Red Wings Square Series With Avalanche

Sun., May 18, 1997

Associated Press

Steve Yzerman and Darren McCarty scored goals in the final four minutes, rallying the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night, squaring the Western Conference finals 1-1.

Detroit thoroughly dominated the defending NHL champions, but had to rally from a 2-0 deficit. The Red Wings, who outshot Colorado 35-19 in the series opener but lost 2-1, again enjoyed a huge advantage, outshooting the Avalanche 40-17.

Still, the Wings trailed by two goals in the second period before Igor Larionov got the first Detroit score. Sergei Fedorov tied it early in the third.

Yzerman scored his 44th career playoff goal, banking a shot off goalie Patrick Roy’s pads from behind the net to break a 2-2 tie at 16:00.

After defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom made a stick save to rob Colorado’s Eric Lacroix on a shot at an unguarded net moments later, McCarty scored on a breakaway at 18:43.

The series shifts to Detroit for Games 3 and 4 on Monday and Thursday.

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