Dallas forces decisive Game 7

Mike Modano finally scored and Marty Turco had a shutout, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 2-0 victory Saturday night in Dallas and sending their series against the Canucks back to Vancouver for a deciding Game 7.

Turco stopped 21 shots in his third career playoff shutout – all in this first-round Western Conference series.

For the first time in their history, the Stars have come back from a 3-1 series deficit to force a Game 7. They get to play it Monday night.

Vancouver, which has rallied from 3-1 deficits three times to win a series, is also one of the 20 NHL teams who have blown that big lead. The Canucks did that four years ago against Minnesota.

Modano’s first goal of the playoffs – and the first by any of the Stars’ top five goal-scorers in the regular season – came on a 5-on-3 power play only 3:05 into the game.

Jeff Halpern added an unassisted goal with 12:38 left after Vancouver turned the puck over in its zone.

The goal by Modano was a huge lift for the Stars, who had failed to capitalize on other 5-on-3 chances in two losses this series.

Dallas ended a mind-boggling six-game home playoff losing streak, one short of the NHL record.

Red Wings 5, Flames 1: At Detroit, Daniel Cleary converted the first successful penalty shot in Detroit during playoff history, and Henrik Zetterberg had two goals in the Red Wings’ victory over Calgary.

The Red Wings lead the first-round series 3-2.

The lopsided game took an ugly turn with a few minutes left when Calgary backup goaltender Jamie McLennan slashed Johan Franzen in the midsection.

That decision might lead to a stiff suspension from the NHL, which gave the Islanders’ Chris Simon a 25-game suspension for viciously swinging his stick last month.

In the matchup of the Western Conference’s first- and eight-seeded teams, the home team has won each game.

The Flames hope the trend continues tonight in Game 6.

Cleary, Zetterberg and Chris Chelios scored in the second period and Zetterberg added another goal early in the third to give Detroit a 4-0 lead.

Calgary’s Andrei Zyuzin deflected a shot past Dominik Hasek midway through the final period.

Pavel Datsyuk put Detroit ahead 5-1 with 4:18 left to play and about a minute later, Miikka Kiprusoff was replaced by McLennan.