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DETROIT (AP) – A lot can happen in a week. Just ask the Los
Angeles Kings.
|  | | Adam Deadmarsh, right, of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his third-period goal against the Wings with teammate Mattias Norstrom. |
After trailing two games to none in their first-round Western
Conference series with Detroit, the Kings gritted out a pair of
home wins before edging the Red Wings 3-2 Saturday to wrest control
of the first-round series.
Ziggy Palffy had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, which
takes a 3-2 series lead back to Staples Center for Game 6 on Monday
night. Game 7, if necessary, would be Wednesday night in Detroit.
The Kings looked certain to fall behind 3-1 in games when they
entered the last seven minutes of last Wednesday's Game 4 down by
three goals. But Los Angeles rallied to win that game in overtime
to tie the series.
Suddenly it's the Red Wings that have to come up with a
comeback.
"This would be great if it was a best-of-five, but it's a
best-of-seven," Kings coach Andy Murray said.
Ian Laperriere and Adam Deadmarsh also scored for Los Angeles,
which handed Detroit its first home loss in 2001. The Wings hadn't
lost a game at Joe Louis Arena this year, posting a 19-0-2 record
since losing on Dec. 27.
"Tonight was huge for us," said Deadmarsh, who is familiar to
the Red Wings as a former member of the rival Colorado Avalanche.
"We had to win against them in their building, and tonight was a
good night to do it."
Los Angeles led Saturday's game 2-0, but the Red Wings narrowed
the gap when Vyacheslav Kozlov rammed a rebound past Felix Potvin
33 seconds into the third period.
The Kings answered with Deadmarsh's first goal of the playoffs.
The right wing hit an open net on a two-on-one pass from Palffy
1:38 into the period to make it 3-1.
Detroit's Chris Chelios provided the final margin when his shot
from the blue line made it past Potvin with about seven minutes to
go.
"We went out and threw some pucks at the net, but couldn't get
the bounce to get that last goal and tie it up and send it into
overtime," Detroit left wing Kirk Maltby said.
Eric Belanger, who scored the winning overtime goal in Game 4
Wednesday night, fed a pass behind Chris Osgood that Laperriere
directed into an empty net 1:51 into the second period for
Laperriere's first goal of the playoffs and a 2-0 lead.
A pass by Luc Robitaille through the Detroit defense allowed
Belanger to go in alone on Osgood.
Los Angeles opened the scoring less than two minutes into the
game on Palffy's second goal of the playoffs.
Kings defenseman Mattias Norstrom flipped the puck out of his
own end. Palffy outraced Red Wings defenseman Steve Duchesne and
caught up to the puck just in front of Osgood, putting it through
the Detroit goalie's legs.
"I don't think (Osgood) had any chance on any of the goals,"
Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman said. "He made some good saves to
keep it real close."
Palffy's goal was the first allowed by the Red Wings in the
first period during the series.
"We have to remember that we haven't accomplished anything
yet," Potvin said. "We've still got to win Game 6. It's the
toughest to win."
On Saturday, Los Angeles picked up where it left off Wednesday
night, creating numerous scoring chances in the Detroit end during
the opening period and outshooting the Red Wings 14-9.
"We got to play better," Osgood said. "Some guys' heart
didn't even really show up tonight. That's embarrassing."
Detroit held the shooting advantage for the game, 29-25.
"If we let up for one second, these guys are going to stick to
us," Robitaille said. "There's no time to hesitate."
Brendan Shanahan, who missed the previous three games with a
broken foot, suited up Saturday and assisted on Chelios' goal.
Shanahan, who had two goals and an assist in Detroit's Game 1
victory, had 31 goals this season, his fifth with Detroit. He broke
the foot blocking a shot in Game 1.
Shanahan, who logged 21:41 of ice time, more than any other
Detroit forward, said he decided to play because of the magnitude
of the game.
"It was a big game," Shanahan said. "Tonight was a game-time
decision. I don't know about Game 6."
Game notes
Palffy, who led the Kings with 89 points during the regular
season, had managed only a goal and an assist in the first four
games of the series... For the series, the Kings lead in
even-strength goals 10-6, but the Red Wings are 8-for-24 on the
power play, compared to the Kings, who are 2-for-18. ... The Red
Wings entered the game with the top power play of the 16 teams in
the playoffs, but had only two chances with the man advantage on
Saturday. ... Wings captain Steve Yzerman missed his fourth
straight game with what has been reported to be a fractured ankle.
... Potvin as a rookie in 1993 led Toronto back from a 2-0 series
deficit against Detroit.
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RECAPS
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Philadelphia 0
Los Angeles 3
Detroit 2
St. Louis 2
San Jose 1
Pittsburgh 2
Washington 1
Dallas 3
Edmonton 1
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Vyacheslav Kozlov puts the rebound past Felix Potvin to pull the Red Wings to within a goal.
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Chris Chelios fires the slap shot past Felix Potvin for a Detroit goal.
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