Detroit — The Red Wings keep winning and their power play is a big reason why. Patrick Kane's power-play goal at 2 minutes, 21 seconds of overtime Tuesday gave the Wings a 3-2 victory over Ottawa. Kane got the puck after Dylan Larkin's face off win,…

Connor Bedard surpassed Patrick Kane in the Blackhawks' teenage goal record books.

Detroit — Being home for most of the holidays is beginning to look like a real good thing for the Red Wings. The Wings made it two straight wins at Little Caesars Arena Wednesday with a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia. Patrick Kane broke a 4-4 tie,…

Kane is now closing in on Mike Modano, who holds the record for most points by an American-born player at 1,374 points.

Patrick Kane is back with the Chicago Blackhawks. The team announced Thursday that Kane has signed a two-year, $16 million contract carrying a cap hit of $8 million.

Detroit — Patrick Kane added to a long list of career achievements during Friday's 5-3 victory over Carolina. Kane's second-period goal gave the Wings a 3-1 lead and was his 20th goal of the season. That gave Kane 17 20-goal seasons in his career, passing Westland's Mike Modano (16 seasons) for most among U.S.-born skaters. Kane is tied with Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby among current players, while both trail Alex Ovechkin, who has 20 20-goal seasons. The all-time leader? Gordie Howe, with 22. But catching Modano, who finished his Hall of Fame career with one season on the Wings after a legendary career in Dallas, was an honor for Kane. "He was one of my favorite players, to be honest with you," Kane said. "I remember him a lot, just the way he skated up and down the ice, his jersey flapping behind him. He was one of the best American players of all time, so (there's) a lot of respect for him and what he's done in this league. "And obviously he broke my heart in ‘99 when they beat the (Buffalo) Sabres in the Cup finals," said Kane, who was a youngster growing up in Buffalo. "But definitely watching him growing up and how fun he was as a player, so explosive. He scored so many highlight-reel goals." Kane (at 36 years and 136 days) also became the oldest Wings' player to score 20 goals in a season, passing Pavel Datsyuk (36 years, 218 days). As coach Todd McLellan was walking to Friday's post-game media conference, he was informed of all of Kane's Friday accomplishments by media relations director Todd Beam. "The walk wasn't long enough to get through everything, which is remarkable," McClellan said. "It's an honor to be around him and watch him play and perform. He's still like a young kid." Friday's victory kept the Wings near the playoff chase, with Sunday's home game against Florida (5:30 p.m./TNT/97.1) the next crucial game on the Wings' schedule. There are only seven games left for the Wings, who need to continue to win and home the three teams close to them (Montreal, New York Rangers, Columbus) slip. "You look at our schedule the rest of the way, it doesn't really get any easier," Kane said. "We can play against these top teams in the league, we proved that (Friday)." 'Story isn't done yet' McLellan asked his team after the Four-Nations Tournament break whether they were more like the team that struggled up until the Christmas break, or the one that got on track after McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde as head coach. The Wings have shown enough consistency since McLellan came aboard to believe they are closer to the post-Christmas team. But there's plenty to play for in these final two weeks, with an opportunity to end an eight-year playoff drought for the organization. The Wings were in a similar position late last season and missed the playoffs on the final night of the season on a tiebreaker. Did they learn from the experience to help them this time around? "We're going to find out," McLellan said. "We talked about how the story isn't done yet. We can still write another chapter, so let's get playing the way we can. Don't worry about standings or scores or anything like that. Last year's experience with this group, I'm sure it helps. It can't hurt. The belief system should be 'we've been through this before, let's keep pushing.' "We'll see what happens (Sunday) after Florida." Talbot starting again Goaltender Cam Talbot will get his fourth consecutive start in net Sunday. McLellan wouldn't speculate as to how he'd plan on using Talbot, or Alex Lyon, or Petr Mrazek (recovering from injury) next week, with a game Tuesday in Montreal, and a back-to-back in Florida and Tampa (Thursday/Friday). The Wings need to be careful in not overusing Talbot, 37, with such a compact and pressure-packed schedule in the final seven games, and two weeks. But Talbot loves the workload. "I'm always kind of like that, I'll play any game they tell me to play," Talbot said. "I just try to keep myself in as good a shape as possible and just be ready anytime I get the call. This time of year is when you want to be playing and have the team and the coaching staff to have confidence in you. "It's not something I take lightly, and I prepare myself accordingly." ted.kulfan@detroitnews.com @tkulfan Panthers at Red Wings ▶ Faceoff: 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit ▶ TV/radio: TNT/MAX/97.1 ▶ Outlook: The Wings (35-33-7) conclude a quick two-game homestand against the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers (44-27-4) ... The Wings won the only previous game between the teams, in January, 5-2 in Florida...The teams meet again Thursday in Florida ... C Sam Reinhart (37 goals, 78 points) paces the Panthers. This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Kane passes one of his favorites, Mike Modano, on goal-scoring list