NHL ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s games
Red Wings 3, Predators 0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nicklas Lidstrom and Jiri Hudler each scored and Detroit closed out its opening series in six games. Brian Rafalski added an empty-netter with 4.8 seconds left. Goalie Chris Osgood stopped 20 shots for the shutout in his second straight playoff start as top-seeded Detroit became the first road team to win in this series. With the victory, Detroit passed Toronto for second on the list of playoff series won with its 59th. Nashville had hoped to use hot goalie Dan Ellis and an earsplitting crowd to force Game 7 in Detroit Tuesday night. But the Predators missed their best scoring chance when David Legwand hit a post in the first period, and they failed to advance out of the first round for a fourth straight postseason — each time on their home ice. Ellis stopped 40 shots after setting a franchise playoff record with 52 saves in Friday night’s 2-1 overtime loss in Detroit. That was the most through regulation in a postseason game since May 24, 1996, when Tom Barrasso had 56 for Pittsburgh in an Eastern Conference final loss to Florida. The Predators played a second straight game without captain Jason Arnott, whose 72 points in the regular season tied for the team lead.
Sharks 2, Flames 0
CALGARY, Alberta — Miika Kirpusoff made 21 saves and Owen Nolan and Daymond Langkow scored goals as Calgary beat San Jose to force Game 7. Nolan, a former Sharks star, opened the scoring midway through the first period and Langkow made it 2-0 with 57 seconds left in the second. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for the Sharks. The decisive game of the first-round playoff series is Tuesday night in San Jose.
Associated Press