Ducks stop Red Wings, force Game 7

The Anaheim Ducks made sure there would be no road clincher by the Detroit Red Wings.

Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry each had a goal and an assist, and Jonas Hiller made 38 saves as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 Tuesday to force a decisive Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinal series.

Scott Niedermayer and Bobby Ryan added assists for the Ducks, who built a 2-goal lead in the second period and managed to shut down the Red Wings until Johan Franzen brought Detroit within a goal with 2:25 to play.

Game 7 will be in Detroit on Thursday, with the winner moving on to face the Blackhawks in the conference finals.

Led by their top line of Getzlaf, Perry and Ryan, the Ducks matched the Red Wings' up-tempo attack stride for stride and avoided elimination. The Red Wings had clinched their last eight playoff series wins with victories on the road and seemed poised to do the same after outskating and outshooting Anaheim 78-45 in consecutive wins in Games 4 and 5.

But facing elimination, the Ducks returned to the form that carried the team to a league-best 10-2-1 mark in the final weeks of the season, then through a first-round upset of the Presidents' Trophy-winning San Jose Sharks.

Bruins 4, Hurricanes 2: Mark Recchi had a goal and an assist, and Boston beat host Carolina to even the Eastern Conference semifinals and force a Game 7. Marc Savard scored before leaving in the third period with an apparent leg injury. Steve Montador and Chuck Kobasew also connected, Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists, and Tim Thomas stopped 31 shots in his second straight victory. The Bruins led 2-0 barely five minutes in and made it stand.