Gelinas nets overtime goal as Flames toast Red Wings

Miikka Kiprusoff made 38 saves as Calgary advanced to the West final.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Detroit coach Dave Lewis had a simple explanation for the Red Wings' season-ending loss.
"We didn't score a goal," Lewis said. "You can't win a hockey game if you don't score a goal."
Martin Gelinas scored the only goal Monday night, beating goalie Curtis Joseph with 47 seconds remaining in the first overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 4-2 series victory.
"It was a great team game," said Gelinas, the first player in NHL history to score three series-ending overtime goals. "If it wasn't me, it would have been one of my teammates."
He also beat Vancouver with an overtime goal in Game 7 of the first round, and lifted Carolina past Toronto in overtime in 2002.
Miikka Kiprusoff made 38 saves in his second straight 1-0 victory and third shutout of the playoffs. He stretched his shutout streak to 149 minutes, 11 seconds.
"There isn't one hero," Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. "They all did a great job."
Calgary advances
The sixth-seeded Flames, in the Western Conference final for the first time since they won the Stanley Cup in 1989, will face the winner of the San Jose-Colorado series. San Jose has a 3-2 lead going into tonight's Game 6 in Denver.
Gelinas scored off a rebound of Craig Conroy's shot.
"I saw Connie shooting that puck and I was just hoping there would be a rebound," Gelinas said. "Sure enough it came right back to me. I just happened to be in the right place."
The Red Wings, the Presidents' Trophy winner with the best record in the regular season, played without injured captain Steve Yzerman and defenseman Chris Chelios. Yzerman was hit in the face by a puck during Calgary's Game 5 win Saturday, and Chelios missed his fourth game with either an arm or shoulder injury.
"They had more skill, but we worked extremely hard and it paid off," Gelinas said. "Everybody's been chipping in at different times and it's been fun."
Joseph made 43 saves.
"Defensively, I don't think we could play any better," Lewis said. "Curtis, when we broke down, was probably even better than anyone could have expected.
"Curtis can't score goals."
The Red Wings, who have won three Stanley Cups since 1997, were swept in the first round last year by Anaheim. They have a $75 million payroll, more than twice what the Flames pay their players.
"Not to take anything away from those guys, but a lot of money has been spent on this team," Detroit forward Kirk Maltby said. "We're expected to go far and to lose in the second round after losing in the first round last year, that's not acceptable."
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