ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Chris Osgood allowed five goals on 25 shots, looked shaky at times and didn't move too swiftly from side to side during just his second start in five and a half weeks.

But Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock wasn't about to blame Osgood for his team's 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center. He pinned this defeat on his club's poor attention to detail.

"The two power-play goals, he didn't have a chance on those," Babcock said. "Part of it is helping your goaltender out. When your team plays the way it did tonight, I don't think you can evaluate the goaltender. That would be totally unfair."

The Wild scored three goals on their first six shots -- two by Antti Miettinen -- and broke it open on goals by Guillaume Latendresse and Martin Havlat 1:01 apart early in the third period.

Osgood said he felt better than he did in his previous start,

eight days earlier. But he also is eager to provide a lift for a sputtering team that is 1-3-3 in its past seven games.

"For me, still, I wish I could stand on my head and steal a game," Osgood said. "Yeah, we didn't play great, but if I can get in there and steal a game, maybe that will start something. Just got to keep my (nose) to the grindstone and keep working hard."

Pavel Datsyuk scored both goals for the Red Wings in the first period.

Babcock said the top line of Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary was the only bright spot for his club.

Red Wings defenseman Brad Stuart left the game in the third period, after it was out of hand, because of a sprained left shoulder he sustained in the first period.

Stuart said he didn't know the extent of the injury but that he could have finished the game. He will be re-evaluated Thursday.

"The game was kind of out of reach, so we decided to get some treatment on it," Stuart said. "At that point, why risk making it worse? See how it feels tomorrow."

Babcock was hoping for a better effort from a team that squandered a two-goal lead in the final 90 seconds of regulation and lost 5-4 in overtime to Phoenix on Tuesday.

"Our attention to detail wasn't very good," Babcock said. "This, tonight, no way, unacceptable.

"You'd think you'd respond, right? I thought we had one line. I thought Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Cleary were a good line. The rest of us, we weren't here."

The Red Wings, trailing 3-2, were on the power play when Cleary was whistled for high-sticking with 1:16 left in their man-advantage.

The Wild seized the momentum. Latendresse scored during four-on-four play, and Havlat scored on the power play.

"I thought we were set up to get ourselves going, we were right there, (but) we got that penalty and that gave them a lot of momentum," Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "They scored (twice) and that deflated us. It's disappointing when you feel you're right there."

Despite allowing three goals in the first period, the Red Wings had some jump, as Datsyuk twice responded to goals by Miettinen, which were set up by Andrew Brunette.

Datsyuk knocked in the rebound of a shot by Lidstrom at 4:46 to tie it 1-1, then tipped in a blast by Lidstrom at 17:14 to tie it 2-2.

Andrew Ebbett gave the Wild the lead for good at 17:40, deflecting in Greg Zanon's blast from the point.

"I don't think we helped Ozzie out at all on some of the goals they scored," Lidstrom said.

Osgood, however, took some of the blame.

"I can play a lot better than I have the last two games," Osgood said. "I have to keep moving forward, working hard. Don't give up. That's a motto for our team."