Flames edge Red Wings to take 2-1 lead in series

Tampa Bay outlasted the Canadiens in overtime for a 3-0 series lead.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Taking full advantage of a two-day break between games, the speedy Calgary Flames left the aging Detroit Red Wings behind.
Jarome Iginla scored a power-play goal, and Martin Gelinas had two assists Tuesday night to help Calgary beat Detroit 3-2 for a 2-1 advantage in the Western Conference semifinal series.
"We were skating hard right from the start and that led us to more hits, and it led us to more battles, and it was more our style of game," said Iginla, the Flames' captain who tied for the NHL's regular-season goal lead with 41.
"It's still going to be tight, but that's the way we got into the playoffs. We had success in the first round playing that way, and that's what we have to keep doing."
Game 4 Thursday
Game 4 is Thursday night in Calgary.
Stephane Yelle and Shean Donovan also scored for the Flames.
"It was nice to get some nice goals," Donovan said. "When we're skating, our passes become a little more crisper."
Robert Lang and Jiri Fischer scored for Detroit.
All five goals came in an 11-minute stretch of the second.
Lang opened the scoring at 1:17, Yelle tied it at 3:38, and Iginla put the Flames ahead at 5:46. Fischer tied it again with 8:36 left in the period, but Donovan countered for the Flames just 40 second later, scoring off a nifty pass from Marcus Nilson.
"They kept throwing a lot of things at us, especially down low," Detroit forward Darren McCarty said. "We didn't play the game we wanted to play. It's imperative we win the next one. We have to play more desperate."
Detroit, which had the NHL's best record in the regular season, outshot Calgary 12-5 in the third period, but couldn't get the tying goal past Miikka Kiprusoff.
Lightning 4, Canadiens 3, OT
MONTREAL -- Brad Richards scored his second goal of the game 1:05 into overtime to give Tampa Bay a 3-0 series lead.
With one more victory, the Lightning will reach the conference finals for the first time in their 12-year NHL history.
Vincent Lecavalier scored his fifth goal of the series with 16.5 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 28 saves, and Cory Stillman scored a short-handed goal for Tampa Bay. Michael Ryder and Patrice Brisebois scored for the Canadiens.
Game 4 is Thursday night in Montreal.
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