intermission. Pavel Datsyuk crossed the blue line and left a drop pass for Filppula, who maneuvered through the slot, deked around Minnesota defenseman Kim Johnsson and, from a sharp angle near the goal line to the left of the net, beat Backstrom with a wrister.

The high-octane offensive output continued in the early stages of the second period, when Foy's third goal exactly three minutes in made it 4-2.

But the Red Wings took a page from the Wild's book earlier in the game and scored two quick goals to create a 4-4 tie on markers by Drake and Kronvall.

With the Wild on the power play, Drake intercepted the puck inside the Detroit defensive zone and took the puck down the left-wing side. Once over the blue line, Drake, from the outer rim of the left circle, used Wild blueliner Kurtis Foster as a screen and fired home a wrist shot that beat Backstrom high to the far side at 7:32.

Kronvall's goal just 66 seconds later -- this one at even strength -- knotted the contest. The Wings crossed the blue line on a 3-on-2 rush and Johan Franzen feathered a pass to Kronvall, who corralled the disc near the top of the crease and used a chip shot to light the lamp for his third goal of the season.