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Welcome Back, Stanley!

Posted on January 6, 2014 at 04:35 PM.

Carolina put up strong defense for the first 54 minutes of the game. I say that, because the score was 1-0 in their favor for a good portion of the 3rd Period. Jordan Staal's goal, in that period, looked to be the game-winner for quite a while.

Luke Schenn took offense to that and rattled home his first of the playoffs with less than 6 minutes to go in regulation. Carolina was expecting to sneak away with a 1-0 victory and force the series back to Detroit.

That would not be the case. This game, instead, was decided in overtime. Oddly enough, two games back in the 2002 Finals between these teams were decided in OT as well. However, Detroit opted to re-write the history books and end it all in four games.

Conn Smythe runner-up Patrik Elias (the game gave it to Jimmy Howard

) deflected in the Cup winner at 13:58 in overtime. Captain Henrik Zetterberg was circling down low, found an open Dennis Seidenberg at the point who tried to wrist one home. Patrik Elias got his stick on the puck, and the rest is history. Congratulations, Detroit!

*Using NHL 13

May 27, 2014	1	2	3	F
DET (4-0)	0	0	1	2
CAR (0-4)	0	0	1	1

Three Stars
	Cam Ward, G .970 SV%, 53 SV
	Patrik Elias, RW 1 G, 1 A, +2
	Jimmy Howard .960 SV%, 24 SV

Team Stats Comparison
	DET	CAR
Shots on Goal	55	25
Hits	20	10
Faceoffs Won-Lost	22-7	7-22
Penalty Minutes	4:00	6:00
Power Plays Converted	0	1
Power Play Opportunities	3	2
Time on Attack	9:57	5:26

Scoring Summary
THIRD PERIOD
CAR	2:05 PP J. Staal (11), (J. Faulk, D. Bowman)
DET	14:47 L. Schenn (1), (N. Kronwall, P. Elias)
OVERTIME
DET	13:58 P. Elias (13), (D. Seidenberg, H. Zetterberg)