EDMONTON, Alberta -- Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood was born in northern Alberta and grew up near Edmonton, a big Oilers fan.

He relishes every opportunity to play in front of family and friends at Rexall Place and doesn’t know how many more chances he will get. That is why he was particularly pleased to start Tuesday’s game.

The Red Wings squandered a two-goal lead in the third period but came back to defeat the Oilers 5-3, stretching their road winning streak to four games.

Todd Bertuzzi snapped a 3-3 tie with his second goal of the game with 2:50 remaining in the third period. Darren Helm, who had a terrific all-around game (goal, assist, team-leading seven shots, 12-2 on faceoffs), added an insurance goal 44 seconds later.

Osgood picked up his 401st win. He is two behind former Oilers great Grant Fuhr, a player Osgood grew up idolizing, for ninth place on the all-time list.

Osgood, who has not decided if he will play next season or retire, was happy to win in front of his father, John, an Oilers season-ticket holder.

“My dad will be in Detroit one more time, but I’m not so sure he’ll see me play here again,’’ Osgood said. “That was special. I would have liked to let in less than three (goals), but winning’s the main thing. Giving him a chance to see me play maybe my last game (in Edmonton) was great.’’

Henrik Zetterberg (goal) and Nicklas Lidstrom (two assists) each extended his points streak to eight games. Kris Draper scored his third goal in the last six games.

Bertuzzi, who hadn’t scored a goal in the past 15 games, got a big break on the winning goal when his shot deflected off Ladislav Smid’s skate and past Nikolai Khabibulin.

“I was just trying to get it on net and hoped it bounced off something,’’ Bertuzzi said. “Those are good things that happen. Hopefully it continues.’’

Said Red Wings coach Mike Babcock: “It’s a matter of having people at the net and throwing it in there. We got two goals out of our third line and two goals out of our second line and we need contribution from everybody right now when we’re short-staffed.’’

The Oilers trailed 3-1 after two periods but cut Detroit’s lead to one when Theo Peckham scored from the slot on a pass from Sam Gagner at 4:54. Gagner tied it at 11:31, firing in a shot from the faceoff circle after winning the draw from Valtteri Filppula.

Osgood was not happy that he let in the third goal, but focused on the positives.

“Helm played great again, which we need; Drapes did, too,’’ Osgood said. “Bert stepped up and scored a couple of big goals. Good to see.

“We’d like to get our goals against down, but winning is the main thing right now for us.’’

Babcock initially planned on starting Jimmy Howard but changed his mind, saying he wanted to give Howard a few more days to regroup. He said he assumes Howard will start Friday in Calgary, but it hasn’t been decided.

“It hasn’t been going the way he’d like,’’ Babcock said. “Not that he’s played poor, but everything, instead of tipping and hitting him it’s tipping and missing him. And sometimes you get on a roll going in the wrong direction and you want him to get on a roll going in the right direction.’’

Detroit players were pleased with how they responded after the Oilers tied it.

“We played a good two periods and kind of let them come back in the third,’’ Helm said. “It’s not really characteristic of us, but we did a good job of responding, getting the puck on net and taking it from there.’’

Bertuzzi broke a 1-1 tie at 6:40 of the second period with his first goal since Dec. 4. He picked up a loose puck behind the net and scored on a wraparound, with a hard backhand shot.

Draper drove the middle of the ice, took a pass from Helm, and made a nice move to tuck the puck past Khabibulin on the backhand at 10:43.

The teams traded goals in the first period, as Zetterberg scored at 3:43 on a shot from just inside the blue line and Gilbert Brule tied it at 11:38.

It was the start of a four-game trip and five in a row away from home for Detroit.

“All in all it was a good win, good for us to start the trip,’’ Babcock said.