ESPN's Darren Pang breaks down the goaltending in Carolina's 3-2 overtime win against the Red Wings in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals:

I didn't think Dominik Hasek got in any rhythm, whereas in Game 6 against Colorado, he got in a rhythm early.

It was desperation then -- he had to win that hockey game and he did. Here, I don't think he played poorly, but he couldn't get in any kind of rhythm -- and the decisions the Red Wings made in their own end weren't very sound.

Sean Hill's goal was a good goal, on a 5-on-3 power play. The Jeff O'Neill goal was on a bad line change by the Red Wings. He ended up coming out alone and was guilty of his own style in the way he played it, but it was still a breakaway goal. Obviously, the goal in OT was a breakdown behind the net.

Following back-to-back shutouts against Colorado, you have to be realistic. It's a different series and emotionally, there's a separation between the two. If you're the Red Wings, there's a new team, a team you're not aware of, you hardly ever play them so you don't have that animosity toward one another. I think we all thought going into Game 1 that it would be a feeling-out process for both teams, and I think we saw just that.

This definitely will get the attention of the Red Wings. And for Carolina, this reaffirmed their belief that they can win close hockey games against good teams. They did it against a great goalie. They've done it every series against the best.

Carolina goalie Arturs Irbe kept it simple and made the saves he was supposed to make. Technically, he's just so sound.

Early on, Detroit was going stick side a lot -- trying to get him to move across the crease and then going stick side -- and Irbe made some really fine saves with his right pad and his stick. Detroit's Kirk Maltby ended up scoring on that side, but it was through a screen.

The Red Wings didn't put enough pucks on net and didn't get enough traffic in front. Clearly, they didn't get enough quality scoring chances, considering how lethal their team is.

Early on, Irbe made a couple of saves, and I thought, "He's comfortable and that's what he needed to be in this game." If you give up a couple right away, like Patrick Roy did in Game 7, you lose that comfort. Arturs had that right from the beginning.

Darren Pang, a former goaltender with the Chicago Blackhawks, is a hockey analyst for ESPN.