Detroit upends Oilers

Kirk Maltby scored in double OT as the Red Wings took a 1-0 series lead.
DETROIT (AP) -- Kirk Maltby scored his second goal of the night 2:39 into double overtime to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Friday.
Edmonton's Dwayne Roloson made 54 saves while Manny Legace finished with 23 for the Red Wings.
Maltby ended the game that lasted 31/2 hours with a long shot from outside the right circle that was deflected past Roloson by the stick of Edmonton teammate Rem Murray.
Maltby made it 2-all with 6:17 left in regulation when he scored off a rebound on a goal that stood after a video review. He had just five goals this season after scoring 14 in each of the previous two.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven Western Conference series is Sunday in Detroit.
Close competition
Three of the four regular-season meetings went to overtime with Detroit winning the lone game decided in regulation. The Red Wings won once in overtime, and the Oilers won a game in overtime and another in a shootout.
The Red Wings entered the playoffs with the best record in the NHL for the third time in four seasons, but they are coming off two straight early postseason exits.
Detroit got off to a good start, with Robert Lang scoring on the power play for a 1-0 lead 4:05 in, but Legace gave up goals on two of the first seven shots he faced.
Edmonton's Sergei Samsonov made it 1-all midway through the first period, and Chris Pronger's slap shot from just inside the middle of the blue line at 8:43 of the second gave the gritty Oilers the lead.
Maltby scored when he charged toward the net and got the middle of his stick on a rebound off Johan Franzen's shot. The sellout crowd erupted when the red lamp was lit, and did again following a review.
The fans booed just as loudly when Detroit's Brendan Shanahan was called for roughing with 1:50 remaining in regulation, but they were happy again when Legace turned away the Oilers with about 15 seconds left after they had a chance to steal the game against the Stanley Cup favorites.
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