MILWAUKEE Donald MacLean added goal number 51 on the season and Grand Rapids extended its winning streak to four games Tuesday night in scintillating fashion, as the Milwaukee Admirals surrendered a three-goal lead en route to a 5-3 Griffins win in front of the stunned masses at the Bradley Center.

The Admirals struck first on a feed from behind the net by Paul Brown to Sheldon Brookbank on the doorstep for a 1-0 lead at 14:12 of the opening stanza.

The floodgates opened as Milwaukee took full advantage on the power play to begin the second, staking out to a 2-0 edge on Chris Durnos 16th goal of the season. Brown added another tally with the extra attacker, chasing Griffins netminder Joey MacDonald from the pipes just 1:51 into the frame. Jimmy Howard was strong in relief, blanking the Admirals the rest of the way, and setting the stage for the Grand Rapids assault.

MacLean stretched his team-record goal-scoring streak to eight games, using his rocket sauce to fling a power play shot past the previously impenetrable Pekka Rinne at 8:30 of the second to draw Grand Rapids within two. The leagues leading goal-producer pulled within a single marker of the 55-year-old all-time Grand Rapids professional single-season record, held by George Parker of the 1950-51 IHL Rockets.

The Griffins stormed back in the third with a vengeance, as Tomas Kopecky backhanded an unassisted shot home to trim the Milwaukee lead to 3-2 with 17:44 remaining. A subsequent penalty against the Admirals gave Grand Rapids another man-advantage, and Jiri Hudler jumped on a rebound to square the score at three with his 34th goal of the year.

Eric Himelfarb smuggled a point-blank shot past replacement goaltender Brian Finley on a delayed penalty call to give the Griffins their first lead of the night, and Bryan Helmer salved Milwaukees wounds with a salty blast on yet another power play to make it 5-3 capping a surreal surge of five unanswered Griffins goals to seal the victory.

Power plays were the determining factor in the game as Grand Rapids converted on 40% (4-of-10), while Milwaukee capitalized on two early chances but faded late to finish at 25% (2-of-8).

Grand Rapids improves to 46-16-1-4 with the win, good for a 13-point margin over the Syracuse Crunch for the North Division lead. The Griffins continue with the second in a grueling stretch of four games in five nights against the Manitoba Moose at Van Andel Arena Wednesday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m.