Game 1: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California. In net: Jimmy Howard for Detroit and Antti Niemi for San Jose. Detroit opened with a Nicklas Lidstrom goal, assisted by Pavel Datsyuk. San Jose tied it in the third period with Joe Pavelski netting his fourth of the postseason on the power play, powered by Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle. The tie lasted into overtime, where the Sharks beat the Red Wings 2-1 with a Benn Ferriero goal, courtesy of Logan Couture and Boyle. The three stars went to Ferriero, Pavelski, and Datsyuk. San Jose took a 1-0 series lead with the win.
Game 2: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California. In net: Jimmy Howard for Detroit and Antti Niemi for San Jose. San Jose opened with an Ian White goal, coming off of Dany Heatley and Ryane Clowe with the man advantage. The Sharks extended their lead in the third period with a Niclas Wallin goal, assisted on by Clowe and Logan Couture. Detroit got on the board with a power play goal socred by Henrik Zetterberg and aided by Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom, to bring the score to 2-1. This would be the final, with the three stars going to Niemi (33 for 34 saves), White, and Wallin. With the win, the Sharks extended the series lead to 2-0.
Game 3: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. In net: Antti Niemi for San Jose and Jimmy Howard for Detroit. Devin Setoguchi put San Jose in front first with his second of the postseason, a power play goal made possible by Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski. Detroit answered with Nicklas Lidstrom sinking his second of the playoffs, courtesy of Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom on the power play. The Red Wings took the lead with Patrick Eaves sinking his third of the postseason, thanks to Darren Helm and Kris Draper. Setoguchi tallied to retie it for the Sharks, his second of the game and third of the playoffs, a power play goal once again, helped along by Dan Boyle and Thornton. Detroit retook the lead with Pavel Datsyuk netting his third of the postseason, with helpers provided by Zetterberg and Lidstrom on the man advantage. San Jose tied it in the third period with a Boyle goal, coming off of Kyle Wellwood and Torrey Mitchell. The tie lasted into overtime, where the Sharks beat the Red Wings 4-3 as Setoguchi finished his hat trick with his fourth of the playoffs, guided in by a sock-trick assist from Thornton. Setoguchi, Zetterberg, and Datsyuk were the three stars. San Jose now owns a 3-0 series lead.
Game 4: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. In net: Antti Niemi for San Jose and Jimmy Howard for Detroit. Detroit led off the scoring with a Todd Bertuzzi goal, his second of the postseason, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Danny Cleary. The Red Wings added on two more from Nicklas Lidstrom's tape, his third and fourth of the playoffs, the first going down thanks to Cleary and Bertuzzi and the second of the power play, powered by Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. Seventeen seconds later, San Jose was on the board with a Logan Couture goal, his third of the postseason fueled by Ryane Clowe. The Sharks pulled closer in the second period with Dan Boyle netting his second of the playoffs, courtesy of Kyle Wellwood and Clowe. San Jose tied it with a Dany Heatley goal from Clowe and Couture, the former getting a sock trick on his third of the postseason. Detroit retook the lead at 4-3 with a Darren Helm goal, his second of the playoffs coming off of Patrick Eaves and Brian Rafalski. This would be the final with the three stars going to Lidstrom, Clowe, and Bertuzzi. This cut the Sharks series lead to 3-1.
Game 5: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California. In net: Jimmy Howard for Detroit and Antti Niemi for San Jose. San Jose led off with the fifth of the postseason by Devin Setoguchi, assisted by Dan Boyle and Joe Thornton. The Sharks extended their lead in the second period with Joe Pavelski recording his fifth of the playoffs, with help from Ryane Clowe and Kyle Wellwood. Fifty-three seconds later, Detroit got on the board with Niklas Kronwall netting his second of the postseason, helped along by Pavel Datsyuk and Brad Stuart. San Jose got the goal back as Logan Couture netted his fourth of the playoffs, thanks to Dany Heatley. The Red Wings quickly answered with a Jonathan Ericsson tally, coming off of Henrik Zetterberg and Datsyuk. Detroit tied it on Danny Cleary's second of the postseason, guided in by Kronwall and Todd Bertuzzi. The Red Wings took the lead with Tomas Holmstrom netting his third of the playoffs, with the help of Nicklas Lidstrom and a sock-trick clinching assist by Datsyuk. This would be the final, giving the Red Wings a 4-3 win, and the three stars were awarded to Datsyuk, Pavelski, and Howard (39 for 42 saves). The win cut San Jose's series lead down to 3-2.
Game 6: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. In net: Antti Niemi for San Jose and Jimmy Howard for Detroit. San Jose led off the scoring in the third period with a Logan Couture goal, his fifth of the postseason coming off of Dany Heatley. Detroit tied it with Henrik Zetterberg notching his second of the playoffs, courtesy of Niklas Kronwall and Valtteri Filppula. The Red Wings took the lead with Filppula netting his second of the postseason, thanks to Pavel Datsyuk. Detroit made it 3-1 with an unassisted empty-netter by Darren Helm, his third of the playoffs. This was the final, with Datsyuk, Niemi (42 for 44 saves), and Filppula taking the three stars. This tied the series at 3.
Game 7: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California. In net: Jimmy Howard for Detroit and Antti Niemi for San Jose. San Jose led off with a power play goal by Devin Setoguchi, his sixth of the postseason coming off of Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle. The Sharks extended their lead with the sixth of the playoffs from Logan Couture, an unassisted goal. Henrik Zetterberg put Detroit on the board in the second period with his third of the postseason, courtesy of Valtteri Filppula. San Jose got the goal back with Patrick Marleau's third of the playoffs finding twine thanks to Setoguchi and Boyle. The Red Wings cut the score to 3-2 with Pavel Datsyuk putting away his fourth of the postseason, helped along by Brad Stuart and Jonathan Ericsson. This was a final score, with Boyle, Setoguchi, and Datsyuk taking the three stars. San Jose won the series 4-3.
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