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Coyotes force Game 7 but Canucks advance
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April 27, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Phoenix Coyotes stormed to a 5-2 road victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday, using a solid team performance to force a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Five different players scored for the Coyotes and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves to send the best-of-seven series back to Arizona for tomorrow's decider, where the home team can advance to the second round for a first time since moving to Phoenix.
"Anytime you can compete in a Game 7, that's like the pinnacle right there," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett told reporters in Detroit.
Facing elimination with a defeat, Lauri Korpikoski opened the scoring for the visitors at 4:10 in the first period and Mathieu Schneider gave the Coyotes an early 2-0 lead in the second.
Brad Stuart pulled one back for the Red Wings almost immediately before Radim Vrbata and Wojtek Wolski secured a winning margin for Phoenix with a goal apiece in the second half of the period.
Taylor Pyatt's tip-in at 5:25 in the third extended the advantage to 5-1 before Darren Helm added a final goal for Detroit with 3:31 remaining.
The two-time defending Western Conference champions Red Wings had won the previous two games by a combined score of 7-1 to take control of the series but could lose in the opening round for the first time since the 2005-06 season.
In Los Angeles, the Vancouver Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the third period to eliminate the Los Angeles Kings from the playoffs with a 4-2 victory.
Trailing 1-2 through two periods, Kevin Bieksa tied the contest at 1:57 in the third, Daniel Sedin converted the go-ahead goal with 2:03 to go and Alexandre Burrows added the topper as the Canucks took the best-of-seven series 4-2.
Roberto Luongo made 30 saves to lead Vancouver into the second round, where it will face either Chicago or Nashville.
The sixth-seeded Kings took an early advantage when Alexander Frolov opened the scoring at 10:08 in the first and after Steve Bernier tied the game on a powerplay, Drew Doughty put the home side back on top with a slap shot at 15:57 in the second.
The advantage was short-lived, however, and once Vancouver had tied the contest early in the third, the visitors used that momentum to carry them into the next round.
Five different players scored for the Coyotes and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves to send the best-of-seven series back to Arizona for tomorrow's decider, where the home team can advance to the second round for a first time since moving to Phoenix.
"Anytime you can compete in a Game 7, that's like the pinnacle right there," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett told reporters in Detroit.
Facing elimination with a defeat, Lauri Korpikoski opened the scoring for the visitors at 4:10 in the first period and Mathieu Schneider gave the Coyotes an early 2-0 lead in the second.
Brad Stuart pulled one back for the Red Wings almost immediately before Radim Vrbata and Wojtek Wolski secured a winning margin for Phoenix with a goal apiece in the second half of the period.
Taylor Pyatt's tip-in at 5:25 in the third extended the advantage to 5-1 before Darren Helm added a final goal for Detroit with 3:31 remaining.
The two-time defending Western Conference champions Red Wings had won the previous two games by a combined score of 7-1 to take control of the series but could lose in the opening round for the first time since the 2005-06 season.
In Los Angeles, the Vancouver Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the third period to eliminate the Los Angeles Kings from the playoffs with a 4-2 victory.
Trailing 1-2 through two periods, Kevin Bieksa tied the contest at 1:57 in the third, Daniel Sedin converted the go-ahead goal with 2:03 to go and Alexandre Burrows added the topper as the Canucks took the best-of-seven series 4-2.
Roberto Luongo made 30 saves to lead Vancouver into the second round, where it will face either Chicago or Nashville.
The sixth-seeded Kings took an early advantage when Alexander Frolov opened the scoring at 10:08 in the first and after Steve Bernier tied the game on a powerplay, Drew Doughty put the home side back on top with a slap shot at 15:57 in the second.
The advantage was short-lived, however, and once Vancouver had tied the contest early in the third, the visitors used that momentum to carry them into the next round.
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