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NHL: Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 0

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Published: June 6, 2009 at 11:22 PM

DETROIT, June 6 (UPI) -- Chris Osgood made 22 saves in his 15th career playoff shutout Saturday when the Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh 5-0 for a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Detroit scored four second period goals -- three on the power play.

Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Rafalski and Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Red Wings, who rebounded from a pair of 4-2 setbacks in Pittsburgh. Detroit needs one more win in the best-of seven series to become the first NHL team to repeat as champions since they did it in 1997-1998.

Pittsburgh hosts Detroit Tuesday in Game 6.

Detroit's star forward Pavel Datsyuk returned after a seven-game absence with an injured foot. The Hart Trophy finalist collected two assists in his first action since suffering a swollen foot in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against Chicago.

Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury allowed five goals on 21 shots. Mathieu Garon blocked all eight shots he faced in relief.

Topics: Brian Rafalski, Chris Osgood, Dan Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg
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