Maxime Talbot scored the go-ahead goal Sunday night for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the first period for Detroit in a 2-1 victory Saturday that gave the Red Wings a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored first-period goals to help make up for the loss of Johan Franzen and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win Saturday night over the Dallas Stars and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, in their 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Johan Franzen scored three times for Detroit in a victory Saturday over the Avalanche, giving the .H.L.’s top-seeded team a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal.

A bitter rivalry that peaked between 1996 and 2002 has a chance to rekindle its intensity Thursday as familiar faces have returned on both sides.

DETROIT (AP) -- Johan Franzen scored 1 minute 48 seconds into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 victory against the Nashville Predators and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series. Valtteri Filppula, who scored Detroit's first goal, poked the puck away and Franzen ended up with it and beat Dan Ellis with a backhander.

Johan Franzen celebrated Gordie Howe's birthday Sunday by breaking one of his records. Franzen scored 3 minutes 21 seconds into overtime to give the league-leading Detroit Red Wings a 1-0 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators. The goal was Franzen's sixth game-winner of the month, surpassing the team record held by the Hall of Famer Howe and Franzen's teammate Henrik Zetterberg.

Marty Turco made 28 saves for his 32nd career shutout and Niklas Hagman scored Sunday in a 1-0 victory for the Dallas Stars, who extended the Detroit Red Wings' winless streak to a season-high six games. Turco improved to 2-9-5 against the Red Wings, who are 0-5-1 in their last six games but still lead the Central Division with the league's best record. Dallas, the Pacific Division leader, is 9-1 in its last 10 games.

Marian Hossa broke out of a slump Sunday with two goals for the Atlanta Thrashers in a 5-2 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.