Dallas Wins 2-1; Detroit Leads Series 3-2
Faceoff Factor —
... the game winning goal a little over six minutes into the second period. Marty Turco got a rare assist on the goal. The rest of the game was hard fought but there was no scoring and only three penalties. Chris Osgood had another good game, stopping 19 of 21 shots, but the offense could not produce. The largest reason for that was Marty Turco, who made 38 saves on 39 shots. Turco had been haunted with the knowledge that he had never won at Joe Louis Arena in his professional career. He was sporting a record of 0-9-2 at the Joe prior to Game Five. He turned in one of his best ...
Recapping Saturday's Stud Performances
The Victoria Times —
... Whichever side you come down on in this debate, I must refer back to Jerry Seinfeld's feelings on this, and that's that it's unlikely the winner is thinking "I won!" But more likely, he's thinking, " Oat bag! I get my oat bag now! Oat bag time for meeeeeeee. " ------------------------------------------------ In Detroit, Marty Turco stood tall and continued his quest to get to play defenseman as he actually assisted on Joel Lundqvist's game-winning goal in the second period. The Stars held on to win 2-1 and send this series, which was once 3-0 Detroit, back to Dallas 3-2. ...
Game 5 wrap-up
Snapshots —
... series. The Red Wings also made atypical mistakes by getting caught in an odd-man rushes resulting in Dallas goals -- the second because of a poor line change involving Chris Chelios. Tomas Holmstrom took two foolish penalties -- the first one for cross checking away from the puck in Dallas' zone -- a cardinal sin. The second was for roughing relatively late in the third period as the Red Wings' attempted to rally -- another no-no. Steve Ott might just push for a suspension there... May 18, Associated Press : "To call that undisciplined play would be an understatement," Ott ...
