Johan Franzen registered two goals and an assist and Chris Osgood made 18 saves, including a brilliant stop in the dying seconds of regulation, to help the Detroit Red Wings edge the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series from Joe Louis Arena.
For Joe Sakic, Adam Foote and Peter Forsberg, Saturday's 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild was only one of 11 playoff series-clinching victories before Front Range fans since 1996.