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Red Wings clip Sharks to stay alive in playoffs
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May 10, 2011, Tuesday
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THE Detroit Red Wings scored three unanswered third-period goals and had 39 saves from goalie Jimmy Howard to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Sunday and keep alive their National Hockey League playoff series.
Tomas Holmstrom scored the winner with 6:08 remaining in the game to cap three goals that turned around a 1-3 deficit and send the Red Wings back to Detroit for Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal tomorrow trailing 2-3.
"In the third we tried to get everything (we could) and it paid off," Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall told reporters. "We weren't scoring the pucks (early) and Howard did a good job of keeping us in the game."
In Game 4, Detroit needed a game-winner from Darren Helm in the last two minutes to avoid a sweep, and it got yet another clutch performance to extend its season.
While San Jose holds the series advantage, the matchup could not be closer. All five contests have been one-goal games, including two overtime results.
Detroit is attempting to become only the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 0-3, while the Sharks are looking to reach the Western Conference finals for the second straight season.
Devin Setoguchi scored in the first period, Joe Pavelski in the second and Logan Couture early in the third to build a 3-1 lead for San Jose as it looked set to clinch the series.
But Detroit came back with third-period goals from Jonathan Ericsson and Danny Cleary to tie the scores.
The Sharks outshot the Red Wings 42-22 for the game yet could not find the win to close out the series. Antti Niemi finished with 18 saves for San Jose.
Tomas Holmstrom scored the winner with 6:08 remaining in the game to cap three goals that turned around a 1-3 deficit and send the Red Wings back to Detroit for Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal tomorrow trailing 2-3.
"In the third we tried to get everything (we could) and it paid off," Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall told reporters. "We weren't scoring the pucks (early) and Howard did a good job of keeping us in the game."
In Game 4, Detroit needed a game-winner from Darren Helm in the last two minutes to avoid a sweep, and it got yet another clutch performance to extend its season.
While San Jose holds the series advantage, the matchup could not be closer. All five contests have been one-goal games, including two overtime results.
Detroit is attempting to become only the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 0-3, while the Sharks are looking to reach the Western Conference finals for the second straight season.
Devin Setoguchi scored in the first period, Joe Pavelski in the second and Logan Couture early in the third to build a 3-1 lead for San Jose as it looked set to clinch the series.
But Detroit came back with third-period goals from Jonathan Ericsson and Danny Cleary to tie the scores.
The Sharks outshot the Red Wings 42-22 for the game yet could not find the win to close out the series. Antti Niemi finished with 18 saves for San Jose.
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