RALEIGH, N.C., June 9 (UPI) -- Igor Larionov scored his second goal of the game four periods after he scored his first one Saturday night, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes and a 2-1 advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Larionov, the oldest player in the NHL at 41, produced his goal with 5:13 remaining in the third overtime period, making it the third-longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history.
Larionov got past Bates Battaglia down the left side and through the slot before lifting a backhander over Arturs Irbe. Detroit defenseman Mathieu Dandenault had been tied up with Irbe, but jumped to avoid the goaltender just before Larionov scored his first overtime goal in 143 career playoff games.
Carolina, playing the first finals game ever staged in the state, appeared heading for victory until Brett Hull tied it with 74 seconds left in regulation.
Hull lifted his stick waist high to tip a shot by Nicklas Lidstrom and it deflected past Irbe.
Detroit regained home-ice advantage in the series, which will resume Monday night in Raley.
Josef Vasicek put Carolina in front in the first period when he carried the puck around Steve Duchesne just inside the blue line and headed for the goal. His shot from in front to the short side got past Dominic Hasek and came as Sergei Fedorov was trying to ride him to the ice.
Detroit tied it in the second on a Carolina giveaway.
The Hurricanes had control of the puck deep in their own end of the ice when Hull came up with a steal 5:33 into the period and rifled it toward Larionov, who chipped it over the startled Irbe.
Duchesne hit the post early in the third period to miss a chance to put Detroit in front and Federov missed a half-open goal two minutes later.
Carolina rushed up ice after Federov's near miss and Ron Francis hit a Jeff O'Neill with a pass that came close to traveling over two lines. But the pass sent O'Neill in alone and he beat Hasek over the goalkeeper's left shoulder.
The game was the longest in the Stanley Cup Finals since Hull scored 14:51 into the third extra period in 1999 to win a championship for the Dallas Stars.
The Hurricanes had thrived in overtime in the playoffs, winning seven of eight games, including the opener of this series.
Detroit almost did not need overtime as Lidstrom ripped a rising slap shot from the top of the slot off the left goalpost with 51 seconds to go.
Whipped up by a frenzied crowd, the Hurricanes took three penalties in the game's first 12 minutes, including two in the opening 3:32 and two in the offensive zone. But they survived three power plays, the last of which was cut short when Lidstrom went off at 12:30 for tripping, his first penalty in 27 playoff games.
The first overtime belonged to Detroit, which had three solid chances to end it. With 11 1/2 minutes to go, Pavel Datsyuk moved around Sami Kapanen, then put the puck between the legs of defenseman Marek Malik. But Irbe got his left pad on the rookie's point-blank backhander.
Four minutes later, Brendan Shanahan shanked a one-timer off the outside of the left post after Fedorov set him up with a perfect feed off a two on one.
2-on-1.
Each team had a power play in the second overtime, but neither team could score a power-play goal, a feat that has not been accomplished in overtime in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1980.
