Puck bounces Ducks’ way

DETROIT – Scott Niedermayer scored at 14:17 of overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory Sunday night over the Detroit Red Wings, to even their NHL Western Conference finals series at one game apiece.

“Our goal was to get at least one here,” Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere said. “Now we have home ice and we have to take advantage of it.”

Game 3 is Tuesday night in Anaheim.

The Red Wings seemed fortunate to win 2-1 Friday night when a Ducks player touched the puck last on both of their goals.

“We had some lucky bounces in the first and they had a few in this one,” Detroit’s Henrik Zetterberg said.

Anaheim was thankful the NHL uses video replays because its second and third goals went up on the scoreboard after reviews, and both appeared to be the correct calls.

Ducks coach Randy Carlyle certainly wasn’t apologizing.

“Both pucks were in the net. It’s as simple as that,” Carlyle said. “You’re supposed to be rewarded when the puck goes in the net.”

A review wasn’t necessary for Niedermayer’s game-winner, but he needed a replay.

“I didn’t really see it go in actually,” he said. “I saw it hit the post.”

Detroit went ahead for the first time 1:03 into the third period, when a two-man advantage created space for Pavel Datsyuk’s one-timer off a crisp pass from Robert Lang.

The 3-2 lead didn’t last long.

Travis Moen tied it 4 minutes later, giving the Ducks their second straight goal that required a video review.

Swarming defense limited scoring chances for the rest of regulation and when shots did go toward the net, Detroit’s Dominik Hasek and Giguere turned them away.

Hasek had 29 saves and Giguere finished with 24.