By AJ Petronzi
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The Detroit Red Wings have forced game five with San Jose and now is down 3-1 in the series with a dominating win in Detroit.
Todd Bertuzzi scored first tonight after Johan Franzen bounced the puck off him into the net. Franzen then broke loose with a natural hat-trick, all before the 12 minute mark of the game. Valtteri Filppula scored to make the game 5-0 before the end of the first. Brian Rafalski tore open the wound even further before Danny Heatley netted San Jose’s only marker. Franzen scored again in the third to close the night.
The Wings brought the game hard to San Jose early, just as they did in game three. However, Johan Franzen was devastating in the opening period and buried San Jose single handedly. When San Jose tried to get back into the game, Jimmy Howard shut the door and the Wings kept throwing pucks into the net. The Sharks backup goalie, Thomas Greiss, put up a great performance in the third to keep Detroit from running away any further. After the game, Todd McLellan likened the Wings' attack to a hurricane.
In Play! Man of the Game: Johan Franzen. Franzen scored four goals tonight and took the shot that lead to the deflection on the first goal. Franzen’s hat-trick, scored over a time frame of 3:36 in the first, was the second fastest in NHL playoff history, only two seconds slower than Tim Kerr’s scored in 1985.
ADDED BONUS:
POST GAME INTERVIEWS WITH JOHAN FRANZEN, TODD BERTUZZI, HENRIK ZETTERBERG, NICKLAS LIDSTROM AND JUSTIN ABDELKADER.
POST GAME AUDIO WITH MIKE BABCOCK
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