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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Adam Deadmarsh, so successful against Detroit
in his career, stunned the Red Wings with consecutive goals to send
the Los Angeles Kings into the second round of the playoffs.
|  | | The Kings' Mattias Norstrom, right, battles Sergei Fedorov in the third period. |
Deadmarsh scored his second goal on a rebound 4:48 into overtime
in the Kings' 3-2 victory that clinched the first-round series in
six games.
With their fourth straight victory, the Kings won a series for
the first time since 1993, when they advanced to the Stanley Cup
finals.
"It's unbelievable," said Ian Laperriere, a seven-year veteran
who'd never advanced to the second round. "That's what you dream
when you're young. The real deal is the playoffs."
It was Detroit's earliest elimination since 1994, when San Jose
upset the Red Wings in the first round.
"You're just in shock," said Detroit's Darren McCarty. "In
the first two games, we were like world beaters and then it all
fell apart."
Fans seemed to be holding their collective breath in overtime,
then exploded in applause and cheers when Deadmarsh scored on the
rebound of a shot by Jozef Stumpel. The crowd littered the ice with
giveaway black pompoms as the Kings celebrated by piling on Deadmarsh.
Stumpel skated up the right side and fired a shot at Detroit
goalie Chris Osgood, who made the save but had the puck bounce out
to Deadmarsh on the left side.
"I happened to be a bit backdoor and had half the net to shoot
it," said Deadmarsh, who arrived in February as part of a deal
that sent Los Angeles superstar Rob Blake to Colorado.
The Kings will face Blake and the Avalanche in a second-round
series that begins Thursday in Denver. The Avs swept Vancouver in
four games.
Deadmarsh, who has 26 points against the Red Wings in 29 games,
also forced overtime with the tying goal at 10:17 of the third
period.
A shot by Ziggy Palffy busied Osgood, who had no time to adjust
as Deadmarsh caught the puck in the air and slapped it through
Osgood's legs to tie it 2-2.
"You try to read where the pucks go and I guessed right,"
Deadmarsh said.
The Red Wings again played without captain Steve Yzerman, who
tested his injured left ankle by skating in warmups, but decided
not to go. He played just six minutes of the best-of-seven series.
"Our problem is we haven't been rock solid protecting a lead in
the third period," Yzerman said. "That was our downfall last year
against Colorado. It's very disappointing, especially when you're a
No. 2 seed and had high hopes."
Trailing 1-0, Detroit got back into the game with goals by Pat
Verbeek and McCarty 2:22 apart in the second.
Verbeek tied it on a power-play goal at 4:20 of the second. The
Kings' Stu Grimson was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct when
he knocked Tomas Holmstrom to the ice before a faceoff at center
ice.
Los Angeles goalie Felix Potvin went to sweep the puck away with
his blocker and instead it slid underneath for the score.
McCarty, playing on an injured ankle, gave Detroit a 2-1 lead
nearly 2 1/2 minutes later. He skated out from behind the net, paused,
and then shot the puck under Potvin's right arm.
The Kings led 1-0 on a power-play goal by Stumpel at 2:19 of the
first period. Detroit's Igor Larionov, rarely seen in the penalty
box, went off for high-sticking 50 seconds into the game. Stumpel
skated in from the far left side and angled the puck through
Osgood's legs.
The Kings had a goal disallowed at 12:30 of the first that
would've given them a 2-0 lead. A shot by Mathieu Schneider hit the
right post and was kicked in by the left foot of Luc Robitaille,
who landed in the net after being shoved from behind by Detroit's
Jiri Fischer.
After a video review, supervisor of officials John D'Amico ruled
Robitaille made a distinct kicking motion, and the goal didn't
count. No penalty was called on Fischer.
Game notes
LW Brendan Shanahan, who had an assist in Game 5 despite
playing with a broken left foot, remained in Detroit. ... Osgood
fell to 4-5 in nine starts when his team faced elimination. ...
Kings D Lubomir Visnovsky was scratched for the second straight
game. He was slashed in the arm by McCarty in Game 4. ... The third
playoff game of the series in Los Angeles attracted 18,478, tying
the attendance record for a hockey game in California.
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 L.A.'s Adam Deadmarsh scores the game-winning goal in overtime.
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Detroit gets two goals by Pat Verbeek and Darren McCarty in the second period.
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Adam Deadmarsh knocks in the loose puck, tying the game in the third period.
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Jozef Stumpel beats Chris Osgood and puts L.A. on the board early in the first.
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Chris Osgood keeps Detroit in the game with a pair of great skate saves.
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Mathieu Schneider's shot hits the post and Luc Robitaille is there to knock it in, but the goal does not count.
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 Adam Deadmarsh talks about his game-winner and L.A.'s miraculous 4-game rally to win the series.
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The ESPN crew talks with Kelly Buchberger after the Kings' overtime victory.
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