Red Wings force Game 7 with 3-1 win over Sharks

**Admin** Tue May 10, 2011 11:34 pm

Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula scored less than two minutes apart in the third period as the Detroit Red Wings rallied again for a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night, forcing a decisive seventh game after trailing 3-0 in the second-round series.

San Jose’s Logan Couture scored early in the third period, but Zetterberg tied it with 9:22 remaining, and Filppula scored the winner with 7:28 left.

Darren Helm added an empty-net goal. Every other game in the series was decided by one goal. And similar to Game 6, Detroit scored the last three goals of Game 5 to win, 4-3.

The Red Wings are the second team this season to erase a 3-0 series hole. Chicago did it in the first round before losing Game 7 at Vancouver. Philadelphia came all the way back last year in the second round, winning the final four games against Boston.

Detroit will now head to San Jose for Game 7 this Thursday night and the winner will travel north to Vancouver to face the Canucks in the Western Conference Finals.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg

Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula

Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom

Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock

Sharks forward Logan Couture

Sharks head coach Todd McLellan

Sharks captain Joe Thornton